4xdvd-R yes...8xdvd-R NO!!!!

[Qeef]

Hi there,

I`m having a little problem.... My dvd player plays all my burned dvd-r`s which are 4 speed certified. Nowadays most blanks are 8x certified and the 4x are harder to find which is understandable looking at the increasing speeds of today`s burners.

My problem is that when I burn a movie on a 8x certified disc in my maximum 4xspeed burner, the discs don`t play!!!!
Is anyone familiar with this, or is this caused by another thing maybe?

I`m on the point of buying a new burner (NEC 3520) and hope that the problem will be solved, but maybe someone can point me in the right direction...

greetings,
Qeef.

[soundforbjt]

Three Questions.

1) What brand of Burner are you using?

2) What brand of disc's are you using?

3) What burning software are you using?

[Riccardom]

I had a similar problem:

Verbatim DVD-R 8x burnt in Pioneer 105 aren't played by Pioneer DV-444 (it usually plays everything).

But i have access to another 4x burner (Sony DRU500) and if i burn the discs there, the Pio 444 reads them.

I was going to upgrade the firmware, but now i bougth other 8x discs (Datawrite) and they work correctly in the Pio 444.

Hope it helps
Riccardom

[Qeef]

Answers:

1. Sony DRU530A

2. Verbatim, Sony and Memorex

3. Nero 6.3.1.15

[Qeef]

Hi you all,

After reading on this forum and testing for many hours I finally figured it out!!
After I authored my mpeg file in DVDAuthor, I used ImgTool classic to convert to a single ISO file. Then burned with DVDdecrypter...and voila!!!
Every disc(dvd-r +r etc) runs perfectly in my standalone player now!!!

What I would like to know now is: How the hell is this possible!!! I mean, I always used Nero to burn my dvd`s and it`s a program a lot of people pay a lot of money for... What does DVD decrypter different then Nero or Stomp`s RecordNow max?

Also what in your opinion is better: create the ISO file with Imgtool or after using DVDAuthor create it with DVDshrink?

Thnx for all your help,

Qeef.