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[itchy]

This article doesn't make much sense.

The DVR-110D and the DVR-111D automatically set the booksetting (booktype) to DVD-ROM.  

I know.  I have both drives.

[Looouky]

Hi For all pioneer owners:

There is group called Buffalo from Japan that release various Bitsetting firmware for various drives. These firmware are usually denoted as 8.** where ** correspons to pioneer's various number.

So 8.39 is bitsetting firmware modified from pioneer 1.39!

These firmware for a lot of pioneer drives can be found here:

http://forum.rpc1.or...4&manufactor=25

Now just to clearify these firmwares only do bitsetting on DVD+R and DVD+R DL.

Once you flash your drive with one of these firmwares, you will not be able to download the pioneer firmware and just flash your drive back to the original. Pioneer will not let you, it will give you an error saying your current firmware is not supported. Don't panic! I went through this already.

So here is another very useful tool for owners with pioneer drives(DAM We are so lucky!!)
DVRFlash:

http://lasvegas.rpc1.org/

DVRFLASH will flash your drive with any firmware you give it you can even force it, keeping this in mind be careful. So now with this tool you will be able to downgrade you firmware, and apply any till your heart contents. Oh by the way you need 2 files to flash the drive the kernel and the normal firmware this is usually found once you unpack whatever firmware release your are using. This is usually found in a corresponding subfolder on your C drive.

An example of how to use DVRFLASH taken from the readme:

In the following samples, the kernel firmware is 'R5100004.133' and the
normal firmware is 'R5100104.133'. You will need to change those names
according to the firmwares you downloaded.
You can input these firmwares in any order you like as DVRFlash will
recognize them automatically.

And YES you can go back and forth ANY official/patched firmware revision
or patch official/patched x.yz over official/patched x.yz
Don't you think we would TELL YOU if it was otherwise???


[NT/2k/XP/2k3]

You don't have to install anything special. Just open a DOS Window and run
a command like:

  DVRFlash -vf I: R5100004.133 R5100104.133
 
In this case 'I:' is the DVR drive letter.
The command above will force flash a 105 compatible drive (in I:) with the
Pioneer DVR-105 v1.33 firmware
The command above also works with USB/Firewire drives

If you don't know your drive letter, just run DVRFlash without parameters
and write down the drive letter detected by the program. Then run the
command as indicated above



So people with 109, 110, and 110D can now enjoy bitsetting.

[Eric10301]

As far as I know the Pioneer 110d supports dvd+r dl media set to dvd-rom booktype straight out of the box. The drive will not let you change the booktype setting on other media types without the hacked firmware though. So no you dont not have to use the firmware above.

[Nightbird]

All pioneer dvd writers booktype DVD+R DL discs to dvdrom anyway, even on the original firmware.
Pioneer 108,109,110 and 111 original firmware bit-sets DVD+R DL  to dvdrom and DVD+R to +R.
The dangerous brothers firmware only modifies single layer DVD+R discs to be written with the booktype dvdrom. Buffalo firmware also does the same thing. But seeing as the XBOX360 games are burned to Dual Layer discs anyway, nobody needs to change their firmware if they have a pioneer writer. The firmware from the Buffalo and the dangerous brothers is useful for Xbox 1 Samsung 605b owners who want to be able to use +R discs on their drive as the firmware auto-bit-sets single layer +R to dvdrom. They will no longer get the unknown disc message when using +R.

[brywalker]

OK, well instead of shitting on this thread again, I will offer some advise.

NEC. I have gone through 3 in the past 3 years. In a good way.

2540a - about 2k burns, now in my wifes PC still burns like a champ.
3540a #1 - about 1k burns, still going strong.
3540a #2 - about 800 burns, good as new.
3550a - In my Mac, loving life.

I am using the hacked firmwares from Liggy and Dee. Bitsetting, RPC disable, fast ripping, better media support, you name it. I have only made coasters when it was my own damn fault (shitty images) - but I have never EVER had a burn go bad. Every single one I have burned are as good as the day I burned it.

Best part is, these drives are under $40.

I cannot say enough good things about them. I have seen people having problems on the forums, but I assume they are assheads that don't know what they are doing. If my wife can use it and not have problems, man there is something wrong in your head if you do - because she's a fucking retard.

[Kafluke]

I will confirm that the Pioneer 109 works just fine without any hacked firmware (on the burner that is   ).  I'm playing a backup of Madden 06 right now that was burned with a Pioneer 109 and CloneCD with no settings messed with



Man, I hope that they come up with a better way to make backups though.  Its a bitch to tear the whole xbox down to the dvd drive, open the side of my computer and spend another 2 hours re-flashing, ripping, extracting, patching, building and then burning.  Then reassemble the whole box after re-flashing to play again.

I guess I should just be grateful that I have a Samsung drive.  Sorry to bitch guys (those of you with the Hitachi drive),  I feel your pain.  Now...


back to Madden!

[nachomans]

With pioneer firmware dual layer are allways sets to rom, but not with dvd+r.
Buffalo firmware works on 109 and 110, and set dvd+R to dvd-rom

Anyway......XBOX1 backups will work on dvd+r set to rom, or need dual layer dvds?

[moto_noob]

ok, i'm noob i know, just started on this. can someone tell me which is the best burner to get? i'm reading either the pioneer 110d or the pioneer 111. or should i get a different brand, but it has to have bit setting/booktype. and if i get the dvr-111 do i have to flash with buffalo/dangerous bro. firmware?

This post has been edited by moto_noob: May 19 2006, 03:43 AM

[FlashKick]

anyone can confirm the NEC DL burners(any of them) can do the booktype change?
thanks

[brywalker]

QUOTE(moto_noob @ May 19 2006, 03:11 AM)

ok, i'm noob i know, just started on this. can someone tell me which is the best burner to get? i'm reading either the pioneer 110d or the pioneer 111. or should i get a different brand, but it has to have bit setting/booktype. and if i get the dvr-111 do i have to flash with buffalo/dangerous bro. firmware?

Get this burner, flash with the Liggy and Dee firmware, burn away. I beat the TAR out of NEC drives and they come back for more.

NEC 3550a

QUOTE(FlashKick @ May 19 2006, 03:36 AM)

anyone can confirm the NEC DL burners(any of them) can do the booktype change?
thanks

3540a; 3550a with good firmware. Look for the Liggy and Dee releases.

[syd41]

The Pioneer burners DO support bitsetting on DVD+R DL media. They DO NOT support bitsetting on single layer media. Since you need to use DL media for 360 use you have no problem with a Pioneer burner. It automatically sets the booktype to DVD-ROM on +R DL media. You don't have to do a thing. You don't need hacked firmware or any utility it just works. I know this to be true for at least the 109 and 110.

[MrDeeds]

As pashak and itchy stated pioneer dual layer drives support the automatic bitsetting of dvd+R dl disks to dvd-rom format without any additional change to firmware or even any sort of action by the user.

This particular firmware are for those who would like to change the bitset for dvd+r and dvd+rw disks or possibly not use dvd-rom on dual layer +r disks which is the default for the pioneer drives.

I think the article should be ammened to say that if all your concerned with are your 360 backups, you do not need this.

You can burn 360 backups with successfully or without this firmware.  Do not flash your drives if you dont care about dvd+r and dvd+rw.

[The Zep Man]

QUOTE(brywalker @ May 19 2006, 02:08 AM)

OK, well instead of shitting on this thread again, I will offer some advise.

NEC. I have gone through 3 in the past 3 years. In a good way.

2540a - about 2k burns, now in my wifes PC still burns like a champ.
3540a #1 - about 1k burns, still going strong.
3540a #2 - about 800 burns, good as new.
3550a - In my Mac, loving life.

I am using the hacked firmwares from Liggy and Dee. Bitsetting, RPC disable, fast ripping, better media support, you name it. I have only made coasters when it was my own damn fault (shitty images) - but I have never EVER had a burn go bad. Every single one I have burned are as good as the day I burned it.

Best part is, these drives are under $40.

I cannot say enough good things about them. I have seen people having problems on the forums, but I assume they are assheads that don't know what they are doing. If my wife can use it and not have problems, man there is something wrong in your head if you do - because she's a fucking retard.

I agree with you fully and don't understand why most people go with a burner of which the firmware is harder/slower to mod.

Any NEC-drive since the NEC-ND2100 (modded to a NEC-ND2510) can configure bitsetting to anything you want it to be, as long as you load the right firmware. Thankfully, the NEC-drive is more popular to mod than those Pioneers.

By the way, it's possible to mod the ND-3550 (DVD-burner), ND-3551 (DVD-burner with Labelflash support) and ND-4550 (DVD-burner with DVD-RAM support) to a ND-4551 (DVD-burner with Labelflash and DVD-RAM support). The above drives are the only ones which can be modded to the ND-4551. No other drives are supported. Read here to find out how. Two drives are already modded succesfully by me (both ND-3550's). I can confirm that the X-3 firmware from Liggy & Dee is fully supported after you have done the mod. Use the latest version of Nero 7 if you want to print Labelflash to DVD-media.

[edit]
Interesting detail: NEC-drives also support changing the bitsetting on the drives which officially support DVD+R(W) DL for those discs, using the original firmware. Since the ND-2510, to be correctly. This drive is something like 4 years old.

[stanneh]

for all those interested in getting a 110 SVP have them for £23 in 3 different colours beige black and silver.

[|vibez|]

Just to confirm what everyone else has stated.....

All pioneer dual layer burners automatically set DL+R media to the correct booktype for x360 backups (DVD-ROM DL) Therefore there is no need to use this firmware as the standard firmware is just perfect.

The only time you might need this firmware is if you are burning single layer DVD+R, but seeing as the xtreme firmware needs dual layer discs, this feature is not required.

So in summary, you do not need this modified firmware to play backups on the xtreme firmware hack. The pioneer automatically sets the correct booktype

This post has been edited by |vibez|: May 19 2006, 08:53 AM