Error 103 with Nero DVD Software

[bpatters69]

Hello folks,

First time poster here.

I am using Nero Ultra to capture video from a VHS to my PC. The format of the captured video is MP3. I now want to burn the video to a DVD-R. I have tried 3 times but I keep getting an Error 103. The video stops at different times but the result is the same. I have tried adjusting the paging file size per other posts I have read but nothing works. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks, Bill

[bpatters69]

I tried to slow the burn speed down to 2X and the burn process lasted longer. Nero seemed to read the entire file and then when Nero started writing to the media, the DVD drive door opened. I closed the drive drawer and then Nero crashed. Here is the output that Nero gave me:



</PRE>[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #12 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 209
[20:55:58] NeroVision SPTILockVolume - completed successfully for FCTL_LOCK_VOLUME
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #13 Phase 24 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Caching of files started
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #14 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4298
[20:55:58] NeroVision Cache writing successful.
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #15 Phase 25 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Caching of files completed
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #16 Phase 36 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Burn process started at 2x (2,770 KB/s)
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #17 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2764
[20:55:58] NeroVision Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #18 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3070
[20:55:58] NeroVision Recording mode: Sequential Recording Mode
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #19 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3226
[20:55:58] NeroVision Start write address at LBA 0
[20:55:58] NeroVision DVD high compatibility mode: Yes
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #20 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 9285
[20:55:58] NeroVision ---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ----
[20:55:58] NeroVision Media Type: 0, Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050
[20:55:58] NeroVision Book Type: DVD-R (2), Part Version: 2.0x (5), Extended Part Version: 2.1 (33)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable
[20:55:58] NeroVision Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track
[20:55:58] NeroVision Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW)
[20:55:58] NeroVision End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 26127F h
[20:55:58] NeroVision End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h (LBN: FFFD0000 h, 4193920 MB)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist
[20:55:58] NeroVision Start sector number of the current Border-Out: 0 h
[20:55:58] NeroVision Start sector number of the next Border-In: 0 h
[20:55:58] NeroVision Media Specific [16..63]:
[20:55:58] NeroVision 00 30 00 10 20 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00 .0.........!....
[20:55:58] NeroVision 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[20:55:58] NeroVision 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #21 SPTI -1106 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 179
[20:55:58] NeroVision CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1106)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Code: 0x73
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Qual: 0x03
[20:55:58] NeroVision CDB Data: 0x2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Area: 0x70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 73 03
[20:55:58] NeroVision Buffer x22040040: Len x10000
[20:55:58] NeroVision 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #22 CDR -1106 File Writer.cpp, Line 301
[20:55:58] NeroVision Power calibration error
[20:55:58] NeroVision D: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #23 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3446
[20:55:58] NeroVision EndDAO: Last written address was -1
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #24 Phase 38 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Burn process failed at 2x (2,770 KB/s)
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:34 PM #25 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 254
[20:55:58] NeroVision SPTIDismountVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:36 PM #26 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 10529
[20:55:58] NeroVision DriveLocker: UnLockVolume completed
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:36 PM #27 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 411
[20:55:58] NeroVision UnLockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision Existing drivers:
[20:55:58] NeroVision Registry Keys:
[20:55:58] NeroVision HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)

[bpatters69]

I tried to slow the burn speed down to 2X and the burn process lasted longer. Nero seemed to read the entire file and then when Nero started writing to the media, the DVD drive door opened. I closed the drive drawer and then Nero crashed. Here is the output that Nero gave me:





</PRE>[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #12 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 209
[20:55:58] NeroVision SPTILockVolume - completed successfully for FCTL_LOCK_VOLUME
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #13 Phase 24 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Caching of files started
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #14 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4298
[20:55:58] NeroVision Cache writing successful.
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #15 Phase 25 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Caching of files completed
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #16 Phase 36 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Burn process started at 2x (2,770 KB/s)
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #17 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2764
[20:55:58] NeroVision Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #18 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3070
[20:55:58] NeroVision Recording mode: Sequential Recording Mode
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #19 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3226
[20:55:58] NeroVision Start write address at LBA 0
[20:55:58] NeroVision DVD high compatibility mode: Yes
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:15 PM #20 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 9285
[20:55:58] NeroVision ---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ----
[20:55:58] NeroVision Media Type: 0, Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050
[20:55:58] NeroVision Book Type: DVD-R (2), Part Version: 2.0x (5), Extended Part Version: 2.1 (33)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <NOT specified>(F h)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable
[20:55:58] NeroVision Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track
[20:55:58] NeroVision Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW)
[20:55:58] NeroVision End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 26127F h
[20:55:58] NeroVision End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h (LBN: FFFD0000 h, 4193920 MB)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist
[20:55:58] NeroVision Start sector number of the current Border-Out: 0 h
[20:55:58] NeroVision Start sector number of the next Border-In: 0 h
[20:55:58] NeroVision Media Specific [16..63]:
[20:55:58] NeroVision 00 30 00 10 20 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00 .0.........!....
[20:55:58] NeroVision 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[20:55:58] NeroVision 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #21 SPTI -1106 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 179
[20:55:58] NeroVision CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1106)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Code: 0x73
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Qual: 0x03
[20:55:58] NeroVision CDB Data: 0x2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision Sense Area: 0x70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 73 03
[20:55:58] NeroVision Buffer x22040040: Len x10000
[20:55:58] NeroVision 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #22 CDR -1106 File Writer.cpp, Line 301
[20:55:58] NeroVision Power calibration error
[20:55:58] NeroVision D: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #23 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3446
[20:55:58] NeroVision EndDAO: Last written address was -1
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:33 PM #24 Phase 38 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
[20:55:58] NeroVision Burn process failed at 2x (2,770 KB/s)
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:34 PM #25 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 254
[20:55:58] NeroVision SPTIDismountVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:36 PM #26 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 10529
[20:55:58] NeroVision DriveLocker: UnLockVolume completed
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision 8:50:36 PM #27 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 411
[20:55:58] NeroVision UnLockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL
[20:55:58] NeroVision
[20:55:58] NeroVision Existing drivers:
[20:55:58] NeroVision Registry Keys:
[20:55:58] NeroVision HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)

[Chewy]

welcome to the forum

but houston we have a problem, not sure what's going on here at all

vhs to mp3?

new sata dvd burner, 2x burning? they usually burn at 6x and faster?

try to isolate each step, use vision for transcode/capture to hard drive, check that step then nero burning rom to take to dvd?

[bpatters69]

Follow up

Thanks for the reply. Let me see if I can clear up the confusion.

I am trying to convert the video which was taken for my wedding to DVD. The format of the video was VHS. I have a Pinnacle Capture board and I used Nero to capture the video to my hard disk. I believe the format that I captured the video is MPS. Everything captured fine and I can play back the video on my computer from the hard disk.

The next thing I tried to do is to write the MP3 to DVD. I used Nero's Vision or whatever it is called to make a DVD. On my first attempts, Nero would stop during the encoding (by encoding, I mean converting from MP3 to DVD) and give me a "Critical Error 103". I tried two or three times and I got the same result.

I Googled Error 103 and I found threads about changing the page file size on my computer to 4096 for Min and Max. This did not help. I then found threads saying that I should slow down the burn rate from Max to 4X. I did slow the burn rate down to 4X but Nero still failed in the encoding process. Finally, I tried 2x and Nero converted the entire video and then tried to burn the video to the DVD. Nero opened the DVD drive door. I pushed the door closed and Nero crashed.

You are probably thinking that this is a media problem; however, I am using media from Sony and Memorex. As a test, I took the same blank DVD that would not copy the Wedding Video and I copied 28 Weeks later on the DVD without any problems. The only difference between the Wedding Video and 28 Weeks is 28 Weeks was not captured from a VHS and the 28 Weeks was about 3GB and the Wedding Video is 4.6GB which is just shy of the DVD media which is 4.7GB. Should I be doing some type of compression on the captured video prior to encoding and burn? Thanks

[Chewy]

use mediainfo to give the characteristics of the captured wedding video

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 351 MiB
PlayTime : 53mn 3s
Bit rate : 916 Kbps
Writing application : Nandub v1.0rc2
Writing library : Nandub build 1853/release

Video #0
Codec : XviD
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
Codec/Info : XviD project
Codec settings/Packe : No
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/Matri : Default
PlayTime : 53mn 3s
Bit rate : 780 Kbps
Width : 512 pixels
Height : 384 pixels
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.132
Writing library : XviD0043

[bpatters69]

Cool Program

Here is the output from mediainfo:

General #0
Complete name : E:\Movies\Wedding Video\Wedding Video 11_3.mpg
Format : MPEG-2 Program
Format/Family : MPEG-2
File size : 3.50 GiB
PlayTime : 1h 28mn
Bit rate : 5635 Kbps
Writing library : Created by Nero
Video #0
Codec : MPEG-2 Video
Codec profile : Main@Main
Codec settings/Matri : Standard
PlayTime : 1h 28mn
Bit rate : 9383 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Bottom Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.906
Writing library : Created by Nero
Audio #0
Codec : AC3
PlayTime : 1h 28mn
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, Subwoofer
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Video0 delay : -2ms

[bpatters69]

For comparison, here is the video that burned to DVD without any problem. I was wrong as the format for this video is AVI and not MPEG.

General #0
Complete name : E:\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 701 MiB
PlayTime : 1h 36mn
Bit rate : 1006 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2366/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2366/release
Video #0
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
Codec profile : Streaming Video Profile/Level 1
Codec settings/Packe : No
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/Matri : Default
PlayTime : 1h 36mn
Bit rate : 35 Mbps
Width : 668 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display Aspect ratio : 1.898
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.147
StreamSize : 280
Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
PlayTime : 1h 36mn
Bit rate : 35 Mbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize : 94.6
Writing library : Xing (new)

[bpatters69]

Just re-hasing this thread. I tried to burn another DVD last night with Nero Vision. Same result Error 103. Does anyone have anything I can try? I am using Nero Version 7. Thanks