Sony DRX-120L DVD+RW & CD RW

Hi-

Try Patchburn:

http://www.patchburn.de/

It will make profiles and allow support for non-natvie drives.

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Hi Alan-

Toast is for burning- not sure what it will do for reading.
So, Patchburn couldn't make a profile, or did it?

If a profile was made, consider- 1- the drive isn't compatible at all, or 2- the drive is broken on the DVD side (bum laser?). DVD and CD are separate, so one could still work, with the other not.

You could put more effort in, do a search on RPC1, and see if you can find some driver/ROM updates for it. Flashing the drive, though, is easier to do on a PC than a Mac, though it can be done. All the info and resources are at the folowing:

http://forum.rpc1.org/index.php

Really not sure what to say at this point. If the drive won't even read a DVD.....
Tiger has more support for other combo drives than Panther......Might check at xlr8yourmac to see if anyone else has successfully used that drive in Panther:

http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso

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Hi again-

Just checked the specs on that drive (boy was it expensive when it came out in '02). It is listed as Windows/XP compatible only, and, though that doesn't necessarily mean that it can't work, it doesn't bode well for easy support effort.

So, the drive is still in the external housing? Might be a stretch, but, it could be the chipset of the housing that is causing the trouble. Maybe direct connection of the bare drive to the IDE would be better. That, or a compatible housing......

But then, faster Pioneer drives are only $40.......

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Hi-

By Profile, it means that the device is described so that the system recognizes the device, and applications are able to be linked to/triggered by the device. Patchburn provides support for devices that otherwise couldn't use th "i" app's- iPhoto, iDVD, etc., as well as enable further burning support. Your machine probably can't burn, but should read/play DVD's fine.
Check your system profiler and see if the optical drive is listed, and reported correctly.

So, the Sony can read- it just can't play- that is DVD player isn't opening. Will the DVD play if DVD player is already open?

I just realized- did you have a DVD-Rom or combo drive in your machine when you installed Panther? Or, was it only a CD-Rom/burner? If you didn't have a DVD drive before, you need to reinstall the OS so that you have all the necessary components. Is DVD Player installed (in your applications folder)?

You can try and reinstall the 10.3.9 combo update again, and see if that gets the DVD player (software) working.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxcombinedupdate1039.html

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Hi-

The profile looks good. And, I believe, the drive is functioning properly (DVD's mount).
The devices burn ability is controlled by software that came with the drive (origionally, and PC version, of course), which is why the "Disc Burning" is "vendor supported".
Anyways, if the update doesn't install the DVD player for you, you should "Archive and Install" Panther, and then update. That way, you will be sure that the OS is up to snuff.
You can also use VLC player, which can also play DVD. It's freeware:

http://www.download.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-2200_4-10210434.html

Good Luck!

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Have you tried an alternate DVD player or loaded Apple's DVD player from installation discs (use Pacifist to install individual programs)? Seems like this may be the answer as you are able to mount the DVD discs.

Regards,


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Hi-

I'm no expert on VLC problems- looking at the VLC site, for general problem solving, resetting the preferences in the VLC Preferences is suggested.
Did you try a system restart after installing the VLC?

Did you try and install the DVD player from/with the OS? As WWJD suggested, you can use Pacifist to extract the DVD Player application only, from the install disk, and save full system reinstall:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743


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