Anything special about burning DL DVDs?

[jnojr]

I have a Lite-On 1633S burner and some Ritek DVD+R Dual Layer disks. I just used DVD Decrypter in ISO Write mode to burn a 7.7GB ISO image. The resulting disk is unreadable... when I put it in my DVD ROM drive, the drive just spins and spins. Any attempts to look at it result in a hung process.

What do I need to do to successfully burn a movie DVD on to a dual layer disk?

[redwudz]

I would try a Verbatim DL, they seem to have the best success rate. Did you try it in a standalone player, or just the computer?

[jnojr]

I tried it in my DVD-RP56 just for giggles, and it played. The menus work, but when I play an episode (Firefly Disc 1), the video is full of pixellization and artifacts, and then freezes solid at 26 seconds. The first time it did this, I saw an H)5 error, and nearly had a heart attack. The tray wouldn't open, but hitting the power button did make the player shut off after a minute. Then I could power back on and get the tray open.

Can I try burning at a different speed, or is there some other button or feature that might make a better copy? I've always heard that the Ritek media was very good stuff.

[budz]

as redwudz suggested use VERBATIM DUAL LAYER MEDIA. RITEK's DL media isn't the best to use.

[Bob W]

Trust me it's the media so use the Verbatim and you buy a ten pack of them here for $17 after rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817131163

[ROF]

Does your DVD Rom support dual layer media? Quite a few do not.

Does your DVD-RP56 support the format you burnt the Firefly episode in?

Those are probably the reason for the errors and non-seek problems you are experiencing.

[oldfart13]

Try to burn it using ImgBurn instead of Decryptor and don't burn faster than 2.4X. I just did 2 discs today using that method as well as setting the drive to burn the discs as DVD-ROMs. They are flawless and work fine in all my players including my Panasonic DVD recorder which doesn't normally accept any +R product...

Oh yeah, I use Fuji +R DL for the burns...

[jnojr]

Does your DVD-RP56 support the format you burnt the Firefly episode in?

What do you mean by "format"? I just set Decrypter to use ISO Write and hit the go button

[jnojr]

Try to burn it using ImgBurn instead of Decryptor and don't burn faster than 2.4X.

OK

I just did 2 discs today using that method as well as setting the drive to burn the discs as DVD-ROMs.

What do you mean by "burn the discs as DVD-ROMs"? As opposed to RW? Is this a setting or ???

[smearbrick1]

Try to burn it using ImgBurn instead of Decryptor and don't burn faster than 2.4X.

OK

I just did 2 discs today using that method as well as setting the drive to burn the discs as DVD-ROMs.

What do you mean by "burn the discs as DVD-ROMs"? As opposed to RW? Is this a setting or ???

He/she is referring to setting the book type to DVD-Rom. If your burner supports it, you can trick your DVD player into believing the DVD+R is a real DVD-ROM disc and not a DVD+R. Sometimes, it's the only way to get a DVD+R media type to work.

As previous posters suggested, I would try better media. Ritek's media has really gone in the crapper these days.

[jnojr]

He/she is referring to setting the book type to DVD-Rom.

Ahhh!

I found the "Book Type" setting. For DVD+R DL, it says EEPROM! What does that mean? There's no help, and searching for "book type" on the ImgBurn forum got four pages of results, none of which seem to apply.

[jnojr]

I just tried to burn this disc again with ImgBurn. It pops up a window asking me to "Select Layer Break Position". Huh??? I don't know! In the settings, the "Calculate Optimal" button is checked.

[jnojr]

I picked the first thing and burned the disk. Using ImgBurn at 2X and setting the "book type" results in a DVD that won't play at all. I'm going backwards here