Burning Problem - help needed!

[zebar]

Hi, newbie here seeking help from you good people.

Here is my story - have been quite happily backing up DVDs using DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink 3.2 and Nero Express. Recently I got a spindle of Imation DVD+RW's and the problems started - the odd one wouldnt work but a Phillips would work for the same project. Now all Imation disks will not work - I got some TDKs and they won't work either - basically nothing is working anymore. I have updated the firmware from the toshiba site and updated Nero Why should it work perfectly and then stop working altogether.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

[cynthia]

Hi and welcome to the forum, zebar!

Try to see if your DMA is still enabled: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=101616

[LT. Columbo]

confirm/correct the DMA issue then check below to see if those imation discs are acceptable for your burner/player(s). i bet they are not.

[Experi-Mentor]

welcome to the forum

do you get any errors during any of the processes ?

if your burner/reader is old/older, perhaps a "lens cleaning kit" is needed

[zebar]

Thanks Cynthia

Burner is part of my laptop - coming up to a year old now so that might be the problem - any recommendations for a godd cleaning kit?

[setarip]

Maxell makes an excellent DVD/CD cleaning disc that retails for approximately $10US...


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[jm1647]

I'm on a MIC kick right now. If you have media of the same brand that worked before, check the MIC on one of them and then check the MIC of the same brand that is not working anymore.


You can burn on one brand of media - Philips, but not on others.

[zebar]

Thanks guys

[setarip]

Let us know of your success ;>}


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[zebar]

I will indeed

[tcat072364]

I need help I have installed dvd shrink 3.2, nero version 6,6,0,13 i have a sony eternal dvd burner installed , i can burn a movie one time and it works fine , then when i try to burn another disk i get a error message that says windows cannot recognize the disk format or the disk needs to be formatted and it will not play in our dvd player or on the computer. any ideas please help .

[setarip]

To tcat072364

Welcome to the Digital Video Forums of Digital Digest

One possibility is that your system is overheating...


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[zebar]

It does get quite hot now that you mention it - is there a solution?

[jmet]

Add more cooling/exhaust fans.

Cheaper route but, not a guarantee. Take the side of the case off and leave it off while encoding/burning.

[tcat072364]

No overheating here everything is well under specs to where they should be , i have 3 cooling fans running and no syst overheats, the disks just absolutly refuse to play once burned , if i use shrink or decrypter either way makes no difference. I have also tried apollo dvd burner and dvd fab same thing occurs , am i missing a codec that is needed to play the disk universally? or do i have a bad download or is my system just possesed not sure what to try next.