Burning on efika

[amigadave]

zyphoid wrote:
for sure I'm going to get laughed off of the thread with this issue :lol:

Not at all!  Everyone knows that A.org is the best and fastest place to come for any information remotely related to Amiga computing, including AROS, AOS4.x and even MOS2.1  :-D

I will be watching this thread for an answer, as I am a new EFIKA owner/user.

I just installed a wireless keyboard and mouse combo on my EFIKA which works great, so that has freed my second usb port for an external CD/DVD drive.  I am looking for recommendations on which drive to buy and the results of your question to find out if burning CDs, or do I dare ask, DVDs even on the USB1.1 interface of the EFIKA? :lol:

[amigadave]

@zyphoid,

I was looking at an external Lightscribe drive from Tiger Direct (where I have bought several computer items in the past), that they were selling for, I think, $69, or $79.  I thought it would be nice to have for burning labels onto CDs when I had it connected to my MacBook, or Dell PC.

But, I don't want to buy it just for that if it won't work well on my EFIKA.  I realize that due to the USB1.1 interface instead of USB2.0, the EFIKA will never be great at writing to any external CD+R/RW disc, and that it is probably stupid to think that it could reliably write to a DVDRW/+R/-R disc, but I want an external USB optical drive that works reliably for reading and is also capable of writing, even if it is slowly.

[amigadave]

zyphoid wrote:
ok by mounting with usb first then opening frying pan, and then finding the class on poseidon, going to its preference, and playing with some of its settings, and then cueing up my mp3's I am able to then plug the power in without hangup the system, then i go back into poseidon, change the settings back, but when writing, i get an error of track layout failed(-18) disc will not be written to

the drive is mounted and bounded to...well i dunno cant find it now but it's there

drive progress shows 3/4 activity status but that varies. if the mouse drops, unplug and plug in again.  I had to do it three times.
no chang in ram so i guess it's not even trying to do anything

oh @amigadave yep its the same drive I got from them...tigerdirect is good!I got all the efika extras from them

 :-)  :-)

So, have you been able to read CDs and DVDs, play mp3s and play DVD movies on your EFIKA using that drive you got from Tiger Direct?  If you can, I think I will get one.  The price is good.

[amigadave]

@zyphoid,

Looks like you and I are the only members here reading this thread, but I will try to get someone else involved one more time.

Hey EFIKA owners, I am shopping for my USB external DVD/CD drive to use with my EFIKA and want your advice and comments.

I want a LightScribe drive, as I will also be using it with my MacBook and Dell tower to burn labels on discs.

The three models I am reviewing at the moment are:

HP DVD1040e LightScribe SuperMulti $59.99
Kanguru U2-DVDRW-20LS DVD?RW Lightscribe Burner $64.95
Lite-On DX-8A1H LightScribe Slim External Burner $69.99

Please give me your opinions and if any of you own any of these drives, please give me a review. Specially if you use it on your EFIKA!

zyphoid has the Lite-On DX-8A1H LightScribe Slim External Burner (I think). :-D