burning bad dvd's, 13:00 error

[nikkio3000]

hi i have an internal dvd burner and 4 external usb dvd burners, while burning a batch on the 4 usb burner froma master disc in the internal burner on my pc i always wind up with a bum dvd that dosent read and says a weird "CR 13:00 error" it also does it if i am burning from an .iso file
does anyone know any tricks or a type or brand of dvd media that dose'nt do that?

[garryheather]

I take it the CR 13:00 error is on a Sony standalone DVD player ?

If so, it doesn't like your media (it can't read off it). That error is a kind of "generic" dirty disc error but the truth of it is that for some reason, Sony players seem to have a problem with a lot of recordable media. My last DVD player was a 535 that only liked a handful of manufacturers and rejected almost everything else - usually as soon as the disc was put in.

You might find changing the write strategy employed by your burner might help (check for latest firmware or try writing to the disc at a different speed), but if your hardware doesn't like the discs they will always be hit or miss. If you do a search on this site for C13:00 in particular you should find some more information on this issue and suggested brands. My Sony got on well with Ritek, Optodisc and a few other brands traditionally associated with being poor quality... go figure.

[nikkio3000]

lol, wow that stinks, thanx for the reply I will try some other media, usually i burn them at 8x is 4x better?

[jtoolman2000]

Wow buring 4 copies directly from disk on the fly? That's pretty tough.
You are lucky you don't get more errors. FOur external drives do not start in perfewct synch either so if ones laggs, it may produce a failed burn. Is it the same drive every time or is it random? If it is random, them it is a problem inherent with the way your 4 drive array

Have you tried ripping to the HD first and then to disk? If you will be doing large dupping jobs very often, you might consider a duplicating tower. They are fairly reasonable and probably less that you paid for the 4 externals. I own one and it works flawlessly.

[garryheather]

lol, wow that stinks, thanx for the reply I will try some other media, usually i burn them at 8x is 4x better?

There's no hard and fast rule on it, but the firmware in your recorder (and the suggested write strategy on your disc) might be different if you try using a different speed and some might be more reliable. I'd find a full disc worth of material and, using just one writer as a reference, write to one disc at a time at each speed writing on each with a marker what speed it was written at. Then take all the discs to your troublesome player and see which, if any, work best. Use the chapter skip function or fast-forward through the discs and watch for problems, especially near the end or at chapter points where the film jumps or doesn't make a clean step.

If you find there is a "sweet spot" then stick with that while you're using up these discs and then buy different next time and repeat until you find some that you - sorry, your player - is happy with. Don't forget to check for latest firmware but if you're having problems I'd suggest avoiding hacked firmware - some of those blanket bomb whole ranges of media with the same strategy regardless of quality and I dare say the manufacturer knows best... they have after all put their name on it...

[dmagic1]

Actually as you said, it is a generic error code. That means it can also be authoring errors that the Sony is picky about. I have a Sony that does the same thing sometimes and its not related to the brand of media.

[davideck]

I have a SONY DVD player that gives me a 13:00 error on all DVDs that I author above 4.25 GB or so. These same DVDs play fine on my other players, including other SONYs. Below 4.2 GB, the same media types play just fine.

[lawnman]

I have a Sony set top (Older) that if I burn Taiyo Yudens any faster than 4x it will get that error.

My newer Sony progressive scan reads almost anything.