Need help

[soup]

I was thinking more along the lines of what media dvd-r or dvd +r, that sort of thing.

[rdkapp]

I was thinking more along the lines of what media dvd-r or dvd +r, that sort of thing.

There's not a very large sample of any media type that is proven successful with my dvd-writer. It's an Emprex DRW-1016IM. It's a btc drive. Here's a link: (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters....resandcomments. There's a few Great Quality dvds listed (probably because they were a throw-in at Fry's), but most media have only 1 feedback and a few have 2, but none have more than 2.

If that is one of your problems you can go to Dvd Shrink / Edit / Preferences & change the setting from 4464 to say custom 4300, then when you get better media you can change it back.

I just ran scan disc through Nero CD-DVD Speed on the failed DVD+R and it got through 4132 MBs or 92.6% when it hit the bad sectors. So, if every DVD in the cake box does the same, 4300 won't cut it. By cutting back on the setting from 4464, won't I have to increase the compression and therefore reduce the quality? What is the maximum recommended compression before a noticeable reduction in quality? I don't think I've seen that anywhere on this board.

The general rule is half the rated speed of the blank media.

Since I followed the general rule (burned at 4X on an 8X DVD+R) and it got through about 92% of the movie, is it possible (or a decent guess) to say that the disc was bad to begin with?

I'm trying to figure out where I should go on my next attempt. Should I keep the 4X speed setting (i.e. the first one was a bad disc)? Or, should I increase or decrease the write speed, and if so, which?

[rdkapp]

Fugetaboutit

Well, I blew off these Great Quality discs, because I found a great deal on some Verbatim 16X DVD+Rs at the local Microcenter. My first attempt at backing up the same movie was a roaring success. I burned at 4X. It's worked on all my players so far. I haven't tried the Blaupunkt in my vehicle yet, but I'm fairly confident it will work. I'll try to write 8X on my next backup.

I guess I'll just use the Great Quality DVD+Rs for data backup, if that's even possible.

Thanks to everyone for all the help and support. I imagine that I'll be lurking around this site in the future for some good quality information.

[Chewy]

cost of a decent dvd burner(35-40$), cost of a good blank 30-35cents(on sale), time saved hours

if you can't have a good burner at least use good blanks

[volfann]

Thus endeth the lesson!!!