WHY WHY WHY

[chano8]

WHY CANT MY DVD DRIVE READ DVD+R. SO THAT I CAN DO A FLY COPY TO ANOTHER DVD+R. DONT WANT TO MAKE IMAGE ON HARD DRIVE

[defense]

it could be a few things....first, i'd never reccomend burning anything on the fly. Burning a disk image first is your best, safest, and most reliable method. But that's your decision. Anyway, did you check if your DVD+R you are trying to copy can be fully ripped? If not, it may have scratches which can't be read properly..and that's why you are getting the errors.

You also may have an issue with your +R media....what media are you using? Is your DVD ROM set to Master or Slave?

[Bob W]

You could rip the copy to your hard drive then make another copy from there.

[CaptainC]

Does it say it is compatible with DVD+R some state they are not some dont.
there is not a straight answer to this it could be that the media is not great or it could be that the DVD drive cannot play +R.
Try searching in the DVD Player comments on the left for details of your player and look in DVD media to see if there are any issues with the Media you are using.
It ight be bad luck with that particular disc try also other players

[lordsmurf]

...first, i'd never reccomend burning anything on the fly.

Let me point out one instance where you'd be screwed not burning on the fly. When a disc is bad, an on the fly copy will often work whereas an image could take up to 40 hours (due to retries and read errors) to rip, and even then, it may fail while being ripped. The on the fly will normally work. I've had it happen several times. You can make the copy better than the original. But the only way to make that copy is on the fly. Why? Don't know, don't care. All I know is it would work when the rip method would not.

But I bet it's just his DVD-ROM, probably an early model Toshiba, Panasonic, LG or one of the other picky DVD-ROM drives that exist.

[defense]

Let me point out one instance where you'd be screwed not burning on the fly. When a disc is bad, an on the fly copy will often work whereas an image could take up to 40 hours (due to retries and read errors) to rip, and even then, it may fail while being ripped. The on the fly will normally work.

lordsmurf...i've actually read and experienced it the other way around. I've had many occasions where on the fly copies had some types of issue or another...while a straight image or data rip to the HD worked perfectly. I've also personally tried to rip on the fly as a 'LAST RESORT' to a disk which wouldn't fully rip with various tools....by doing the 1 to 1..I received the same result. I would sit and watch and when the burn got to the bad point on the DVD OR CD...the percentage complete just stuck on wherever it was at...and the burn would eventually be aborted.

I think maybe you are just lucky.....sounds like you have a good setup which works well.