Help my movies rip, copy, then play terribly!

[discman]

click here to download imgburn.and read the golden rules of burning by clicking here.
and click here to read about bitsetting.all these things will greatly increase your chances of good play back.and don't forget to use good media and burn at 4x speed.goodluck.

[iknow]

ok so could you tell me if what i posted after was in fact the log and if so does it help you to know why my copies were a mess?

[iknow]

discman,
is there a way to set DVDD to always burn on 4x? thanks for all the good links. i will check them out

[iknow]

at what point do i use Imgburn? from DVD Shrink?

[discman]

once dvd shrink finishes its job it will automatically send the files to imgburn for burning but only if you have the right version of shrink.

[iknow]

i have DVD shrink 3.2

[discman]

click on the backup window in shrink then click the drop downbox if it says burn with decrypter download the one in my signature thats the one that has the imgburn update.

[Gary D]

Change your brand of discs. Read this list: LINK

Check and update your firmware on your burner with DVD Decrypter (or ImgBurn): LINK

Then do some test scans with Nero CD/DVD Speed. You can download it free from my signature. There are great stickies in the burning and blank media sub-forum about this tool. LINK

[discman]

Check and update your firmware on your burner with DVD Decrypter (or ImgBurn): LINK

i always forget to mention that gary cheers.

[iknow]

ok, i checked my firmware, my current firmware is D108 and when i tried to update it, the following is what the website said. does this mean im non updateable??

Your search string is: HL-DT-ST DVD -RW GWA4164B

The results are as follows:

Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:16 am Error while searching for data.
Sorry. The specified string could not be found.

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Edited by: Administrator Last update: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:16 am

[Chewy]

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2279

if your computer is a dell??

E113 is the one

[iknow]

yes, it is a Dell Deimension E310

[iknow]

i went to the link, that looks a bit scary. when im updating my firmware, what am i doing?

[Chewy]

firmware tell the drive how to burn the blanks, if your's is too old it won't do a good job, boot into safe mode and execute the extracted file to update your drive

this will not fix burning too fast on garbage media and trying to watch with an iffy player

until you get the bugs out, watch the files saved to your hard drive and verify
they work, then burn at 4x, use your computer drive to check the burn, then
watch with your home player