Unformatted/Unfinalized DVD-R after burn

[Ivandervaeren]

Hi guys,

Wonder if so could help...

I've been trying to burn 2 different media brands in DVD-R recently, t.i. Princo (id code: Princo) and Ridisc (id code: Ritek G04) and it appears that the two of them won't play on my Himage DVD player nor on my PC drive after I burned them.

It seems like the DVD won't finalize or something like that. Could anyone tell me if there is any way I could finalize these DVD's now that they're burnt? And is it a finalise-problem actually?

Thanks for your help! I bought 50 of these and I hope they're not for the trash.

Here is what I got from DVD identifier:

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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-RRINCO]
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Disc Type : [DVD-R]
Manufacturer ID : [PRINCO]
Manufacturer Name : [Princo Corp.]
Disc Application Code : [Unrestricted Use : Consumer Purpose]
Recording Speeds : [1x , 2x , 4x] (8x Cannot Be Detected)
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4,489.3MB = 4.38GB (4.71GB)]
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[DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com]
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** INFO : Hex Dump Of 'Media Code'-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding 'Media Code'-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 0Eh - Pre-Recorded Information In Lead-In
0000 : 01 40 c1 fd 9e d8 52 00 02 97 0e 0b 77 88 70 00 .@....R.....w.p.
0010 : 03 50 52 49 4e 43 4f 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .PRINCO.........
0020 : 05 aa a2 22 22 20 01 00 06 0b 0f 12 87 77 80 00 ..."" .......w..
0030 : 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 01 1b 0d 10 0d 08 00 ................
0040 : 09 99 0a 11 0d 6f 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 .....o..........
0050 : 0b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0060 : 0d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0070 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0080 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0090 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00a0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00b0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00c0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00d0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00e0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00f0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................


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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:RITEKG04]
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Disc Type : [DVD-R]
Manufacturer ID : [RITEKG04]
Manufacturer Name : [Ritek Co.]
Disc Application Code : [Unrestricted Use : Consumer Purpose]
Recording Speeds : [1x , 2x , 4x] (8x Cannot Be Detected)
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4,489.3MB = 4.38GB (4.71GB)]
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[DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com]
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** INFO : Hex Dump Of 'Media Code'-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding 'Media Code'-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 0Eh - Pre-Recorded Information In Lead-In
0000 : 01 40 c1 fd 9e d8 52 00 02 76 0e 14 88 9a 80 00 .@....R..v......
0010 : 03 52 49 54 45 4b 47 00 04 30 34 00 00 00 00 00 .RITEKG..04.....
0020 : 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 06 08 12 11 86 67 80 00 .............g..
0030 : 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 05 1b 0e 10 08 09 00 ................
0040 : 09 97 06 0d 0b 80 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 ................
0050 : 0b 04 1d 18 a8 88 85 00 0c 89 ac 88 80 00 00 00 ................
0060 : 0d 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[cynthia]

Did you solve the problem with your firmware according to this post?

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=189114#post189114

Could be that the hacked firmware is the trouble.

Princos can be tricky to burn without the right firmware.

[Ivandervaeren]

Ok but the hacked firmware stands for the DVD-ROM drive (Mat****a) whereas I burnt my Princo with my DVD-/+ RW drive LiteOn 851S (with official firmware GS0K)

[cynthia]

And the latest is GSOM.

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1734

[Ivandervaeren]

Yeah, it was, but it's been taken off because there were some problems with this latter. It is no more on their site.

[cynthia]

Another handy tool is this - the OmniPatcher for LiteOn DVD-Writers:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=97590

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

[Ivandervaeren]

Thanks! I guess I'll try that...

[cynthia]

I wish I had a Lite-on burner or that there was such a program for Nec...

[setarip]

To Ivandervaeren

If you are using NERO for burning your DVDs, make certain it is set to NO "Multisession". Also make certain it is set to "Disc-at-once"...

[Ivandervaeren]

I'm actually using Intervideo DVD Copy Platinum to do the hole job (rip and burn) but I just used Smartburn tool from Liteon and I see that both Princo and Ridisc DVD-R's I used have a nominal capacity of 7.82GB!! Isn't it strange? Should be 4.38 (4.7) GB, shouldn't it?

[cynthia]

Think you should use DVDShrink first - to get the size down so it would fit on a DVD5.

[Ivandervaeren]

Ok that I knew but fact is that it is the nominal capacity I'm talking about. Besides, I inserted a blank dvd too and it said the same: 7.82GB nominal capacity! So I guess it is the max. capacity a dvd could allow.

[setarip]

"I inserted a blank dvd too and it said the same: 7.82GB nominal capacity!"

That would be the approximate capacity of a DOUBLE-LAYERED DVD. Unless you paid approximately $10 apiece for the blanks, I doubt that this is what you have.

Perhaps you're misinterpreting something in the readout from your software...

[Ivandervaeren]

No, not at all. That's the point actually. I paid around $12 for a 25 box but maybe I misinterpret "nominal capacity". What does it mean exactly? And is there any way I could finalize a DVD-R once it is burnt?

[cynthia]

For that price is must be 4.7 Gb DVDs. Download this program and put one of your discs in to your reader/burner and find out what they really can fit. www.dvdinfopro.com

Once you have burnt a DVD-R it's "closed" forever.