Lightscribe labeling not working...

[MichiganRich]

Hey there-

 

PowerMac G5 1.6, Tiger 10.4.8, newly purchased Toast 8 w/Disc Cover RE. New LG GSA-H10L multi-format drive, hooked up through FireWire. New stack of Verbatim Lightscribe media.

 

Toast 8 burns okay, no problems with burning to the media. It sees the drive no problem.

 

Okay, now that the details are out there, why in the &*!$% does Disc Cover RE suck so bad? First off it hangs and crashes. Then it's sluggish when designing a cover. Then it gives me a "Lightscribe device is not ready to print..." alert box when I try to print to the disc. What can I try to get this thing to work? GRRRR with Toast I expect it to work. Plain and simple, out of the box. This is a crappy user experience, makes me feel like I'm banging my head against some cheap-a$$ Windows junk.

 

At 38 years old, I'm not a novice in any stretch. I've been working with and maintaining Macs and burners for my paycheck since 1994. This isn't a volume control thats turned down or a cable thats unplugged.

[freshburn]

Lacie's software is not free. You pay for it, that's why Lacie drives cost more. Lacie drives work better on the Mac. Freecom has always been bad. Seems like a drive issue more than anything.

[freshburn]

Well, LG drives are pretty poor quality. It could be the media, or it could be the firmware. I suggest updating the Firmware if one is available.

 

The newest one seems to be LL11

 

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?cate...p;manufactor=16

 

You would need a PC to flash it.

[reinhardmohr]

It‘s the same with me: Disc Cover RE does not work perfectly. I cannot print to my Samsung lightscribe-dvd-recorder. Instead it does some preparation, but then it crashes. It‘s not a matter of the burner or my system, as this "simple labeler“ from the lightscribe-website works without a hazzle and burns perfectly. So does the LaCie-software (though it‘s not a LaCie-recorder!).

When I go to the Disc Cover RE-website they are trying to sell me an upgrade to the full version, but they do not have an upgrade for my Disc Cover RE 1.3.3 that adresses the problem.

 

So the LaCie-software is the best deal. Thanks, steedyweedy!

 

Reinhard

[frankthetank966]

There is lightscribe for Mac?

[steedyweedy]

Lacie's software is not free

Well I downloaded it from LaCie's website and it runs fine on my Freecom drive. There's no mention on their website that it's commercial-ware, and it never asked me for a serial number.

 

http://www.lacie.com/download/drivers/Ligh...aller%201.2.dmg

[steedyweedy]

There is lightscribe for Mac?

 

Yep - why else would Toast 8 support it?!!

 

http://www.Lightscribe.com has info for Mac users too

[verhoeks]

Hi,

I have not tried Lightscribe with the new Toast software, but used it before on MAC and PC.

Have you downloaded and installed the drivers for MAC from the website http://www.lightscribe.com ?

I hope not, then this should hopefully solve your problem.

 

Joost

[steedyweedy]

With my new Freecom Firewire external burner, the only way I can get it to burn a Lightscribe disc is via USB-1. Firewire doesn't work.

 

Lacie's free lightscribe software seems much better than the app bundled with Toast 8:-

 

http://www.lacie.com/uk/technologies/technology.htm?id=10024