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I've started to have trouble with dvd's not playing back. All have been burned using DVDShrink and/or DVD Decrypter using an LG GSA 4163B and Nero 7. I don't use one type of media so they could be DVD-R or +R, but are either TDK or Verbatim printables. Anyway, the discs have all been successful burns, and have all been played at least once - both on the PC and stand alone dvd players. Strangely, I've now had 4 discs all refuse to playback on either system - the discs appear to have nothing on them. What could cause this? The discs are stored in cases, away from sunlight or heat, and in most cases have only been viewed one or twice. It isn't possible that there could be some kind of anti-copy device that causes discs to self destruct after a time - could there?
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You don't have adhesive labels on them do you? I guess not since you say there are printable.
Verbs will usually last for eons.
Does Windows not see anything? It would seem the TOC is not readable.
I know you have stored them well, but it does seem they have degraded.
RegardsLes
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It would be interesting to see a Nero scan on those discs, if possible. How old are they? I have had a similar situation with a few CD-R's that wouldn't play & appeared blank.
All attempts to retrieve the data (mp3) on those have been futile.Comment
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thanks guys
that's right Blutach - no labels. Gave them away long ago. Nothing but trouble. As for a Nero scan katzdvd - no go. It's as if there is no data on the disc to read. Windows reports the discs as 'full' and I know there is data on them, but it just can't be read. The DVD player (which has previously played all discs) reports 'disc error' but that is very generic. I guess Blutach is right - the discs have degraded for whatever reason. It's possible I just got a bad batch of discs because now when I think about it, I've had the odd occassion where Nero doesn't 'see' a blank disc in the burner, so I put another from the same spindle in and it goes right to work. Weird....Comment
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Have you tried cleaning them? Right near the hub where to TOC is stored.
RegardsLes
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Media and Burning - [Golden Rules of Burning] [Media quality] [Fix your DMA] [Update your Firmware] [What's my Media ID Code?] [How to test your disc]
[What's bitsetting?] [Burn dual layer disks safely] [Why not to burn with Ner0] [Interpret Ner0's burn errors] [Got bad playback?] [Burner/Media compatibility]
Cool Techniques - [2COOL's guides] [Clean your DVD] [Join a flipper] [Split into 2 DVDs] [Save heaps of Mb] [How to mock strip] [Cool Insert Clips]
Real useful info - [FAQ INDEX] [Compression explained] [Logical Remapping of Enabled Streams] [DVD-Replica] [Fantastic info on DVDs]
You should only use genuine Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden media. Many thanks to www.pcx.com.au for their supply and great service.
Explore the sites and the programs - there's a gold mine of information in them
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I would try cleaning the dvd burner and my player also?
Test with a problem verbatim disk, the tdk's are very iffy, they haven't made any good disks in a year or two
Are you in a very humid location?Comment
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Also try a firmware update (not that this can help or explain the behaviour in your standalone).
RegardsLes
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Media and Burning - [Golden Rules of Burning] [Media quality] [Fix your DMA] [Update your Firmware] [What's my Media ID Code?] [How to test your disc]
[What's bitsetting?] [Burn dual layer disks safely] [Why not to burn with Ner0] [Interpret Ner0's burn errors] [Got bad playback?] [Burner/Media compatibility]
Cool Techniques - [2COOL's guides] [Clean your DVD] [Join a flipper] [Split into 2 DVDs] [Save heaps of Mb] [How to mock strip] [Cool Insert Clips]
Real useful info - [FAQ INDEX] [Compression explained] [Logical Remapping of Enabled Streams] [DVD-Replica] [Fantastic info on DVDs]
You should only use genuine Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden media. Many thanks to www.pcx.com.au for their supply and great service.
Explore the sites and the programs - there's a gold mine of information in them
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screw driver? air compressor qtips and lens cleaner finesse
or a high dollar game console cleaner diskComment
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What do you see on them if you right click/explore?windows reports the discs as 'full' and I know there is data on them, but it just can't be read.Comment
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