PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D Mac Pro Superdrive, can't burn DVD-R over 2.4x?

Most recent patch for Leopard. I could have sworn my dvd burner would burn DVD-R media over 2.4x. I noticed after the recent patch that instead of 6 or 10m burns they were taking 20+ minutes.

I checked the detected rate and OSX seems to think this drive is only capable of a maximum of 2.4x. The Pioneer DVR-112D model is advertised to burn up to 18x and the media (same as before the patch, Phillips and Verbatim)is rated at 16x.

What's going on here?


Firmware Revision: BC14
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: DVD+R
ID: CMC MAG R01
Blank: Yes
Erasable: No
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes
Write Speeds: 2.4x

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 17, 2008 6:10 PM

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Apr 17, 2008 8:16 PM in response to James Kyle

I am running Leopard with all the patches and with a Verbatim DVD-R 16X DVD I get:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D:

Firmware Revision: BC14
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: DVD-R
ID: MCC 03RG20
Blank: Yes
Erasable: No
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes
Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x, 18x

May 4, 2008 12:11 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

I thought I'd post a followup since my thread appears in the top hits for this dvd burners model.

It was indeed a media problem. For reference, the media I had was Philips DVD-R rated at 16x. However, the burner only recognized it as 2.4x. I bought some Verbatim media and it was recognized correctly.

So, if you stumble across this thread and are having the same problems. Try a different media.

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