Sky 4x media only allowing 4350mb and messed up part way

[maxpower2078]

I bought a 50 pack of sky branded dvd-r 4x media, when I am backing up my movies I figured out if I didn't lower the total size to 4350mb or lower it would not close the disc and just sit there until I ended the tast and have to restart the machine to eject the disc. Funny thing is that these discs will work in a home player, but a dvd-rom will not recognize the disc. The other probelm is that about 40 minutes into the movie it will get jittery where I have to skip the track to get past it, which lasts about 10mins. Also there is a ring on the burned side that is darker than the rest and I am guessing this is the section that is the probelm. Anyone else run into this sort of thing. I am using a Pioneer 106d with Nero 6

[Bob W]

In my Pioneer the Sky 4X only works if I burn at 2X so try that. For the record I have never had a bad Sky 4X disc however they only burn at 2x on my Pioneer 105 and Sony DRU-500ax. I use RecordNow Max to do my burns FYI.

[tompika]

SKY 1-4x DVD-R in jewel case:
Write descriptor 4x, 2x, 1x

Media code
00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 EA 0B 14 .l...@....R.....
76 78 80 00 03 56 44 53 50 4D 53 00 04 41 42 20 vx...VDSPMS..AB
30 31 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 06 0B 10 11 01..............

This media would't even burn in NEC1300A (fw1.09),
rejected during writing the lead-in. (Nero, RNM, Decrypter).

Pioneer106 (fw1.07) can write them at 4x but no standalone players can recognize the disc, OK in DVD-ROM drives
OK if written at 2x speed (4472MB)
Stay away...



SKY DVD+R in jewel case:
Media ID code speed 2.4x

Media code:
08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 4C 41 53 4D 4F 4E 00 30 .......PLASMON.0
30 31 00 38 23 54 37 0A 02 5A 6A 02 DE 60 17 19 01.8#T7..Zj..`..
0B 0B 0B 0C 01 19 1B 0A 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

Ricoh5125 (fw1.64), NEC1300 (fw1.09), Pioneer106 (fw1.07)
burn them at 2.4x no probs so far. (4472MB)

[maxpower2078]

I have not tried burning at 2x, they burned at 4x out of the box fw 1.06, I have updated to 1.07 now. I have not found a home player that has not played them yet, I have tried about 10 so far. I do have some princo's that I order and going to see if the work better. this is the media in questions http://www.yesbuy.net/4xdvdr50pcs.html