finalizing disc now taking forever...?? Help!

[Evatgirl73]

Hello all! Lately it seems something is wrong with my burner..? It is taking longer to finalize the disc, sometimes it gets "stuck" on 99%finalized, but just a few minutes ago it was stuck on 67% and then all of a sudden "durn complete" came up with the little jingle, but the disc will not play in either of my players (leading me to believe it never DID finalize it). I'm using Decrypter to burn, and a reasonably new burner (Memorex). I only burn on 4x, although it seems Decrypter likes to do about 6x even when I tell it 4x, LOL. Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening? Clean the burner? Help! TIA, Eva

[LT. Columbo]

can you post a decrypter log?

[Evatgirl73]

Let me see if I can figure out how, I already closed it down... I also just pgraded the firmware to the burner, figure *that* can't hurt..! BRB!

[Evatgirl73]

Ok, I can't figure out how to find the log from before, I didn't save it... I will try burning with the firmware upgraded and see what happens.

[Evatgirl73]

Here you go:
I 10:42:33 DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
I 10:42:33 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 10:42:33 Initialising SPTI...
I 10:42:33 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 10:42:33 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW!
I 10:45:27 Operation Started!
I 10:45:27 Source File: C:\VNT0NNW1.ISO
I 10:45:27 Source File Sectors: 1,919,411 (MODE1/2048)
I 10:45:27 Source File Size: 3,930,953,728 bytes
I 10:45:27 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink
I 10:45:27 Destination Device: [1:0:0] Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2 JWS6 (D (ATA)
I 10:45:28 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: SONY-D21-00) (Speeds: 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x)
I 10:45:28 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104
I 10:45:28 Write Mode: DVD
I 10:45:28 Write Type: SAO
I 10:45:28 Write Speed: 4x
I 10:45:28 Link Size: Auto
I 10:45:28 Test Mode: No
I 10:45:28 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 10:45:28 Filling Buffer...
I 10:45:30 Writing LeadIn...
I 10:46:34 Writing Image...
I 10:54:22 Synchronising Cache...
I 10:54:23 Closing Track...
I 10:55:05 Finalising Disc...
I 10:58:03 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:12:35
I 10:58:03 Average Write Rate: 8,202 KB/s (5.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 8,485 KB/s (6.1x)


Now I'm going to go test this disc, although it was stuck @ 67% again for a few minutes so I don't have high hopes... Thanks!!!

[Chewy]

http://codeguys.rpc1.org/dvdrw_overview.html

from this page we see your memorex is really a liteon 1673, and to make is further confusing, that was an early edition of the liteon 1693.

and all those firmware for those family of drives only allow 6x or faster for that media

dvdd might be happier if you only asked it to burn at doable speeds

according to author of dvdd you should be using liteon firmware

edit

[Evatgirl73]

Thanks Chewy, now I'm even more confused..! I thought I was burning at "acceptable" speed, since I'm telling it to burn at 4x..? I will go to the link you provided and check for new firmware for my burner. But why would this start happening just lately, as it has not been an issue before??? I have burned many superb copies with this burner and Decrypter. Any answer is good as long as it is not "your burner is dying", LOL!

[Evatgirl73]

Ok, found my burner on that list... now which firmeware if any do I need to download? There are 2 right by it, official and rcp1... sorry for being such a beginner!!! Thanks!

[Chewy]

You are forced into burning at 6x on that 16x media, that's ok, believe me,
it's all by design. 8x would probably give you even better burns.
There's no real need to change firmware as the newest 1693 is only a few months newer. Bitsetting with imgburn might work?

edit:
keep an eye out on the burn time, media problems, fragmented hard drives, burners learning new media
are all things that slow down burns, try an 8x burn

the always burn at 4x has many newer exceptions, things change

[Evatgirl73]

Ok, will change the burnspeed. Another thought... can this issue have anything to do with the actual movie/way I decrypted it??? I only ask because I just now burned a copy of another movie that I had saved on my harddrive, and it burned fine, no issue with the finalizing... log as follows:
I 12:33:46 DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
I 12:33:46 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 12:33:46 Initialising SPTI...
I 12:33:46 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 12:33:58 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW!
I 12:34:06 Operation Started!
I 12:34:06 Source File: C:\PIPPI_LONGSTOCKING.ISO
I 12:34:06 Source File Sectors: 2,285,854 (MODE1/2048)
I 12:34:06 Source File Size: 4,681,428,992 bytes
I 12:34:06 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink
I 12:34:06 Destination Device: [1:0:0] Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2 JWS6 (D (ATA)
I 12:34:07 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: SONY-D21-00) (Speeds: 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x)
I 12:34:07 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104
I 12:34:07 Write Mode: DVD
I 12:34:07 Write Type: SAO
I 12:34:07 Write Speed: 4x
I 12:34:07 Link Size: Auto
I 12:34:07 Test Mode: No
I 12:34:07 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 12:34:07 Filling Buffer...
I 12:34:11 Writing LeadIn...
I 12:35:02 Writing Image...
I 12:44:47 Synchronising Cache...
I 12:44:49 Closing Track...
I 12:44:58 Finalising Disc...
I 12:45:33 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:26
I 12:45:33 Average Write Rate: 7,814 KB/s (5.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 8,505 KB/s (6.1x)

Aaarrggghhh! I have encountered the finalizing issue to the point of failing the discon the last 2 movies I burned, butit has been SLOW (the finalizing) on many other movies recently, although those burns have resulted in working discs, the finalizations have just taken a few minutes (usually stuck @ 99% for a while) but I would still call them successful burns. The last 2 movies have both been kids' movies, and doing only the movie (ie reauthoring in Shrink), one was decrypted only in Decrypter the other using PCGEdit (latest configuration).
I will also defrag my harddrive, see if that makes any difference. I haven't changed media as I have been happy w my usual Sony discs. Could be Sony changed on me though I suppose, LOL!
Thanks again, and if you or anyone else has any further thoughts on this, I look forward to hearing them!

[Chewy]

this batch of sony may not be as good as an earlier one?

[NightTran]

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