I GIVE UP!!!!!!

[Adster]

OK here is a very long problem this may take a while to read

first off the first 6 DVD to DVD rs I did were perfect then the problems started

1. I am using good media!! don't blame that!!!!
2 Yes My DVD Player reads + and -

OK as I said the first 6 DVDs worked perfect now the problems then started with this

I did the exact same thing with a Lord Of The Rings Copy and the thing at the start (Double Surround) came up it was screwed froze jumped yet the movie played perfect the funny thing is it works perfect when i do teh exact same dam thing on a DVDR/W!!!!!!

Yes I use teh automatic Compression yes I've even tryed compressing it too 3 gig

now the problem you ask??

a Different thing happens each time and it seems like it's happening all the time now

I put the disk in (I am region 4) the disk will not load comes up with a bullshit error Disk Error Check Region

OK i have tryed just having region 4 ticked

I have tryed having the region free ticked

sometimes it will load and stuff up the menu (In other words the menu won't come up)

and yet sometimes it can do the most perfect Copy from time to time

but doing the exact same dam thing will work on DVDR/W!! and is guaranteed every time

I am sick and tired of wasting $4 per DVD-r (yes I live in Australia)

Please somebody enlighten me what the hell is going on!!

thanks if there is a genius behind this

[D_Knife]

You could give out some more information
General PC specs OS/CPU/RAM/Disk
DVD player brand/model
DVD media brand/model
DVD burner model
transcode app - I'm guessing you are using DVDShrink from your comments
burning method

[Adster]

sorry forgot to mention these

I have a liton burner (it's only 3 months old)

2 dvd players it don't play on 2 different LG Models also does not play in the PS2

Yes Using DVD srink and Nero to burn

sorry don't know the actual models unless I found the manuals


CPU AMD Atholon 1.7 gighz

25 meg RAM

and as I said before it used to be fine the first 6 copies I did were perfect

[D_Knife]

It sounds like it could be a burn issue
perhaps you have changed a setting in Nero somewhere between your 6th good burn and now
you could as a trial download DVDDecrypter and use it's DVD burning engine - it's free and found in the tools page

[Adster]

I even tryed formatting my drive forgot to mention works on teh PC perfect ..... even though my DVD play on my PC is region 4

I just don't get it

[dafreak]

agree with above poster.
-download and install dvddecrypter
-rip the files to hd using dvddecrypter. make sure when you rip the files dvddecrypter takes the region codes off the dvd.
-import the files into dvdshrink.
-compress, etc.
-burn files using either nero or create an iso file using imgtools and burn with dvddecrypter.


ps. you didn't mention what media you are using.

[Adster]

agree with above poster.
-download and install dvddecrypter
-rip the files to hd using dvddecrypter. make sure when you rip the files dvddecrypter takes the region codes off the dvd.
-import the files into dvdshrink.
-compress, etc.
-burn files using either nero or create an iso file using imgtools and burn with dvddecrypter.


ps. you didn't mention what media you are using.

Using TDK Media


the thing I don't get is why does it alwasy work on a DVDr/w?

[dafreak]

not all media is created equally.
dvd-rw's are made differently than dvd-r's.


Use DVDInfoPro or DVD Identifier to find out the media code of your tdk's.
see what they come up with.

I suspect media since your rw's are working but your -r's are not. You could try slowing down your burn speed to 1x or 2x and see if that helps with the -r's.

[Adster]

Ok got it but don;t really understand what I'm , doing
or looking for

[dafreak]

copy and paste the media code here for both your rw and r disks.

[Adster]

not all media is created equally.
dvd-rw's are made differently than dvd-r's.


Use DVDInfoPro or DVD Identifier to find out the media code of your tdk's.
see what they come up with.

I suspect media since your rw's are working but your -r's are not. You could try slowing down your burn speed to 1x or 2x and see if that helps with the -r's.

questin

How do I make the burn speed 2 in nero whist useing srink???

[Adster]

copy and paste the media code here for both your rw and r disks.

Media Information
Disc Regions are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Drive doesn't support media code
Format Type UDF 1.02
Volume Name NEW
Application id
Implementation id AHEAD Nero
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 2/ 8/2004 18:29:30
Format Capacity 4.36GB(4.68GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Media Id Code Speed Unknown
Write Strategy Speed Not Defined
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 22E22Fh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

this was a copy taht stuffed up do you want me to copy a blank DVDR?? or what

[dafreak]

it's on the last tab after you click on backup. there should be a pulldown menu where you can set the burn speed.


[edit]-if you don't see the pulldown menu, you may have to update your dvdshrink.

[dafreak]

media code should look something like this.

08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 01 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 47 00 46 .......CMC MAG.F
30 31 00 38 23 54 37 10 02 48 71 02 8C 69 16 16 01.8#T7..Hq..i..
0B 0B 0A 0A 01 1D 1E 0C 0C 12 12 01 00 00 00 00 ................

[Adster]

media code should look something like this.

08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 01 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 47 00 46 .......CMC MAG.F
30 31 00 38 23 54 37 10 02 48 71 02 8C 69 16 16 01.8#T7..Hq..i..
0B 0B 0A 0A 01 1D 1E 0C 0C 12 12 01 00 00 00 00 ................

ahh found it

00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 97 0E 0B .l...@....R.....
00000010 77 88 70 00 03 50 52 49 4E 43 4F 00 04 00 00 00 w.p..PRINCO.....
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 AA A2 22 22 20 01 00 06 0B 0F 12 ......."" ......



and thanks for teh burn settings option found it

so whats this code spose to tell you coz i have no idea

Edit this isn't teh TDK media it's the PRINCO

[dafreak]

post the media codes for the tdk dvd-r's and dvd-rw's.

[Adster]

post the media codes for the tdk dvd-r's and dvd-rw's.

shit il have to get back too you i have no more blank TDKs all coasters lol

on another note the movies I authorize with TMPGEnc and burn with Nero work perfect so it's only theses DVD-9 disks that seem to be teh problem the first thing I thought was media, but seeing as some DVDs Ive managed to burn in the past on crap media has worked then I bought TDK and now nothing works

ohh well thanks for teh help

[dafreak]

np, hope everything works out for you.

[D_Knife]

Edit this isn't teh TDK media it's the PRINCO

They aren't Shintaro are they???
Where is Aus are you??
If your in Brisbane - go to JBHiFi and get some Maxell's - shoudl still be on special

[proxyx99]

Everything points to a media problem. I would suggest buying few disks from diff. manuf. and testing them (you may have to waste a few bucks). Check Liteon users feedback with regard to media prefs. as well. If we assume that software is not messed up (possibility, reinstall...) and -R's are still an issue, have the drive replaced (you won't be the first one).