LaCie DVD burner total waste of money

Firstly, thanks for the feedback. I'm looking into all suggestions. I do have all the latest drivers and software updates, so the system can see the drive and media no problem, it's integrating it into the OS and apps which is a problem.

I posted the topic because I am seeing no built-in support for external burners within either DVD SP or Mac OS X, even after several months of updates. It's really not practical to use the built-in burner for production work. I have to run an app called Ardiem just to get the tray to open and close.

When it comes time to burn a DVD there should be a way of selecting which burner to use from within DVD SP, either lock in a preference or be given an option every time.

I should also be able to chain several burners together and do batches, or at least tell the app how many copies I need to burn and have it eject a finished disk and ask for another one until the job is done.

None of these essential features are present.

I do have the newer D2, with the SH-S162L drive, and no firmware updates currently available for it.

Everything, DSP, OS X etc is at the very latest rev.

Just for the heck of it I did download the most recent Disk Recording Support software and re-installed it, and now when I click Burn from within DSP the LaCie tray pops out - yaay - but alas the Eject button on the keyboard continues to control the internal DVD.

Something I need to take up with Apple as per another reply.

Thanks again for all the feedback. Very imformative. Now, if only I could go and change the topic title.......

No problems with them not working, per say, but no simple way of controlling them in the same as the internal DVD is controlled.

I'm marking this one as Unanswered because I launched DSP to burn some DVD's tonight and the internal burner tray opens instead of the external tray, and also blank media inserted into the external is not recognized by DSP, instead showing up in the Finder as a disk ready to be burned to.

This is exactly the same kind of issue I was dealing with before I took the advice of several other members and re-installed the LaCies drivers, which restored the kind of functionality I would expect from DSP only until the app was quit.

Upon launching again it's back to its old crippled self.

Needless to say I do appreciate help from those of you who are willing and able to give it, but throwing out no-brainer advice like "Did you download and install the drivers from Lacie's web site?" just to get brownie points clutters up the discussion forums IMHO.

Mr Nedrow, on the other hand, gave thoughtful and inciteful feedback and advice, and he got my vote what I thought my question had been answered. However, the problem came back upon re-launching the app.

Very frustrating to say the least.

I'll be submitting yet another lngthy bug report to Apple 😟

"Wow, an acceptance speech."

You should have seen the first draft 😉

Actually, I was seriously peeved about this situation because we're all waiting for some big improvements to the Studio Pro apps and all we get is a Universal Binary version.

Sorry to come across as rude.

PC

Sure thing:

Mac OS X v10.4.6 Dual 2 PowerPC G5 (3.0) G5 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM, Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1

DVD Studio Pro 4 v4.0.3 (Interface 382, Authoring 382, Base 396.0 (encoder 483), Oxygene 409)

Lacie:

TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W162L:

Firmware Revision: LC00
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Vendor Supported)
Profile Path: /Library/DiscRecording/DeviceProfiles/LaCie.drprofile
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

Stuff on FireWire Bus:

LaCie d2 Extreme LUN 0:

Manufacturer: LaCie Group SA
Model: 0x0
GUID: 0xD04B540D05497D
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
LaCie d2 Extreme LUN 0 Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x102
Product Revision Level: 3.01
Sub-units:
LaCie d2 Extreme LUN 0 SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 232.89 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk2
OS9 Drivers: Yes
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
External Backup:
Capacity: 232.88 GB
Available: 6.9 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: HFS+
BSD Name: disk2s6
Mount Point: /Volumes/External Backup

LaCie d2 DVD-RW Firewire:

Manufacturer: LaCie Group SA
Model: 0x0
GUID: 0xD04B5C02081277
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:

LaCie d2 DVD-RW Firewire Unit:

Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x102
Product Revision Level: LC00
Sub-units:

LaCie d2 DVD-RW Firewire SBP-LUN:

Unknown Device:

Manufacturer: 0x85
Model: Unknown Device
GUID: 0x85000025A711
Maximum Speed: Up to 100 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown
Sub-units:
Unknown Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10001
Unit Spec ID: 0xA02D

Unknown Device:

Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown Device
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec