DVP5982/37 "unknown disc"

[Alexo]

I'm trying to burn some AVI files on a DVD.
I tried a DVD-R and a DVD+R using Nero 6.
In both cases the DVP5982/37 complained about "unknown disc".
What am I doing wrong?

Thank you

[jagabo]

Did you finalize the disc? Don't use Multisession.

[Alexo]

I chose "No multisession"

[jagabo]

Which template did you use. Try DVD-ROM ISO or DVD-ROM UDF/ISO.

[Alexo]

DVD-ROM ISO
ISO9660:1999
Label: Il était une fois... l'Homme

[Noahtuck]

Ummm...

Just use ImgBurn>Write Files/Folders to disc>drag and drop files into window>burn

Done!!

The only thing i use to burn avi's to my media to watch.

[jagabo]

It sounds like you're doing everything right. You might try downloading the Divx Test CD ISO. See if that works. Use Nero's Buring ROM's Burn Image option.

http://divxtest.surdvd.com/sommaire.php3?lang=en
http://divxtest.surdvd.com/sommaire.php3?lang=fr

[Noahtuck]

Okay..
I'm confused here

Why not just use ImgBurn ??

I don't have anything against nero, usually, but ImgBurn is pretty much foolproof doing it the way i said.

[Alexo]

Could accented (French) characters in the title and/or filenames cause this?

[jagabo]

Could accented (French) characters in the title and/or filenames cause this?

I don't think so. It's worth a try though. Remove the diacriticals from the volume name too.

Nero Burning ROM is usually pretty foolproof when making data discs like this. As long as you choose DVD-ROM ISO, No Multisession. You might do as Noahtuck suggests and try Imgburn.

Oh, and just to sure: start Nero Burning ROM directly. Don't use Nero's Start Smart or Nero Express. (Those may work properly but I always start with Nero Burning ROM directly).

[jman98]

Could accented (French) characters in the title and/or filenames cause this?

I don't think this will cause the error message you see. My old Philips DVP-642 will just display "weird" characters (for English this means anything with accent marks, etc.) with something like ~.

Take the disc you made. Can a PC play it? If not, you have something wrong in your process. Maybe you are not finalizing the discs. Maybe the disc brand is bad quality and your DVD player doesn't like it. Generally speaking Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden are the only consistently reliable high quality brands available now, although in Europe there is still some small chance that Sony and TDK might still be OK, depending on who made those discs for them. Try burning at a slower speed such as 4x. Many people burn questionable media at the highest speed possible and their problems are solved when they burn at much slower speeds.

Finally, note that many people burn AVI files that cannot be played on DVD players. If your AVI files have resolution greater than 720x576, they will never work. However, I would not expect those to cause an "unknown disc" error message.

[Alexo]

Thank you all!

ImgBurn proved to be a success.
However, the file names were only 8 characters. Is it possible to display more on that player?

[Ai Haibara]

I believe the player does support longer filenames - though I'm not sure whether or not you have to install the modified firmware for that. What disc settings did you use in Imgburn?

[jagabo]

I think the Philips 5990 and 5992 support 13 character file names (extensions aren't shown). DVD ROM can vary from 8.3 to something much longer -- like 256 depending on the version of the ISO 9660, UDF, Joilette spec that is used. If you are only seeing 8 characters I would suspect the problem is in the way the DVD was burned.

There are mod firmwares for the 5990 (I think these work on the 5992 too -- but you should check, and beware, these are not supported by Philips) that support much longer file names. Something like 40 characters.

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic355675.html

[Ai Haibara]

The OP was asking about the 5982, though. I'm not sure whether or not vb6rocod has modified any firmware for the 5982... and in a quick search of the VH forums, all I mainly found was another firmware modified by someone else.

[jagabo]

Ah, sorry. I misread the model number.

[MysticE]

Did you finalize the disc? Don't use Multisession.

I've got a 5982 it has no problems with multi-session DVDs. I just use Nero Express-> DATA DVD and just drag/drop. About as foolproof as you can get.

[Alexo]

I think the Philips 5990 and 5992 support 13 character file names (extensions aren't shown). DVD ROM can vary from 8.3 to something much longer -- like 256 depending on the version of the ISO 9660, UDF, Joilette spec that is used. If you are only seeing 8 characters I would suspect the problem is in the way the DVD was burned.

There are mod firmwares for the 5990 (I think these work on the 5992 too -- but you should check, and beware, these are not supported by Philips) that support much longer file names. Something like 40 characters.

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic355675.html

I used the default settings. I believe it was ISO9660+UDF.
And that's 5982. Don't know about modified firmware for that one.