Problems with nero around 96%

[fahrenheit1]

Im having trouble with nero v6 when im copying dvd disks they fail around the 96% mark although it used to work ok has anyone any ideas?

[dafreak]

bad media?

try a different brand?

[fahrenheit1]

I agree changing the brand has helped although my friend has a liteon and his rewriter reads bulkpaq orange disks no problem and then again sometimes the disks i give him (i use infiniti) he gets the same problem as me oh well nothings ever easy is it?

[Phil Thomas]

Dont mess around with cheap disks, it's just not worth all the hassle.

Grab yourself some Riteks, they will make the world of difference.
Avoid overprints and you will be fine.

[fahrenheit1]

I dont think Ritek are all that good 2 of my friends DVD players dont even read them so much for their special purple dye ive heard that Verbatim disks now use that dye so ill be avoiding them from now on.

[Kingnog]

so much for their special purple dye

Eh...they all have purple dye (except the rewriteables and -ram).

What drive do you have? Try updating the firmware of your drive from the manufacturer's website, that usually helps.

[Phil Thomas]

I dont think Ritek are all that good 2 of my friends DVD players dont even read them so much for their special purple dye ive heard that Verbatim disks now use that dye so ill be avoiding them from now on.

Bulkcraps (Princos)are about as bad as you can get m8 and Infinitis are about as bad.
I dont know what you base your idea that Riteks are not all that good on, but I reckon you must be in the small 5% of users that think that.
Cheap and nasty disks get cheap and nasty results, but if you insist on using them , try burning a smaller set of files, say 4gb compression and you may have better results , as the cheapos generally give up towards the outer edge of the disk, where the dye is thin or patchy (95%-100%)

You may also be interested in the following :

Normally Good and Reliable

MXL - Maxell
MCC - Mitsubishi Chemicals
TDK - TDK Group
PVC - Pioneer
RITEKG03 - Ritek
RITEKG04 - Ritek
OPTODISC - Optodisc
RICOHJPN - Ritek or Ricoh
TAIYOYUDEN - Taiyo Yuden

Normally Bad or Questionable

LEADDATA (LD01, LD, LEDA - Lead Data
PRINCO - Princo
PIO or PIODATA - Fake Pioneer
CMC - CMC Magnetics

Other Known Bad Codes :

ACCU
LONGTEN
MATRIX
PRODISC
AN31
SONY - Fake Sony

[fahrenheit1]

Thanks for the tip ill try using the other brands you mentioned

[ted york]

fahrenheit1

I had the same problem with a write failure at about the same point when using Memorex junk. I then tried TDK's that were made by TDK in Japan with the same results. I then tried Comp USA brand with the same result.

It may not be the media but something wrong or corrupt in the ripped file. At least that's what I think was my problem.

Ted

[fahrenheit1]

Heres one hopefully someone can answer ready? if you have a disk that plays fine in a standalone player and cant be copied using nero or smartripper or dvd shrink is there a program that can repair the corrupt files again now that would be the bizz

[Kevin abq]

here we go again ..... :P "Which brand of blank is the best?" is like asking "What religion is the correct one?" or "What's better - DVD-R or DVD+R" You've got your Ritek camp, and your Maxell camp, and your Princo camp, etc., etc. Everybody has a physically different burner and there is drastic variation even within the same model number as far as laser power, focus, firmware rev., etc. And there are variables in the DVD blanks too. I've gotten batches with a 0% failure rate and ordered 100 a week later and gotten a 40% failure rate. Same brand media, same burner, different lot. There is no "right" or "wrong" blank for any given model.

Try several different brands that you consider affordable and when you find one that works, stick with it. Simple. And don't go telling everyone else you found the "perfect" brand because it might not be for his particular unit. Just be happy you found an inexpensive media that works reliably

[fahrenheit1]

I totally agree kevin i believe theres no super brand out there it comes down 2 luck

[fahrenheit1]

can i just say one more thing when i download a movie and its on my hard disk it burns to a dvd with absolutely no problem but when that dvd is created i cant get a copy from it so do you think its definetely the media?

[Kevin abq]

can i just say one more thing when i download a movie and its on my hard disk it burns to a dvd with absolutely no problem but when that dvd is created i cant get a copy from it so do you think its definetely the media?

I use a Panny LF-D311 and Nero 5.5.9.0 for all my PC DVD burning and I've noticed it's more tolerant of marginal discs. Some bad batches of blanks I've gotten will seem to burn OK, but when I try it in the set-top player, it pukes on it. Repeating it with the same files and a fresh media solves the problem. Maybe something like that is going on with your setup.

[fahrenheit1]

Well Kev ive finally worked out whats happening but i aint got a clue how to fix it here goes: I use Nero to burn and ive just burnt a movie i had downloaded i checked the box [VERIFY WRITTEN DATA] in Nero once the disk had finished i got the message Total files = 8 Identical=7 Difference=0 Inaccessible= 1 skipped none plays great on the dvd player I burnt another exactly the same way (from hard disk) and this time the verification data read Total Files=8 Identical=5 inaccessible=3 beginning to give up P.S. im using Verbatim disks with the Ritek dye on them so i still dont know whats happening.

[Kevin abq]

fahrenheit1,
Man, it sure sounds like bad media to me. Do you have access to another brand you can try a burn on?

Another thing ...this isn't something I thought of until it happened to me ... Do you have access to one of those CD laser lens cleaners - the kind with the brushes on the data side of the CD? I started getting errors like crazy once and a quick 30-second cleaning with one of those cleaners did the trick.

[Phil Thomas]

If you're using Verbs m8, I would question whether it's your burner, that has the problem ..... maybe time to dust down your warranty.

If Verbs aint working .... then nothing much else will.

[fahrenheit1]

Ill try the old cleaning trick Kev tried changing brand and reducing dvd with shrink still unsuccessful my burners only 3 mths old p.s. Phil what are Verbs?

[Thunder In Paradise]

Here we go with Nero again, maybe someday people will read and listen.

[Phil Thomas]

Verbs = Verbatims

I hear what you say about your burner being only 3 months old, but it seems to me that the disks it's producing (3 different brands) are unreadable in your PC. This can only be one of 2 things IMO .....
i.e. Bad Media or Bad Burns ...... as you have tried Verbatims and 2 other brands, which are Ritek & Princo respectively, your burner seems to be the problem. It may well be worth getting it checked out or maybe try fitting it in another PC to see if it behaves the same.

P.S.

If you are using the latest Nero, you can ignore the above post

[fahrenheit1]

Ill try switching to another pc or ill change the ide cable and see if that makes a difference thanks

[neiltaxi]

this forum is giving no answer to the problem just suggesting using different brand disks or checking your burner. I rip movies with DVDshrink save to hard disk these files play perfectly with powerdvd. when i use nero 5.5 to burn the same files to a disk the resultant disk will not play. when i encode downloaded films with tmpg and burn the the files with either dvd dit or with tmpg i get a succesful disk every time. this happens every time.

[fahrenheit1]

Well Neiltaxi u got exactly the same prob as me ive changed motherboard last night and still same old prob its almost impossible to get nero to verify the data correctly im beginning 2 think

[neiltaxi]

this web site is a very good source of information but on this point no body has an answer. thunder in paradise says "maybe some day people will read and listen" read what.

[Hardcoreruss]

[quote="Phil Thomas"]

Bulkcraps (Princos)are about as bad as you can get m8

What a load of shite, maybe crap for you, I swear by them and they are only £8.49 for 25.

[Kevin abq]

I swear by Princo too, but only the 1X white-tops. The 1X logo blanks have given me nothing but grief. haven't tried the 2X or 4X so I can't say.

There again, everybody's burner is different from everybody else's, and it's going to have a preference. The only thing that really works in finding a good brand is trial and error.

[bdf24]

I use DVDDecrypter - DVDShrink - Nero 6.0 to burn my disks (Riteks) and have not had a problem except with one movie. That being "Old School". Stutters after the first few chapters. But I think I'm gonna try it again burning at 2x instead. But every other movie I've done was fine burning with nero.

[fahrenheit1]

I think i got it guys i get the odd disk that i burn in nero and it comes up with a message burn process failed but the movies all there also i can get a copy from that disk too so im not all that worried now
thanks 2 everyone for their help with regards to my problem
cheers

[Phil Thomas]

[quote="Hardcoreruss"]

Bulkcraps (Princos)are about as bad as you can get m8

What a load of shite, maybe crap for you, I swear by them and they are only £8.49 for 25.

Well m8 ... if they work for you gr8, but when all your data/movies are unreadable 12 months down the road, dont say you were not warned.

Bulkpaq = Bulkcrap ...... and Princos dont come close to Ritek for reliability or compatibility on standalone players.
Why do you think all the Traders of "backups" spend the extra on Riteks and advertise their movies as being burnt on them.

I have been burning dvdr's for around 18 months now, on 3 different burners and gave up on the cheapo disks long ago. I, along with many other pros, prefer to use a quality disk, but if you are happy to use crap disks and tolerate all the hassel that goes with them .... that's your choice, but to suggest they are superior disks is definitely the biggest load of shite I've heard in a long time

[Kingnog]

Why do you think all the Traders of "backups" spend the extra on Riteks and advertise their movies as being burnt on them.

Eh...how would you know what these "traders" of "backups" use?

but to suggest they are superior disks is definitely the biggest load of shite I've heard in a long time

I don't think anyone said they are superior....?