hmm okay. i'll try again in a few hours with the v32... many people on the torrent site said that they got it to work after a v32 upgrade in their mkiv, sucks that i'm going to lose my m splash screen and voice though.

edit: tried the v32 upgrade and the OS upgraded but still got 'incorrect dvd' showing. at least i know my laser is working fine... looks like it may just be a problem of not using the right DVD+R media because it seems like others have gotten it to work.