playing dual layer dvd's with iBook superdrive

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playing dual layer dvd's with iBook superdrive

I've burned a couple of dual layer DVD's (8.5GB) with my iBook G4 and an external Lacie DVD burner.

I used Toast 7, experiencing no problems at all.

The DVD's play perfectly using the Lacie driver itself, or my Sony DVD player, or even a 10-year-old Pioneer DVD drive on my PC.

But... my iBook Superdrive refused to even read them.
The disk just makes a couple of turns and then the superdrive ejects it with no message.

The superdrive plays perfectly the commercial dvd's, which I know are usually double layered.

Does that mean that superdrive is not compatible with burned dual layer dvd's?

iBook G4; iPod 60GB v1.2.1; iTunes 6; Airport Xpress Mac OS X (10.4.4)

iBook G4; iPod 60GB v1.2.1; iTunes 6; Airport Xpress Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Apr 4, 2006 2:36 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 4, 2006 3:47 AM in response to jippo

I don't believe the SuperDrive for the iBook is set up to read/write the dual layer DVD's.

Go to your Apple Menu and select "about this mac". Click on the "more info" button and navigate to the Disc Burning label. Select it.

If your SD is dual layer compatible you'll see "+R DL".

What speed were you burning the Dual DVD's on the LaCie?

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jippo Author

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Apr 4, 2006 4:13 AM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

I don't believe the SuperDrive for the iBook is set
up to read/write the dual layer DVD's.

I didn't expect it to write DL DVD's, that's why I used an external burner.
The problem is when reading the burned dvds

Go to your Apple Menu and select "about this mac".
Click on the "more info" button and navigate to the
Disc Burning label. Select it.

If your SD is dual layer compatible you'll see "+R
DL".

It says generically that SD reads DVDs

What speed were you burning the Dual DVD's on the
LaCie?

don't know, really, but Toast is set to burn disks at the best speed:
one was a DL DVD+R 8x, the other a DL DVD-R 4x

it's IMPOSSIBLE that SD can't read dual layer DVDs: commercial DVDs are 6-7GB, they MUST be DL and they play perfectly.

and if it really can't play burned DL DVDs, that's really a shame! >:-Z

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