Sony DVD RW DRU-530A

[MegaDave]

I just bought this pieace of hardware. It is an 8x DVD RW. I am happy with it itself,
although I have a few questions I need help with.

First, about installation of the actual hardware. My E-Machine has a second expansion
bay slot, directly underneath my CD-RW that came with the machine. I wanted to add
the DVD-RW under it, so I could have dual drives. However, when I got the machine
apart, I could not find any extra slots for the SCSI cable that came with the burner.
There was also a little four pronged, female plug, with the male portion on the burner, I
couldn't find an extra one of those. So, I ended up having to take both off the CD-RW
and connecting them to the DVD-RW. It worked fine, and the PC had no troubles
detecting it. Right off I went to the net and made sure I had the newest drivers.

Now, it is working, and I am trying to use it. I have always used TMPGEnc to convert
files to .mpeg, then used Nero to burn VCD's. I am trying to use Nero to burn a DVD,
and it goes through the exact same process as it always has, except that once the
encoding portion is done, and it would usually start actually burning, I get an
error message and Nero stops. I will post the error message when I get it again (am
currently encoding, trying it again). I don't know if I have to change something about
Nero, or something about my DVD-RW.

Anyone know how I can 1) re-install my CD-RW so I can use both, and 2) figure out if
the burning problems are with Nero or with the DVD-RW?

[rkr1958]

#1) What you need to connect your DVDRW and CDRW drives is an IDE cable that supports a Master & Slave Drive. For example, see http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=484579&CatId=68
If your motherboard supports cable select then make sure the jumpers on both drives are set to cable select; otherwise I'd suggest making the DVDRW drive the Master & the CDRW drive the Slave. I know .... it sounds complicated and confusing but it really isn't.

#2) I'm not sure about this one ... Need more info.

[MegaDave]

I got the error again, and it created an error log that I saved.

The error log is huge, but this appears to be the pertinent parts;

ERROR:
cause: 58 (disk_full)
source: _VOBS
description: There is not enough space on the disk.


################################################## ########################################

DumpExceptionInformation(): Caught SEH Exception 0xe06d7363 during encoding
DumpExceptionInformation(): Exception was raised from C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll at RVA 0x0001eb33

################################################## ########################################
ERROR:
cause: 128 (nmc_processing_exception)
source: _VOBS:oGuardedProcessing ()
description: Exception during encoding
################################################## ########################################

***END: _VOBS - Process VOB
***END: _VOBS - Process Create
***END: _DVDBase - Create VTS
DVDENGINE exception caught.
***END: DVDVideoSessionImpl - GetDiscContent
***BEGIN: DVDSessionBase - RegisterCallback
...Session callback unregistered...
***END: DVDSessionBase - RegisterCallback

This makes it look like there is something wrong with the size. I am not sure if it is saying that there is not enough room on the DVD that I am using (TDK DVD-R, 4x, 4.7gb). The file I am trying to write is only 840,561 KB.

[rkr1958]

I use Nero to burn my DVDs but after they're authored or transcoded using some other application (e.g., TMPGEnc DVD-Author, DVDShrink). I'm not familar with using Nero to Author. In fact, I didn't realize that Nero could author. Sorry ... I can't help you on this one ... unless ....

You might wish to try TMPGEnc DVD-Author. I believe it has a 30-day trial period. You could use that progam to Author and even burn the DVD. Or if you wished, use Nero to burn the VIDEO_TS & AUDIO_TS folders once authored. If you tried this at least you'd get some confidence in making DVDs. By the way, I'd suggest learning using DVD+/-RW(s). That'll save you some coasters & $'s.

[kjbrack]

I too have a sony DRU-530a and I use DvdShrink to compose the movie with Nero6 for burning. I have made over 400 back-up's this way. As you have read your new sony drive will run on the IDE cable. I would take out the old CD-RW drive and just run the the new sony drive. It can do the jobs of both drives. Read a couple of the guides on this site about how to use the DvdShrink. Good Luck.

[rkr1958]

There was also a little four pronged, female plug, with the male portion on the burner, I couldn't find an extra one of those. So, I ended up having to take both off the CD-RW and connecting them to the DVD-RW.?

I just re-read your original post and missed this the first time. You'd also need a Y-cable in order to get power to both drives since you don't apparently have an extra one. For example, see
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=588532&CatId=82