LaCie 16x DVD burner with lightscribe

Ok i attached LaCie F.Porsche design, 16x with lightscribe, firewire to my PowerBook, and i can use it nicely, but iDVD tells me no Superdrive found? do you have same problem?

Hi Mark,
With the Panther (Mac OS X 10.3.9), you need this PatchBurn. Read the FAQ at the website. You probably can also get profile driver from LaCie.

Similar Messages

  • New Lacie 16x DVD Burner.  Burns iDVD but not SP3!

    DVDSPro3 doesn't seem to recognize the new Lacie DVD burner, but iDVD does and burns disk. Does anyone know why SPro3 isn't recognizing the new burner? Cheers.

    Hi Mark,
    With the Panther (Mac OS X 10.3.9), you need this PatchBurn. Read the FAQ at the website. You probably can also get profile driver from LaCie.

  • Anyone using LaCie d2 DVD burner with mini?

    I am considering a mini with 1g ram and a 23" moniter. I've been reading that some external DVD burners are significantly faster the the superdrive in the mini. I'm looking at the LaCie because it also burns labels and includes Toast 6, which I must have to burn multipe sessions. Also, it will enable me to burn dbbl layers and can be used with other computers we have. Anyone have experience with this?

    Karen,
    You do not have to buy Toast to burn multiple sessions using a built in drive - it is possible with the software Apple provide (Disk Utility). There are, however, other advantages of Toast which make it well worth obtaining. Toast doesn't have to build a disk image before it starts burning the CD/DVD, which Apple's software must do - this is particularly significant when writing DVDs on the Mini because duplicating 4.7 GB of data on the computer's less-than-speedy hard drive adds ~25 minutes to the time taken to burn the disk. Secondly, the ability to select a specific disk format in Toast, in my case ISO9660, is indispensable.
    For what its worth my Mini, with a SuperDrive, can burn a full DVD in ~16 minutes using Toast, or burn and verify in just over half an hour. I use Sony DVD-R media and burn 10-20 disks a week.
    Simon

  • HP dual layer DVD Burner with Lightscribe

    Does OSX 10.4.7 and my MDD FW800 support this drive? Thanks, WillL

    In answer to both questions I am looking at the HP dvd840i internal. I have Disclabel which in version 3 supports Lightscribe capability. Regards, WillL

  • LaCie d2 DVD Burner Does Not Read Discs

    Anyone experienced a similar problem or have a solution?
    I've just bought a LaCie d2 16X DVD burner w/ Lightscribe and have it connected through firewire to my 1Ghz iBook G4 running OS 10.4.7
    iTunes 6 and Toast Titanium 7 recognize the burner, but when I insert a blank CD or DVD the burner doesn't read it and I get a 'no disc' message in Toast.
    Neither burner nor discs appear on the desktop.
    I've tried installing the latest LaCie Update Tool firmware from their website, but I just get the following message when I run it: "LaCie DVD Update Tool found a DVD drive CD/DVDW SH-S162L but there is no update available. (The firmware is at vLC00)."
    That doesn't sound right. I've tried with a USB 2 hook-up and it still doesn't work.
    Anyone know of any way to get the burner to recognize blank media? (I've tried it with different brands, being very careful that the disc is positioned in the middle of the tray. Nothing works).
    Thanks.
    Jake B
    iBook G4 1Ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

    1. You wrote: "I've experimented with multiple media, all to no avail."Yes, but you did not respond to point 1 in my last post: what media is supported?
    2. You wrote: "Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)."You might want to take a look at the items concerning "burn support" on this XLR8YourMac page. In situations like this, sometimes one can burn from the iApps (iTunes, iDVD, etc.) but not from Finder or Disk Utility. I've not found specific documentation on that value, but I believe it means that the device can burn discs (Yes) but the method is not one supported in Mac OS X, i.e. it's not listed as a supported device in the DiscReording Framework.
    Many folks have had luck getting their unsuported external optical drives to working with Patchburn. I've not used it, but it has helped innumerable folks.
    3. You wrote: "I'm ready to send this lemon back."I don't blame you. However, you may first want to give LaCie Support a call. See this page for their phone number and hours.
    Good luck!
    Dr. Smoke
    Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

  • Using LaCie dvd burner with fce hd

    has anyone out there used a LaCie dvd burner with toast titanium 6.1.1 to burn fce hd project? the fce hd files(as a QT file ) contains 2 folders --the movie file along with an a-v 1 file(assuming this a media file) are boththese files to be dropped into the TOAST titanium drop window for burning? burning a dvd takes hours and i'm trying to save myself a lot of aggravation--thanks folks

    This is not a Final Cut Express related topic. You're more likely to find LaCie DVD burner users on forums like iDVD and DVD Studio Pro.

  • Any Experience with LaCie Slim DVD burner?

    Hi~
    i'd like to buy this external Slim LaCie's dvd burner...
    but while reading the techSpec lines, i realized that , apparently, it does not require an extra power source, though it is via FireWire...
    so i'd like to know how it works on PowerBooks or any other older Macs...
    thanks for ur comments...

    Whilst I do not have direct experience of the DVD burner you have mentioned, I use both external desktop and portable burners.
    The portable variety, like the LaCie, can be host-powered when connecting via FireWire though the drive may also come with a power adapter. Usually they include a copy Roxio Toast to do the burning. Whilst portable burners are not going to be as quick as desktop models, it should still be reasonably quick.
    If you want ultimatee speed at the lowest price then a desktop model is better - you can probably buy several desktop burners for the price of one portable equivalent.
    15" 1.25GHz/12" 1GHz PBs, PPC Mac minis, 12" iBooks G3/G4,   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   Cube, TAMs, iPods 2G/4G, iPs, AEBS, AX

  • Using an external DVD burner with iBook G4

    Hi,
    I am new to this ibook game so bear with me....I purchased an iBook G4 from ebay and hooked my Lacie external DVD burner up to it as it only has a combo drive. Anytime I try to burn DVDs though it says that it cannot use this disk. When I look in disc utility it says that the write ability of any DVD i insert is read only. Under system profiler my external burner does appear as drive type CD-RW/DVD-RW though. What can I do to burn DVDs? I am running osx 10.3.7 by the way and previously used my external burner with an old emac succesfully.

    You could try and see if the external optical drive is supported through
    third-party burn software, one example of which may be Burn, it is free.
    http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html
    {note: there are two links to download - one is for G3s only}
    Is the cable you have in good health and do you have a known good spare?
    And update the OS X to 10.3.9. Get the large file 'combo' for this;
    and then check for security updates, java updates, etc. Be sure
    to run Disk Utility's 'repair disk permissions' before & after updates.
    You will have to update the Panther 10.3.x system to 10.3.9 and also
    get any other updates available to the system. This may be why the
    external drive won't work in the present computer. Also, Burn needs
    to have 10.3.9 or later in order to work, too...
    Hopefully this helps...
    Good luck & happy computing!

  • No audio on dvd burned with idvd6

    Relevant software: Mac OS 10.4.11, iMovie 6.0.3, iDvd 6.0.3
    Problem: No audio on dvd burned with iDvd
    What happened: Created movie in iMovie (audio and video fine). Shared to iDvd (audio and video fine on playback). Burned Dvd. No audio on dvd but video is fine.
    What I did:
    1. Saved as disc file. Opened with VLC and DVD Player. No audio, video fine.
    2. Deleted encoded assets in iDvd then 1 (above).
    3. Removed non-Apple extensions in Library/Quicktime. Then 2 and 1 (above).
    I've read other discussions about this same issue and followed those recommendations as well as that in the article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303550.
    Clearly I'm missing something. But, what is it? Anyone have any suggestions?

    i too am having the same problems with iDVD 6.0.4. I just ended up wasting 5 hours of time burning these damned DVDs... what was really strange is that the first DVD I burned was a dual-layer, and I checked that one on a set-top DVD player and it worked fine. I then needed 5 more copies of the DVD, so I simply inserted a fresh dual-layer DVD into the drive at iDVD's prompt of 'Would you like to burn this disc again?'.
    Assuming that they would all be fine since the first one was fine, I simply burned 5 more DVDs. Only now, checking them after I've wasted a godawful amount of time burning them, do I find that they're all f#$ked. Thanks apple.
    Crap like this makes me steamed. My PC burning software doesn't have nearly the same simple, elegant interface as iDVD, but it also lacks this CATASRTOPHIC problem. I mean, dual layer DVDs are relatively pricey... so screw apple. i will be glad to go home to my PC after being forced to work with this junky, buggy software.

  • Burn to Lightscribe DVD+R media on External LaCie d2 DVD burner fails

    Recently the Superdrive in my iMac G4 has failed where it would no longer burn DVD's reliably. I purchased a LaCie external firewire DVD burner and have been very impressed with its speed and overall compatibility.
    I have created several DVDs from iDVD 5.0.1 (written to disk images) and then burned them to DVD-R media using "Disk Utility" with no problems. When I tried to burn them to LightScribe DVD+R media, the burn occurs with no errors and the DVD mounts and plays fine from the LaCie burner. However, trying to play the DVD from my original SuperDrive or in my home DVD players, does not work.
    Is there some incompatibility I am unaware of? I believe I created one lightscribe DVD from Toast 7 where I was playing around with duplicating an existing DVD I had and it worked fine. I think the media I used in that case was one provided with the drive and I burned it from toast.
    My lightscribe media is Verbatim LightScribe DVD+R media (30 pack). I don't want to consider these coasters. Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated.

    My internal SuperDrive has this profile:
    PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104:
    Firmware Revision: A227
    Interconnect: ATAPI
    Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
    Cache: 2000 KB
    Reads DVD: Yes
    CD-Write: -R, -RW
    DVD-Write: -R, -RW
    Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
    Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
    Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
    Media: No
    =======================
    My external LaCie drive has this profile:
    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
    It identified write restrictions, but my goal was to write a playable DVD and it fails in both my SuperDrive and off-the-shelf DVD players.
    Thanks for the idea, but I'm not sure that this is the issue in this case. Is there some basic compatibility issue with using DVD+R media as a playable DVD for most off-the-shelf players?

  • A dvd burner with nforce3 drivers! (assistance required)

    i have k8n neo platiium mobo and a 3400 proc !
    i had iomega dualdvd which woudlnt work on nforce3 chipsets drivers !
    however my samsung cdrw/dvd rom combo works fine w/ nero !
    i would like to know if there are ppl using dvd writers which works w/ msi nforce3 drivers please let me know ! (the nforce3 ide drivers)
    and if you can name those burner's w/ model # !
    from where i am i can get
    ASUS DRW-1608P
    http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=6&l2=35&l3=0&model=415&modelmenu=1
    and DRU-800A Internal Double/Dual Layer & Dual Format DVD Burner
    DRU-800A     http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=DRU800A&Dept=computers&CategoryName=cpu_Sony_PCAccessories_CD%2fDVDBurn_DVDBurners
    if any one using any of these 2 burners w/ msi nforce3 chipsets drivers with nero please let me know or any other burners which actually works with them !
    thankyou!

    I might be in the same boat as some of you... I got my K8N Neo Platinum exactly a year ago. Up til recently, I was content to burn DVD+R at 8x speed with my Lite-on 411S (Single layer).  However, I was impressed with Plextor's PX-716A, and moreover I went for the SATA version, PX-716SA. For a year, I never had trouble with the WD SATA hard drive connected to the SATA0 port, so I thought there wouldn't be any trouble with the Plextor drive. When I read a DVD-ROM with this drive, I can only get up to 7.3x speed, while DVD+R writes are limited to 6.5x (on good media like Verbatim 16x).  Quality is good, but I am disappointed that the speed is not 16x.  I have the latest Nvidia drivers, and I read a few places that I should use the default Windows drivers.  Could this speed limitation really be caused by a driver?  Secondly, if I install the default Windows driver, what steps do I take (please be specific)?.  What should I look for in the alternative location of the driver. When I removed the Nvidia IDE drivers, they came back on the next boot-up. 
    -K8N Neo Platinum with 1.7v firmware (Nforce 3 250Gb)
    -PX-716SA with 1.07 firmware [SATA]
    -Plextools v2.23
    -WD 80GB Sata HD
    -Windows 2000 SP4

  • Will LaCie 301910 DVD burner work to backup iTunes 10 library?

    My iMac disc drive is only working for CDs.  I am not sure whether the LaCie DVD burner (301910) will work to backup iTunes.
    If it won't, what drive would you suggest?
    Also, in iTunes 10 I do not see an option to backup up to DVDs. Is there a way to do a DVD backup of the iTunes library?
    (Since upgrade to Snow Leopard I have had over 10 new songs completely disappear from the HD so that they are not on my (Time Machine)
    backups to an external HD and I would prefer to have a reliable backup system.)
    Thanks.

    Thanks a lot. That definately helps my decision. I loved using lightscribe burners (except the slow speed for the disc labeling) back in my PC days and I'm glad to see that it works on a Mac.
    20" iMac Core Duo --- 1.83GHz Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

  • LaCie d2 DVD +/- RW w/ lightscribe - do you need the Toast 6 Titanuim?

    I need to purchase an external DVD burner and from what I've read, the LaCie dvd burner is a good one for the mac. I have two questions:
    1. Is this a good choice to burn iDVD movies or slideshows (made in iMovie or iPhoto than transfered to iDVD)?
    2. What does the Toast 6 Titanium software do? Is it necessary to burn iDVD' movies onto DVD's to play on TV's? It is sold with the LaCie burner in some packages so I wanted to check with some experienced iDVD users.
    Thanks in advance for your help!
    power book g4   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

    srtri,
    Welcome to the Apple Support Forums.
    I sugest you start a new question with your question rather than 'piggy-backing' (also know as thread-jacking) on an existing question.
    This will insure your question gets the attention it deserves and allow you to mark your question as 'answered' when you get the help you need.

  • DVD burned with Encore on MacPro will not play in all players

    I burned a project with Encore last week using my MacPro's stock DVD burner. I was using Memorex DVD+R disks which I've had mostly success with in the past. I tried the final DVD in 3 players before I considered it the final product, and it worked in all 3...1 high end player and 2 no-names. I went to present the project at a screening the other night and their Sony player would not read the disk (but did read everyone else's)! Luckily I had access to another player, so it wasn't a complete embarrassment, but still unnerving considering I have to make about 60 DVDs next month for a client. Any idea what could have caused this?

    The difference between + and - these days should be zero. However, if one format gives you trouble, always try the other.
    I've delivered to clients where + was the only format that worked, and I've delivered to clients where - was the only format that worked.
    As has been said before, the only way to absolutely ensure maximum compatiblity is to replicate your discs. Obviously that's not prudent in cases like yours. :)

  • Can i replace the dvd burner with a second hard disk in my pavilion dv6 6915nr?

    Can I remove the dvd burner and replace it with a secondary bay hard disk?

    Hi,
    Yes you can, you need something like this to hold the HDD (or SSD):
        http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=289
    Regards.
    BH
    **Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
    Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

Maybe you are looking for