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[tes7]

such a newb to dvd burning.....i thought it was just DL the software and burn...no fuss..no muss

I have dvd shrink and its just point and click and its burned...
I burn on Memorex 16x dvd+R at 8x.....i made about 30 copied dvds..
2 months later and the older ones dont work anymore...oldest being about 3 months old.....it was mostly porn so there was no encryption....i tried to recopy the newer ones and and it says Error: cyclic redundency check...i think its the media but im not sure......can anyone help me out?

[photo_angel2004]

bad media can do that you may need to back them up again from the original. you may want to try Verbaitm you may also want to burn at a slwoer speed 4X max.

[tes7]

Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R Media Silver Thermal Lacquer was recommended to me...is it good?.....will verbaitm media last the test of time?....oh and putting dvd labels cant hurt media right?

[photo_angel2004]

Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R Media Silver Thermal Lacquer was recommended to me...is it good?.....will verbaitm media last the test of time?....oh and putting dvd labels cant hurt media right?

I have not used Taiyo Yuden but many people here say there are great.
I have used Verbatims not with DL yet but I would imagine that the quality will be the same. I have never had any problems with them not lasting.

But then again how long will any DVD relly last? That is yet to be know as DVD's really have not been out that long to really know how long one will last. If you stay with the higher quality DVD's you should not have a problem.

[tes7]

by last i meant longer than the 3 months i got from memorex...kno....lol...thx.....its not the software right?

[photo_angel2004]

no that would be a case of bad media. Burning too fast can play a role in that as well.

[Furiousg]

I suggest using those Memorex blanks for Christmas tree ornaments, they look great twinkling in the candlelight....then go pick up some Sony's, or Taiyo Yuden ( as mentioned ), or Verbatim.

I had bought a stack of Memorex not knowing the difference, and on my machine they worked pretty good, 8 out of 10 successful. On a friend of mine's PC, he was hit and miss, just as many failed as successes.

[MikeyBK]

Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R Media Silver Thermal Lacquer was recommended to me...is it good?.....will verbaitm media last the test of time?....oh and putting dvd labels cant hurt media right?

Verbatims are considered premium along with the TYs and they will stand the test of time.

Sticky labels most likely are your main cause, added to the poor media and you have the formula of outright failures of the discs.

[photo_angel2004]

oh and putting dvd labels cant hurt media right


Lable wont really hurt the media but a lot of players can not read them well with them on. And of the DVD gets too hot when the DVD is playing they have been known to come off in the player and harm the player.

I would not use the lables either.


I can t belive i missed that, if you have lables on the discs carefully and slwoely remove the lable they may play fine. Be sure to get all of the adhesive off. I had an issure with this a long time ago you may want to look at this old thread.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=31158

[tes7]

oh....i put memorex dvd labels....oh...i didnt know labels could harm the disc..

[soup]

This might be helpful.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49635

[tes7]

ok....no label.....ebay here i come....but...umm....wats firmware?...nvm...

thanks for all the help

[photo_angel2004]

what burner do you have brand name and model number?

[tes7]

i have no idea....n it doesnt say.....but i found out that by taking the labels off...the memorex burned dvds play again perfectly again.....umm should i still reburn the movies to the Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R Media Silver Thermal Lacquer media?

[photo_angel2004]

It would not hut to reburn them but for now as long as they play good.
In the long run you may want them on better media.

I did the same thing a couple years ago. I backed up like 5 movies and when I was finished backing them up I tested in my DVD player. The a few weeks later I made nice lables for them.

When putting one in the player it did not play. Once I removed the lables they played again. My very first thought was OMG do they only last a week.
Needless to say I never put a lable on a disc again. And all was well.

glad to see it worked out for you.