Software/Hardware Conflicts?

[emsdallas]

I installed Nero Ultra 7 Ultra Edition, but also had previous versions of Ulead and Sonic that came with the Pioneer DVRA06 writer.

I have been able to burn cds and dvds, but cannot playback DVD-R Video(finalized, does playback on standalone players)on my PC. The drive appears empty and a message displays that the device is not ready.

I uninstalled Nero, Ulead and Sonic, but that did not change anything.

I finally found/installed a DVD/MP3 Xpack decoder that WMP confirms that it is compatible and set that as preferred.

I believe part of the problem might be the hardware configuration.

Nero InfoTool 4.00

Drive Information
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Drive : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Type : DVD±R/RW Recorder
Firmware Version : 1.08
Buffer Size : 2000 KB
Date : 03-11-25
Serial Number :
Vendor Specific : 03/11/25 PIONEER
Drive Letter : G:\
Location : 0:1
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 32 X
Write Speed : 16 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-R DL : No
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : No
Read BD-ROM : No
Read BD-R : No
Read BD-RE : No
Read HD DVD-ROM : No
Read HD DVD-R : No
Read HD DVD-RW : No
Read HD-BURN : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : No
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R DL : No
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : No
Write DVD-RAM : No
Write BD-R : No
Write BD-RE : No
Write HD DVD-R : No
Write HD DVD-RW : No
Write HD-BURN-R : No
Write HD-BURN-RW : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
SolidBurn : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 1
Changes User : 4
Changes Vendor : 4

Disc Information (G:\)
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Type : no disc inserted


Interface Information
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Adapter 1
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Description : Primary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: WDC WD300BB-00CCB0
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On
Description : Slave: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On

Adapter 2
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Description : Secondary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: WDC WD300BB-00CCB0
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On
Description : Slave: Maxtor 6Y160P0
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On

Adapter 3
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Description : Adaptec AIC-7895 Dual Ultra SCSI

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\aic78xx.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : v3.60a (Lab01_N.010510-0033)
Description : Adaptec Ultra SCSI miniport

Attached Devices

Adapter 4
---------
Description : Adaptec AIC-7895 Dual Ultra SCSI

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\aic78xx.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : v3.60a (Lab01_N.010510-0033)
Description : Adaptec Ultra SCSI miniport

Attached Devices

Adapter 5
---------
Description : Primary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices

Adapter 6
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Description : Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\usbuhci.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : UHCI USB Miniport Driver

Attached Devices
Description : EPSON Stylus Storage USB Device
Type : Disk Drive


Software Information
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Operating System : Windows XP Professional (5.01.2600 Service Pack 2)
Country : United States
Language : English
ANSI Code Page : 1252
OEM Code Page : 437
DirectX : DirectX 9.0c


We have a dual boot(XP and 98)-the Pioneer is setup as the slave to the master drive that happens to be using FAT32 as the file system. FAT32 does not read files greater than 4gb.

Should I install Nero Ultra 7 on both XP and 98?

[Krispy Kritter]

Are you able to play back commercial DVD's on your pc?

[emsdallas]

Using XP WMP10, yes
Using 98-no

If yes on 98, should I install the OEM that came with writer(Nero Express, Ulead Video Studio, MovieFactory,PictureShow, DVDplayer) OR install Nero 7 Ultra Edition and in what order? install first on 98, then XP?

The two WD drives are FAT32. XP is installed on the E drive, using NTFS.

[Krispy Kritter]

So the real problem here is that you cannot play dvd movies in Win98. I don't recall if the version of WMP used in Win98 was capable of DVD playback. I have always used PowerDVD. I expect that whatever software you have installed has corrupted the mpeg2 codec required for DVD playback. So all you need to do is reinstall whatever software that you are using for DVD playback or switch to another app such as PowerDVD, MPC, or VLC.