DvD R9 burns disks ok but cant read them

[craftycelt]

Hi guys, I hope you can help.
I have a HP media centre PC with an Optiarc DVD RW AD-5170A disk drive and I am encountering the most unusual problem.
I can burn Divx files to blank DVDR's no problem and they play fine on my roommates machine but when I try to play them on mine no files can be found on the disks?

I have asked some savy friends and they too are perplexed by this problem any ideas?

[Noahtuck]

First, what's a "DvD R9"

I'm going to assume your player will play Divx/Xvid files burned to a dvdr ?
Or that you have actually played Divx/Xvid files burned to a dvdr before ??

You should prob give a few more details for any kind of a helpful response, all of our crystal balls are out being polished at the moment 8)

[craftycelt]

DVD R9 is the name on the drive in my desk top,

DVD+R DL (also called DVD+R9) is a Dual Layer writeable DVD+R.
DVD-R DL (also called DVD-R9) is a Dual Layer writeable DVD-R. The dual layered discs can hold 7.95GB
The dual layered discs (DVD+R9 and DVD-R9) can hold 7.95GB and double sided dual layer (called dvd-18) can hold 15.9GB.

I can play Divx files no problem from my hard drive and normal dvd's work fine.

The problem occurs when I try to play a burned DVDR in my drive no files are recognized on the disk, the system views the disks as being empty/blank, which they aren't as I have already burned DivX files to them that run perfectly on my flatmates PC.

All the details regarding my system can be seen in my profile.

Thanx

[jman98]

Need more info.

What software are you burning with? Are you finalizing the disc after burning? Are you burning them as data discs? What brand of DVD are you burning and is it single layer or dual layer, + or -?

[craftycelt]

I am doing a direct burn with the most recent divX player, and am finalizing the burns. They are store brand DVD-R 4.7GB and the files burn directly as DivX files, none of these issues should be a problem though as they burn successfully on my PC and playback perfectly on my flatmates older P4.

If the disks were wrong they shouldn't be able to burn or be read on my flatmates PC, the same goes for the type of file burnt.

[oldandinthe way]

Most store brand media in the US, I have encountered is CMC manufactured and not viewed by media gurus as the highest quality.

Your optiarc drive is not held in high regard by many.

The problem is likely to be media, the drive, or the combination.

In the US the price of a hundred pack of media and a new drive are about the same. So economically it consititutes a choice. But a new drive might still not like your media.

You can verify the manufacturer of the media by reading the mediaID on the disk or with Nero Infotool or DVDIdentifier. And get an opinion of the media on this forum.

Clearly the simplest thing to do is try a blank from a quality maker like Verbatim.

Since your burns read somewhere I will not trouble you with other ways one can obtain a bad burn.

[craftycelt]

I ran the DVD identifier and it found the files on the disk, and I can run them, I have no idea how it made this difference or how I had he problem in the first place but a big thank you oldandintheway