problem burning backups, burns ok but not burning correctly

[xaznx]

I just bought the pioneer a07xla and am trying to burn stuff however have not had a successful burn yet. I can burn cds and work ok, but can't seem to burn dvds. I've tried Nero, dvdxcopy,and dvd shrink and nero and xcopy says it burns the dvd fine, but when I try to explore the dvd on the comp it gives me an error, or when I try to play it on either the cop or dvdplayer, it does not work. What could be my problem? Is it the burner, the software, or my computer? Help!! I've wasted about 10-15 dvdrs already.

[gitreel]

1. check for firmware upgrade.
2. check for burner program upgrade
3. check for what booktype you are burning.
4. if none of these work, buy more blanks

[xaznx]

I've updated pioneers firmware to 1.12 and still cannont burn any dvds' it burns fine but when I play the dvd on player or on the comp it says error. I want to apply nil's 1.13 firmwre to it but not sure if my drive is the same as the patch is for. My drive is the pioneer a07xla, but under hardware manager it sees it as the dvr 107d, which i think is the same as nils upgrade. any other suggestions? I 've burnt 15-20 coasters and am weary to burn any more.

[garryheather]

When you say you've burnt about 15 discs already, are we talking say 15 discs from a spindle of 25 ?

If so, it could be the target device doesn't like your choice of media - some standalones in particular can be right buggers when it comes to finding recordable media they will play.

Unless you have tried other manufacturers (note I didn't say BRAND - if you don't know the difference you need to brush up on media codes and how to find them to make sure you don't buy the same discs again) to prove it's not the media / player cross platform compatibilty issue, then you should look at this first. You might find the discs are OK for data and not video, in which case you're wasting discs for the sake of it.

[xaznx]

Its not the media, I've used the same media on my other burner and its fine, it could be that this burner doens't like this type of media. I don't know wat else to do. I called pioneer they said for mte to turn off dma under drive properties and in the bios which i did and still the same problem.they also told me to update the latest IDE controllers and BUS mastering drivers, for the motherboard, but i don't know which drivers I need and where to get them. Any other suggs? I'm getting tired of messing with this and wasted dvd'rs i can't figure out wats wrong with this writer.

[xaznx]

this is the error message I'm gettin fro dvdshrink

Windows XP 5.1
IA32
WinAspi: -
ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.59, size=160016 bytes, created 6/17/2003 3:25:04 PM
Nero API version: 6.0.0.9
Using interface version: 6.0.0.0
Installed in: C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\
Application: ahead\Nero - Burning Rom
Recorder: <PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D>Version: 1.12 - HA 1 TA 1 - 6.0.0.9
Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1
Drive buffer : 2000kB
Bus Type : via Inquiry data (1) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI
Connected to MMC as unknown drive with class-nr : 1
Drive is autodetected - recorder class: Std. MMC recorder

=== Scsi-Device-Map ===
DiskPeripheral : IC35L060AVV207-0 atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On
DiskPeripheral : WDC WD800AB-00CBA0 atapi Port 0 ID 1 DMA: Off
CdRomPeripheral : SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: Off
CdRomPeripheral : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: On
=======================

AutoRun : 1
Excluded drive IDs:
CmdQueuing : 1
CmdNotification: 2
WriteBufferSize: 40894464 (0) Byte
ShowDrvBufStat : 0
EraseSpeed : 0
BUFE : 0
Physical memory : 254MB (260096kB)
Free physical memory: 90MB (92700kB)
Memory in use : 64 %
Uncached PFiles: 0x0
Use Static Write Speed Table: 0
Use Inquiry : 1
Global Bus Type: default (0)
Check supported media : Disabled (0)

9.5.2004
NeroAPI
4:13:05 PM #1 Phase 111 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 235
DVD-Video files sorted

4:13:06 PM #2 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 118
Reader running

4:13:06 PM #3 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 127
Writer PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D running

4:13:06 PM #4 ISO9660GEN -11 File geniso.cpp, Line 3854
First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000)

4:13:06 PM #5 ISO9660GEN -11 File geniso.cpp, Line 3854
First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000)

4:13:06 PM #6 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3173
Turn on Disc-At-Once, using DVD media

4:13:07 PM #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 228
Last possible write address on media: 2295103 (510:01.28)
Last address to be written: 2286127 (508:01.52)

4:13:07 PM #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 233
Write in overburning mode: FALSE

4:13:07 PM #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 1722
Recorder: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D, Media type: DVD+R
Disc Manufacturer ID: RITEK, Media Type ID: R02, Product revision number: 1
Disc Application Code: 0, Extended Information Indicators: 1

4:13:07 PM #10 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 768
Setup items (after recorder preparation)
0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 (CTransferItem)
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original disc pos #0 + 2286128 (2286128) = #2286128/508:1.53
relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/required, no patch infos
-> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 2286128 blocks [PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D]
--------------------------------------------------------------

4:13:07 PM #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 937
Prepare recorder [PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO
DAO infos:
==========
MCN: ""
TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc fixated
Tracks 1 to 1:
1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 307200 4682297344, ISRC ""
DAO layout:
===========
__Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_RecDep_|_CtrlAdr_
-150 | lead-in | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41
-150 | 1 | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41
0 | 1 | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41
2286128 | lead-out | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41

4:13:10 PM #12 Phase 24 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 235
Caching of files started

4:13:10 PM #13 Phase 25 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 235
Caching of files completed

4:13:10 PM #14 Phase 36 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 235
Burn process started at 2.4x (3,312 KB/s)

4:13:10 PM #15 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2130
Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0

4:13:10 PM #16 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 7906
---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ----
Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050
Book Type: DVD+R (10), Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h)
Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable
Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track
Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW)
End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 26053F h
End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h
Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist
Media Specific:
00 01 52 49 54 45 4B 00 - 00 00 52 30 32 01 38 23 ..RITEK...R02.8#
54 37 09 00 3C 65 00 A0 - 5F 14 14 0A 0A 0A 0A 01 T7..<e.._.......
19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 ................

4:13:10 PM #17 Text 0 File DVDPlusRW.cpp, Line 553
Start write address at LBA 0
DVD high compatibility mode: Yes

4:13:13 PM #18 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 318
16:13:13.031 - PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D : Queue again later (Intervall : 19msec)

4:37:17 PM #19 Text 0 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 113
<PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D> start writing Lead-Out at LBA 2286128 (22E230h), lenght 0 blocks

4:37:17 PM #20 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 227
all writers idle, stopping conversion

4:37:18 PM #21 SCSI -1066 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1205
SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 1, LUN 0
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST)
Sense Code: 0x24
Sense Qual: 0x00
CDB Data: 0x5B 0x01 0x01 0x00 0x00 0xFF 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0E
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x24 0x00

4:37:18 PM #22 SCSI -1176 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1205
SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 1, LUN 0
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST)
Sense Code: 0x72
Sense Qual: 0x03
CDB Data: 0x5B 0x01 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0E
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x72 0x03

4:37:18 PM #23 CDR -1066 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1620
Invalid field in command

4:37:18 PM #24 TRANSFER -24 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1620
Could not perform end of Disc-at-once

4:37:18 PM #25 Phase 38 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 235
Burn process failed at 2.4x (3,312 KB/s)


Existing drivers:
File 'Drivers\ADPU160M.SYS': Ver=v3.60a (Lab01_N(johnstra).010529-2218), size=101888 bytes, created 8/17/2001 2:07:32 PM

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)

what is my problem?

[budz]

Are you using the latest version of DVD SHRINK? If you are try a older version of DVD SHRINK. Some people are having problems using the latest version. Version 3.0 beta5 is a the one I use & have no problems.
http://mrbass.org/dvdshrink/dvdshrinkold/

I agree with gitreel to try another brand of media. What brand of dvd media are you using? check out the PIONEER forum at cdfreaks.com for more info. http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=-1&f=87