Problems with Memorex drive and 16x DVD-R

[RoyGBiv-inRI]

I hope this is an OK forum to post this problem. I have a DL Memorex DVD burner (16xDVD+R, 8xDVD-R) running Windows 98se. I generally use DVDShrink and Nero 6 to burn my DVDs. I recently got a very good buy on some new 16x Memorex DVD-Rs. I assumed I could use them but that they would just burn at 8x. The first one I tried I got a burn error, so I went to Memorex's site and found a firmware upgrade for my DVD. After installing the upgrade, I had a major Windows crash which necessitated my reinstalling Windows 98. After doing so, I still had no luck burning the new 16x DVDs. I then went to Nero's site and upgraded my version to Nero using an update dated yesterday. Still no luck. I can still burn a 8x DVD-R, but what is curious is that Nero now lists the maximum speed of my burner as 4x not 8x for DVD-Rs. Does anyone have any ideas about this? Even if I can't use the 16x DVD-Rs in my burner, how do I get Nero to recognize that the burner is 8x.

If the people here think it appropriate, I will gladly post in another forum.

Thanks.

SMK

[e404pnf]

I would like to suggest creating an ISO image in DVD Shrink then burning with DVD Decrypter but running Win98se you limited to a 4GB file size (because NTFS isn't supported).

If upgrading to Win XP isn't an option you could always try this by reducing the size of the final movie to below 4GB and try burning an ISO Image. This would at least allow you to see if nero is the problem.

- e404pnf