djtaz said:
Q : Is DVD+R better than DVD-R ?
A : When burning DVD+R you need to set the booktype to DVD-ROM generally DVD-r is ok as is. DVD REWRITABLES ARE NOT RELIABLE
What exactly is the thought process here?
Here's what happened to me yesterday.
I decide, "I want to play ISOs on my Wii."
I go to the forum, and learn that I should use the Twilight Hack, and find a step-by-step for getting HBC installed.
I go to the store, pick up a used copy of Twilight Princess, already have an SD card, just need some blank DVDs.
I go to the shelf. There's a bunch of spindles of various sizes, they all look like blank DVDs to me.
I pick up the package of DVDs that doesn't look like a cat attacked it, and is under twenty bucks.
I go home.
I follow the guide, install HBC via the Twilight Hack. Some prior knowledge and forum reading tells me I now need a backup launcher.
I download and install Backup Launcher Gamma. I also install the cIOS.
I acquire an ISO of a game I would like to play.
I put in a blank DVD that I just bought, open up ImgBurn, and burn on the slowest setting.
The disk goes into the Wii.
DVD Read Error?
Hm, maybe it's the ISO, or maybe it was a bad burn. I try a different disk image on a new DVD.
DVD Read Error (324)
Well, let me search!
"324s are usually because you screwed up installing the cIOS."
OK, I must have screwed up. cIOS gets reinstalled.
DVD Read Error (324)
I read all the stickies. Nothing is mentioning a read error, and if it is, it's relating to the cIOS.
I go to Google. Try a bunch of different searches, nothing - mostly links to threads on GBATemp.
I'm about to give up, and click a random link on a random page of a search result.
Some guy says that it's a pain that, when using DVD+R, he has to change his booktype to DVD-ROM.
I open up ImgBurn, set booktype to DVD-ROM, burn, and spend the next few hours enjoying some video games.
Where in this does "DVD-R vs DVD+R" come into play? You really expect a newcomer (obviously the person the sticky is
for) to already know this crap?
I tried to help somebody that seemed to be in the same position that I was in with pictures. Pictures grab attention, and it took me a few minutes to find out how to properly set the book type. I tried to help somebody out, and in return, I get a bunch of you jumping on my dick. Real nice.