What media will burn @ 8x w/ Sony drive.

Check sonys site and see what media is compatible with that drive. To burn full speeds.

iF YOU find out can you let us know in this thread because i would like to know.
Tired of the endless wait while this drive writes 8x media at 4x speed

I forget where i found this. I am sure it was not copyrighted.

Media Code Speed Edit V 1.0.3.6
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Firmware: SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A PDS32004/07/30 08:00
Bootcode: SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A 0DS5
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Overall supported media types: 173
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DVD+RDL supported media types: 3
DVD+R supported media types: 58
DVD+RW supported media types: 26
DVD-R supported media types: 62
DVD-RW supported media types: 24
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DVD+RDL supported media types: 3
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MKM 001-000 2.4x
RICOHJPN D00-001 2.4x
RITEK D01-001 2.4x

DVD+R supported media types: 58
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AML 001-000 4x,2.4x
BeAll000 P80-000 4x,2.4x
CMC MAG E01-000 6x,4x,2.4x
CMC MAG F01-000 4x,2.4x
CMC MAG M01-000 6x,4x,2.4x
CMC MAG R01-000 2.4x
DAXON AZ1-001 2.4x
DAXON AZ2-000 4x,2.4x
DT-D02 02 -000 4x,2.4x
DT-D03 004-000 4x,2.4x
GSC502 002-000 4x,2.4x
INFODISC R10-002 4x,2.4x
INFODISC R20-000 4x,2.4x
INFOME R20-000 4x,2.4x
LD A02-000 4x,2.4x
LD S03-000 6x,4x,2.4x
LONGTEN 002-000 2.4x
MAXELL 001-000 4x,2.4x
MAXELL 002-000 6x,4x,2.4x
MAXELL 003-000 8x,6x,4x,2.4x
MBIPG101 R03-000 4x,2.4x
MBIPG101 R04-001 4x,2.4x
MCC 002-000 4x,2.4x
MCC 003-000 4x,2.4x
MCC 004-000 6x,4x,2.4x
MJC 003-000 4x,2.4x
MPOMEDIA 040-000 4x,2.4x
MPOMEDIA 080-000 4x,2.4x
MUST 002-001 4x,2.4x
NANYA CHX-000 2.4x
NANYA CLX-000 4x,2.4x
NANYA RJB-000 2.4x
OPTODISC OR4-000 2.4x
OPTODISC OR8-000 4x,2.4x
PHILIPS C08-000 4x,2.4x
PHILIPS C16-000 4x,2.4x
PRODISC R01-001 2.4x
PRODISC R02-000 4x,2.4x
PRODISC R03-003 8x,6x,4x,2.4x
PRODISC R04-004 6x,4x,2.4x
Plasmon c01-000 4x,2.4x
RICOHJPN R00-001 2.4x
RICOHJPN R01-002 4x,2.4x
RICOHJPN R02-003 8x,6x,4x,2.4x
RITEK M02-001 4x,2.4x
RITEK R01-001 2.4x
RITEK R02-001 4x,2.4x
RITEK R03-001 4x,2.4x
RITEK R03-002 4x,2.4x
RITEK R04-001 4x,2.4x
SONY D11-000 8x,6x,4x,2.4x
SONY D21-000 6x,4x,2.4x
TDK 001-000 4x,2.4x
TDK 002-000 6x,4x,2.4x
VDSPMSAB 001-001 4x,2.4x
YUDEN000 T01-000 4x,2.4x
YUDEN000 T01-001 4x,2.4x
YUDEN000 T02-000 8x,6x,4x,2.4x

DVD+RW supported media types: 26
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CMC MAG W01-000 2.4x
CMC MAG W02-000 4x,2.4x
DAXON D41-000 4x,2.4x
DAXON D42-000 4x,2.4x
INFODISC A01-000 2.4x
INFODISC A10-000 4x,2.4x
MBIPG101 W03-000 2.4x
MBIPG101 W04-000 4x,2.4x
MCC A01-000 2.4x
MKM A02-000 4x,2.4x
NANYA DRW-000 4x,2.4x
NANYASC DRW-001 2.4x
OPTODISC OP1-001 2.4x
OPTODISC OP4-001 4x,2.4x
PHILIPS 010-002 2.4x
PHILIPS 041-000 4x,2.4x
PRODISC W01-000 2.4x
PRODISC W02-000 4x,2.4x
RICOHJPN W01-000 2.4x
RICOHJPN W11-001 4x,2.4x
RITEK 001-001 2.4x
RITEK 004-000 4x,2.4x
RITEK W04-000 4x,2.4x
SENTINEL W01-000 2.4x
SENTINEL W02-000 4x,2.4x
SONY S11-000 4x,2.4x

DVD-R supported media types: 62
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AN32 2x
BeAll G00001 2x
BeAll G40001 4x,2x
CMC MAG. 2x
CMC MAG. AE1 4x,2x
CMC MAG. AF1 4x,2x
DAXON004 4x,2x
Dvsn 4x,2x
FORNEX101 4x,2x
FUJIFILM03 4x,2x
GSC001 4x,2x
GSC001 2x
GSC002 4x,2x
LD 2x
LEADDATA 2x
LEADDATA S03 2x
LEADDATA01 2x
LONGTEN 001 4x,2x
MBI 2x
MBI 01RG20 4x,2x
MBI 03RG30 2x
MCC 00RG200 2x
MCC 01RG20 4x,2x
MCC 02RG20 8x,6x,4x,2x
MCI4XG01 2x
MCIG01 2x
MEI 00V001 2x
MEI 00V002 4x,2x
MXL RG01 2x
MXL RG02 4x,2x
MXL RG03 8x,6x,4x,2x
NANYA P1861 2x
NANYA-JC001 4x,2x
OPTODISCK001 2x
OPTODISCR004 4x,2x
PRINCO 2x
PRINCO 2x
PRODISCG02 2x
PVC001001 2x
PVCR001002 4x,2x
ProdiscF01 4x,2x
ProdiscS03 4x,2x
ProdiscS04 6x,4x,2x
RITEKG03 2x
RITEKG04 4x,2x
RITEKG05 6x,4x,2x
RITEKG06 4x,2x
RITEKM02 2x
SKC Co.,Ltd. 4x,2x
SONY 2x
SONY04D1 4x,2x
SONY08D1 8x,6x,4x,2x
TAIYOYUDEN 2x
TAROKO-MX4 4x,2x
TDKG02000000 2x
TTG01 4x,2x
TTG02 8x,6x,4x,2x
TTH01 8x,6x,4x,2x
TYG01 4x,2x
TYG02 6x,4x,2x
TYG03 8x,6x,4x,2x
Yi Jhan 001 2x

DVD-RW supported media types: 24
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CMCW02 2x
DAXON_RW2X01 2x
JVC/VictorT7 2x
JVC0VictorD7 2x
JVC_VictorW7 2x
MCC 00RW11N9 1x
MCC 01RW11n9 2x
MCC 01RW4X 4x,2x
OPTODISCW002 2x
OPTODISCW004 2x
PRINCO 1x
PRINCO 2x
PVCW000001Q9 1x
PVCW00V00245 2x
Prodisc DW04 2x
ProdiscDVDRW 1x
RITEK000V11A 1x
RITEKW01 2x
RITEKW04 2x
SONY000000U9 1x
TDK401saku=3 1x
TDK501saku]3 1x
TDK502sakuM3 2x
TDK601saku 4x,2x


And here is a link to find out the media codes.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia

Hope this helps


Edit: if i ever figgure out where i got this I will thank them. So thanks to who ever put it up in the first place

Hey, at least you guys can burn at 4 speed. Mine is so slow it takes the pi$$!

I reckon mine is buring at 1 speed as copying a DVD will often take around 1.5 hours (even though NERO states 4X speed)

When I DVD shrink, decode and then burn - the whole process can take around 3 hours. It's quite ridiculous and I think it's faulty. Even installing a game takes around an hour!!

I have sent Dell and email and they have just replied with a series of checks to run. God I hope this works.

Cheers

I flashed the Sony firmware over with the LITEON firmware for the SOSW-852S rev PCX3. I use Memorex media which are CMC-MAG E01s and I can't get 8x, but 6x is pretty quick on this media for a notebook drive. Notebook drives aren't as quick as desktop drives.

With the Memorex DVD-R media i am using i consistently get 4x but that is what the media code says for the drive. Did you check the media to see what the code says for your drive?

Copying DVD's takes a while. It is as simple as that. With CloneDVD and AnyDVD (superb program pair) it takes 30-45 minutes or so to rip the disk and only 15 or so to burn it. The program appreas to be working well so it must be just that the decode/rip process is slower???? I have not copied too many DVD's but it looks like that is just the way it is?

Anyone else have experience with ripping/burning DVD's?

Hazridi, My drive firmware came PDS3, did yours come something else? What did flashing to the liteon firmware do for you?

I had a strange "issue" with my Sony drive last week when I was burning a Verbatim DVD-R disk from my 9300. The disk is rated for 8X, but my system was indicating the burn taking place at 12X! I thought I was seeing things so I burned another disk and the same thing happened that time as well. I noticed that in addition to it saying 12X, it also indicated a much quicker mB/sec transfer rate (although I forgot to write down that number). The next time I burn some DVD's, I'll have to time how long it takes and compare that to a 8X (or 4X) burn...

I know the drive is spec'ed for 8X, so it really took me by suprise! BTW, this was seen when running Nero V6.x.
- Mark

When I burn 4X DVD-R's the DW-D56A always starts burning at 2X and then after a short time it speeds up to 4X for the rest of the round. The 2X part is visible as a band next to the inner ring on the disk. Do you see this too, and how can you get the DW-D56A to burn at a constant 4X from beginning to end? The media I use is good quality and is rated at 2X or 4X.

Mine was sucking it didn’t recognize anything correctly and never burned a disk. I got a replacement drive sent and it was an NEC and works great. Thank God the Sony was a nightmare.