LG GSA-4166B Problem

entropee 2006-05-18 23:54:30 UTC #1

I recently purchased an LG GSA-4166B and tried backing up both jay and silet bob strike back and junebug using dvdshrink dvddecrypter with anydvd running. Everything runs smooth untill I put the copy in a regular dvd player and it doesn't play. I tried several other dvd players and it doesn't work, yet when I play it with the LG GSA-4166B it works fine on my computer. My firmware is current so I have no idea what else could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

karangguni 2006-05-19 00:02:09 UTC #2

What kind of discs did you burn that movie into? Brand and type. Certain types of discs do not work well with certain DVD players, especially with older DVD players. Also, what error message did the DVD player give you when you tried to play the backup copy?

entropee 2006-05-19 06:51:47 UTC #3

verbatim dvd+r. The one dvd player i tried that had a display screen on it looked as if it read the dvd for a second then it said "cannot play"

entropee 2006-05-19 07:26:33 UTC #4

I've also had success with these discs using different dvd burners.

karangguni 2006-05-19 09:14:35 UTC #5

I'm assuming these are single layer Verbatim discs that you used. Try using some DVD-R discs instead and see if those DVD players prefer them.

entropee 2006-05-20 11:23:42 UTC #6

I just tried a verbatim single layer dvd-r 16x disc and it worked fine. Thanks for the help.

karangguni 2006-05-20 19:07:32 UTC #7

Looks like you have some older DVD players which do not like DVD+R discs. Just stick to DVD-R discs for burning video then.

entropee 2006-05-21 09:04:51 UTC #8

It's just wierd because I have an hp dvd420i that I've used to burn onto dvd+r and they work fine in my dvd players. It seems the problem is with the lg drive... Oh well dvd-r is fine with me. It would be great if the dvd industry would just pick one standard. I don't understand what the drawback to that would be. Thanks again for the help.

karangguni 2006-05-21 10:46:51 UTC #9

Hmm.. ok. Well, if you want to know why the DVD+R discs burned on the LG don't seem to work, check the booktype of those discs with Nero CD Speed (Disc Info tab). See if it says DVD+R or DVD-ROM. Then check the booktype of the DVD+R discs burned with your HP in the same way. Hopefully you will see a pattern.

entropee 2006-05-23 06:39:03 UTC #10

When I checked the booktypes of the movies burned with the lg they all said dvd-rom and the ones burned with the hp said dvd+r. Another odd thing about this is some of movies I backed up on the lg (life aquatic with steve zisou, nine lives, nobody knows,) work fine even though they do say dvd-rom and then the movies mentioned previously won't read at all. I apologize I don't know much about booktypes or how I might go about fixing this problem.

karangguni 2006-05-23 09:00:05 UTC #11

Don't worry about it. You didn't offend anybody. This entire forum is really one big learning process, really.

Booktyping (aka bitsetting) is a trick which writes a little record to DVD+R/+RW/+R DL discs to make them look like pressed DVD discs to DVD players. Some DVD players (typically old ones) panic do not recognise these discs normally, but they do recognise pressed DVD (DVD-ROM) discs. Usually, by setting the booktype of these + type discs to DVD-ROM, you can get them to work in such DVD players.

Your DVD player might be the other way, which is rather odd. Unfortunately, I am not sure if the DVD-ROM booktype can be changed on your 4166B. That model automatically booktypes DVD+R and DVD+R DL discs to DVD-ROM.

Usually DVD-R/-RW type discs are not affected by these compatibility problems. Most moden DVD players just play every type of disc without a hitch.

Heck, since DVD-R discs work fine for you, just stick with those.

klingon13 2006-06-19 08:47:33 UTC #12

the problem isnt the disc's its having anydvd running then using dvdshrink ....... i had the problem myself as soon as i stopped anydvd and just used dvdshrink the dvd's worked fine in my stand alone dvd player