VCD just refuses to burn my karting movies

[ghinzani]

I've made plenty of DVDs succesfully using Nero 6 but I recently decided to put all the .avis I had onto a VCD. However it keeps failing after it done the transcode and goes onto the burn section. Ive tried different CDs etc to no avail. Below is some output from the error logs, any pointers gratefully recieved.


I guess its something basic like my recorder wont do VCD, but please be gentle when that jumps out at you with it obviousness!



16:34:29 #114 CDR -1067 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1799
Invalid field in parameter
E: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D

16:34:29 #115 TRANSFER -27 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1799
Could not perform start of Disc-at-once

16:34:29 #116 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1685
Burn process failed at 4x (600 KB/s)


Existing drivers:

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)



and




05:00:44 #113 CDR -1067 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1799
Invalid field in parameter
E: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D

05:00:44 #114 TRANSFER -27 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1799
Could not perform start of Disc-at-once

05:00:44 #115 Phase 38 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 275
Burn process failed at 16x (2,400 KB/s)


Existing drivers:

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)



and of course who can forget the classic:


04:49:42 #204 CDR -1067 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1799
Invalid field in parameter
E: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D

04:49:42 #205 TRANSFER -27 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1799
Could not perform start of Disc-at-once

04:49:42 #206 Phase 38 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 275
Burn process failed at 16x (2,400 KB/s)


Existing drivers:

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)

[dnix71]

There are some internet posts elsewhere that suggest that this is a bug in the drive firmware. It has to do with DAO vs. TAO and the scsi command set used by the burner.

A firmware update might fix it.

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0009.2/1303.html

and here: http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255116

he's using the same drive as you.

If you use Nero, instead of burning after coding, make an iso of the disc, then burn the iso as an image file.

[ghinzani]

Thanks chief - I upgraded the firmware from 1.5 to 1.8 but it still failed. Then I noticed that it didnt have "disc at once cd overburning enabled", or "enable generation of short lead-out" in the preferences. Hope that helps other people searching for answers, and thanks dnix71 for taking the time to provide me pointers, it was whilst following those links you provided that I stumbled upon discussion of overburning etc that pointed me in the right direction ref the prefs. Mucho aprciated!