Help!

[vee36]

I am very new to this and I'm trying to burn a video to start off. At the bottom of VCDEasy it says that my ASPI is not valid, however the disk seems to burn. When I try to view what is on the disk in windows explorer the disk is blank.

Also I'm a little confused about the CD Reader on the CDRDAO tab, should it be selected?

Attached is my log file, please let me know what I'm doing wrong. Thanks!

[Internal Xml Generation]
Internally computed XML generated successfully as "C:\Program Files\VCDEasy\videocd.xml"

[VCDxBuild.exe]
GNU VCDImager 0.7.12
initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [cygwin/i686]

this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
use only if you know what you are doing
see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information

changed volume number to 1
changed volume count to 1
changed restriction number to 0
changing 'next volume use sequence 2' to 0
changing 'next volume use lid 2' to 0
changed volume label to `SCREAM'
changed publisher id to `VCDEASY_V112'
changed application id to `CDI/CDI_VCD.APP;1'
changing 'relaxed aps' to 0
adding pbc (Selection-000/2)
adding pbc (Selection-end/3)
sequence count 1
adding sequence #0, C:\Program Files\KaZaA\My Shared Folder\Scream2.mpg
strange (possibly non-compliant) user_data seen... (not a problem, usually a sign of TMPGEnc)
APS' pts seems out of order (actual pts 31.991944, last seen pts 32.025311) -- ignoring this aps
pts start offset 0.393722 (max pts = 255.740656)
playing time 255.346933
scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints...
already scanned... not rescanning
pbc: psd size 32 (extended psd 56)
iso9660: highest alloced sector is 257 (using 300 as isosize)
writing track 1 (ISO9660)...
writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC SIF (352x240/30fps), audio[0]: l2/44.1kHz/224kbps/stereo ...
MPEG packet statistics: 15965 video, 3139 audio, 0 zero, 0 ogt, 0 unknown
writting post-gap ('leadout pregap')...
finished ok, image created with 19779 sectors [04:23.54]

[CDRDAO Disk Info]
Cdrdao version 1.1.5
0,0,0: AccessTk CD-RW CW1601A Rev: 110a
Using driver: Generic SCSI-3/MMC - Version 1.2 (options 0x0000)
That data below may not reflect the real status of the inserted medium
if a simulation run was performed before. Reload the medium in this case.
CD-RW: no
Total Capacity: 79:57:73 (359848 blocks, 702/807 MB)
CD-R medium: Ritek Co.
Short Strategy Type, e.g. Phthalocyanine
Recording Speed: n/a
CD-R empty: yes

[CDRDAO Write]
Cdrdao version 1.1.5
0,0,0: AccessTk CD-RW CW1601A Rev: 110a
Using driver: Generic SCSI-3/MMC - Version 1.2 (options 0x0000)
Starting write simulation at speed 4...
Turning BURN-Proof on
Writing track 01 (mode MODE2_RAW/MODE2_RAW)...
Writing track 02 (mode MODE2_RAW/MODE2_RAW)...
Wrote 19779 blocks. Buffer fill min 100%/max 100%.
Please wait while finalizing the CD...
Flushing cache...
Simulation finished successfully.

[pyro1234321]

i don't know all the details that i should (OS!!!!), but i suspect that you can find a fix at


http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/suppdetail.html?sess=no&prodkey=ASPI-4.70


these drivers fixed many of my aspi issues

[KingJohn]

I am very new to this and I'm trying to burn a video to start off. At the bottom of VCDEasy it says that my ASPI is not valid, however the disk seems to burn. When I try to view what is on the disk in windows explorer the disk is blank.

Simulation finished successfully.

Quite a lot of people have problems with getting that program to work with their own writer. Some people solve it with using the Adaptec ASPI installer, sometimes with the /FORCE command (See readme)

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverdetail.html?cat=%2fOperating+System%2fM...=aspi_v470.exe

See also the Adaptec program to check your system

[vee36]

I'm using OS Windows 98 and I'm still having problems. I still can't get the ASPI in VCDEasy to be valid. I went to the website and installed the drivers, what in the world am I doing wrong?????? Thanks!

[Morloc]

I'm running XP and installed the special ASPI version for XP. Even after that, VCDEasy still says my ASPI doesn't seem to be valid. However, VCDEasy works fine. Have you tried burning a VCD since you installed the ASPI layer?

Morloc

[vee36]

Yes, I've tried to burn a VCD and it seems to work. However, I think that I'm having a compatiability problem with my DVD Player. I have a Toshiba SD2109 and it gives me a disk error everytime I try and play my new VCD. Thanks for your help.

[darkobserver]

I used the force ASPI drivers, that are linked from here somewhere. Before that, CDRDAO would say the same thing about my writer. I'd recommend you try out Force ASPI, too.

[KingJohn]

I'm using OS Windows 98 and I'm still having problems. I still can't get the ASPI in VCDEasy to be valid. I went to the website and installed the drivers, what in the world am I doing wrong?????? Thanks!

Did you use the /FORCE ?
You may not be doing anything wrong, but never get it to work I don’t see what the fuss is about, Nero is better anyway, even though I don’t use it myself for VCD

[SimonH]

From your logfile

Starting write simulation at speed 4...

That's why the CD is blank anyway. Use ForceASPI, like others have said, to get ASPI Seems Valid: Yes.
Then all should be well.