Please help before I go mad!!!!!

[telthenipper]

I'm trying to back up 'The Phantom Menace' DVD with DVD Decrypter, I Then run the resulting file through DVD2one, so it would fit on one DVD-R. Then I started to burn the file with nero, using the DVD movie option, The writing process doesn't report the any errors, but I get errors when it goes throught the verification process!
When I took the DVD-R out of my writer, and looked at the bottom, it looks like only some of the film has been burn't not all of it. I tried using a verbatim DVD-RW and and it burns fine, even plays in my Cybernet DVD player. When I try the same process with a DVD-R, I seem to burn costers. My DVD-RW drive is a Pioneer 105, I'm using Bulkpaq generation 4s 4x orange DVD-R and I'm burning at single speed, my version nero is 5.5.10.35. I've so far burnt five coasters.

Where am I going wrong?

Please help before I tear all my hair out.


Many thanks guys in advance

TEL

[wayned16]

I can tell you where you are going wrong straight away, Stop using NERO to burn DVDS. It just sucks for DVD's. Use Stomp record now max.

http://downloads.stompinc.com/files/stpRNM450e_STPD.exe

30 day trial, but if you live in the future its yours

Give that software a go if it doesn't work, then you can bitch at me.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=166535
Proof Nero Sux's

Also haven't you tried DVD2DVDR using cinema craft encoder?

[SLICK RICK]

I can tell you where you are going wrong straight away, Stop using NERO to burn DVDS. It just sucks for DVD's. Use Stomp record now max.

It is so easy for people to say stop using Nero because it sucks. But lets be real, Nero does not suck and it is not the problem. Alot of people succesfully burn DVD's using Nero or Nero Express. I am one of them. Although I do not know how to solve your problem, I just wanted to say that Nero is not the problem.

ps.I use Nero Express, and always get great quality DVD's.

GOOD LUCK,

SLICK RICK

[Laddydaddy]

Switch to Verbatim DVD-R. Bulkpaq is shite!

[dcsos]

I'm gonna say throw out the bulpq's too!
or use 'em for DATA

and that thread here you SAY NERO doen't work???
well I follow youre link I found the story of someone who found a program called COPY TO DVD that fixed all his burning woes.
No nero bashers please!

[poopyhead]

I can tell you where you are going wrong straight away, Stop using NERO to burn DVDS. It just sucks for DVD's. Use Stomp record now max.

It is so easy for people to say stop using Nero because it sucks. But lets be real, Nero does not suck and it is not the problem. Alot of people succesfully burn DVD's using Nero or Nero Express. I am one of them. Although I do not know how to solve your problem, I just wanted to say that Nero is not the problem.

ps.I use Nero Express, and always get great quality DVD's.

GOOD LUCK,

SLICK RICK

me 2, i've actually had to switch to nero express from copy2dvd because i'm still using win98. it's FAT32 doesn't allow any files over 4 gigs....and since copy2dvd makes an .iso image before it burns, the image always gets truncated at 3.99 gigs...when copy2dvd tries to burn that...i get problems. nero express has been great for me, very nice GUI, and very easy to use (creates all the necessary folders automatcially)...just need to drag and drop the dvd files and click on the burn button.

@telthenipper,

did you look at the dvd burner compatibility of those DVD-Rs you bought. make sure that those specific DVD-Rs have been directly tested with the burner you have. if not, then don't trust it..unless you wanna take a chance...or maybe u know others who have successfully burned that brand with the same model burner you have.

btw, i personally don't think that cheepo media is really a problem..prolly just those specific brand of DVD-Rs...i'm using cheapo 1X princo ($0.81/each after tax in CA) and works great on my pioneer a04.

[telthenipper]

Thanks guys for the info, much appreciate.

After a lot of fiddling about, I managed to get my movie burn to them Bulkpaq DVD-Rs. As I said I was running the ripped files thru dvd2one so I could fit the movie on one disk, well the default setting is 4.36 gb. I lowered the value to 4.2gb and it burnt fine at 4x!!!

But what I can't understand is why did it write to my dvd-rw fine at 4.36 gb but not the dvd-r?

What is the real maximum size of a dvd-r Disk?

[poopyhead]

What is the real maximum size of a dvd-r Disk?

4.7 GB is misleading because it actually refers GB = 1000 MB. however, normally we would think of GB = 1024 MB. hence, when a DVD-R says it's 4.7 GB, it actually means 4700 MB...if we were to translate that to real GB (i.e. 1 GB = 1024 MB...NOT 1 GB = 1000 MB), then a DVD-R holds 4.38 GB.

traditionally, 1024 B = 1 KB; 1024 KB = 1 MB; 1024 MB = 1 GB...but recently every capacity is putting GB = 1000 MB, which is misleading....(i.e. my maxtor "160 GB" hdd is actually 152 GB). i guess it's new marketing strategy...like the n'vidia geforce 4's...which gets its ass kicked by geforce 3's and even some geforce 2's

The cheapo princos i use specifically holds 4489 MB w/ DVD overhead taking up 0.6 MB. hence, the biggest DVD i could burn would be 4488.4 MB.

[Laddydaddy]

But what I can't understand is why did it write to my dvd-rw fine at 4.36 gb but not the dvd-r?

The -RW was a verbatim DVD. The -R was a Bulkpaq. The bulkpaq discs obviously cannot handle being burned to capacity. Finish out your collection of bulkpaq discs at 4.2 gigs since this works for you. If you want to burn at 4.36 gb you will have to switch to better media. Try Verbatim datalife plus or TDK.

[txpharoah]

is misleading

Actually, those numbers you just gave were a bit misleading.

4,700,000 bytes = 4472 MB = 4.38 GB = "4.7 Gig" DVD media

Anything over this is overburning, and you can only squeeze out another few dozen megs at most.

Lots of programs lie to you (like Nero 5.5.8.x), or it calculates from "size on disk" rather than true information size. So I understand how some people get wrong numbers (though still pretty close).

[poopyhead]

is misleading

Actually, those numbers you just gave were a bit misleading.

4,700,000 bytes = 4472 MB = 4.38 GB = "4.7 Gig" DVD media

Anything over this is overburning, and you can only squeeze out another few dozen megs at most.

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary#DVD-5

DVD-5
DVD-5 is a single sided single layer DVD that stores up to about 4 707 000 000 bytes and that is 4.38 GigaBytes where 1 kilobyte is 1024 bytes(4 707 000 000B / 1024 = about 4 596 679KB / 1024 = about 4489MB / 1024 = about 4.38GB) . Video DVD, DVD-R/W and DVD+R/W supports this format. Often referred to as "single sided, single layer".