No Disc

[long wang]

for some reason when i burn movies my dvd player will not read it and a "no disc" comes up. the only thing that is different is that i upgraded my comp with a Athalon 64 +2800 and a 9800 video card. media is also the same. HELP!

[setarip]

To determine the capabilities/limitations of your specific brand and model of standalone DVD player, as well as media compatibility, go to:

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers

[andrewpk200]

i take it when you say

the only thing that is different is that i upgraded my comp

as meaning that you have burnt dvds before and that they have worked
if that is the case then there are a few things that you can check
first is make sure that when windows detected your new chip it hasn't changed any of your motherboard setting, most importantly the transfair method for the dvd writer, make sure it is in DMA mode not PIO,
also try to get hold of any new firmware for your drive, both these problems have caused me problems with dvd drives in the past

[long wang]

wat is the transfair method and how do i check what mode it is in???

[Phytrax]

He means transfer method. Go to control panel, system, hardware, device manager, IDE controlers, advanced.

[long wang]

ok...everything is wat it should be...or at least wat ive been told it should be. but now i have a new problem.
i started a new burn and i cant really describe wat happened but now it takes over 2 hrs for a back up and at least 30 min to burn. same media and im not using deep analysis.

[Phytrax]

Some movies may take that long to encode but most should take less than an hour to encode and 17 min or so at 4x. If your using 2.4x disks 30 min is about right.

[long wang]

ok....i have the same media as before, 4X dvd+r.
it took me 3 hrs to backup on my HD
my burner is a pacific digital 8x dual formate burner

[Phytrax]

Press ctrl-alt-del when your computer is not doing anything and note your cpu usage and which applications are using it under "processes". Anything using more than a few percent is going to slow you down since encoding is very processor intensive. Some of it may be spyware. Scan your computer with Spybot and an antivirus either way to be safe. Also you should see NO USAGE on your hard drive light when your computer is idle.

Your processor usage SHOULD BE 100% when encoding. Also are you playing games or using other programs during backup?

[long wang]

my processor usage is at 100% wenim encoding and im not using any other programs at the time. i do have spybot and norton andi use them regularly(at least 4 time a week or wen i web surf a lot).

[Phytrax]

You didn't mention what your cpu and hard drive usage is when your computer is idle.