Purchased Philips DVDRW824

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers
#1

Had a good look around this site before i posted, if i missed a post regarding my question , feel free to delete/move :slight_smile:

I think this is a newish drive and there is no updated firmware out yet (well none that i can see , from official site+) i d/l the flash utility+txt file , but cant see any updates

also been trying out media for this drive (first time buyer+user of dvd burner) the philips dvdr+ 8x that came with the drive worked fine (as expected) tried bulkpaq 4x and it worked fine , but i cant seem to find any alternate media to record at the 8x , infinity 8x only burns at 4x.

Has anyone any recommendations to media i could try and if there is any firmware i could try?

Thanks for your time :bigsmile:

…Thehlyone…

#2

Latest firmware version is probably P1.2. Mitsubishi (Verbatim) 4x and 8x media should work @8x, maybe 4x media by Taiyo Yuden and Ricoh too.

BTW can you post the ‘Media Code’-Block information of that Philips 8x disc using DVD Identifier?

#3

np , posted the info :slight_smile:

thanks for the 2 links :slight_smile:

#4

Originally posted by Thehlyone
np , posted the info :slight_smile:

Where? (I meant that you should paste the info here cause I’m interested in how the media code looks for Philips 8x media.)

#5

lol , sorry about that , hope this is what your after :slight_smile:

** WARNING : Format 11h (Method 1) Is Recommended ADIP Retrieval Method
** WARNING : Format 00h (Method 2) Data May Contain Drive Modified Values
** INFO : Hex Dump Of ‘Media Code’-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding ‘Media Code’-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 00h (Method 2) - Physical Information (Copy Of ADIP)

0000 : 01 0f 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 25 c8 bf 00 00 00 00 …%…
0010 : 00 00 00 52 49 43 4f 48 4a 50 4e 52 30 31 02 38 …RICOHJPNR01.8
0020 : 23 54 37 09 00 3c 67 00 ac 62 16 18 0b 0b 0a 0b #T7…<g…b…
0030 : 01 19 1b 0b 0b 0e 0f 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
0040 : 01 00 38 38 00 32 5e 20 0a 22 22 10 0e 12 12 01 …88.2^ .""…
0050 : 00 00 00 32 5e 20 0a 22 22 10 0e 12 12 01 00 00 …2^ .""…
0060 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
0070 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
0080 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
0090 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
00a0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
00b0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
00c0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
00d0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
00e0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
00f0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 25 c8 bf …%…

#6

Thanks! I thought Philips shipped its burners with their 8x “Philips.081” media but that is just standard 4x Ricoh media so obviously not :slight_smile:

#7

ye it had me confused , when it burned at 8x , but it was only a 4x disk ( i still got loads to learn about dvd media) :confused: