DVD Discs Don't Always Play

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  • dazuk1972
    Digital Video Specialist
    Digital Video Specialist
    • Jul 2005
    • 853

    DVD Discs Don't Always Play

    Hello.

    I have three DVD machines, one player and two recorders. My player isn't always playing my DVD discs. Things were fine ages ago where DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW all played fine. My DVD player started rejecting my home movies on DVD-R and DVD-RW where I got a message on my TV screen saying, "Cannot Play Disc." They play in my DVD recorders. The DVD+R and DVD+RW play in my DVD player. I can't understand why when I used to burn on Minus discs, they played and now when I burn on Minus discs, they don't anymore. It's also strange why the Plus discs still play. Does anybody know what is causing this? I've formatted my PC at least twice in-between and nothing helped, I've used another DVD burner and nothing helped and I've used other brands of DVD discs (and good quality ones) and nothing helped.

    Another thing. When I said the Plus discs play in my DVD player, they used to 100% and they still do but only about 80% of the time now. I get the picture breaking up sometimes. Also, sometimes, my DVD player pauses the disc with the playback counter still showing on the display screen with no pause logo showing and sometimes it ejects a disc all by itself when it happens.

    As I said, I've formatted my PC twice, I've used two different DVD burners and I've used different brands of DVD discs with Plus and Minus and nothing seems to help. All this doesn't add-up and I feel as if I'm stuck in the dark.

    Please help somebody.

    Many thanks.

    Darren.
  • RFBurns
    To Infinity And Byond
    • May 2006
    • 499

    #2
    Howdy!

    Two possibilities:

    1. The DVD player, as you mentioned in your post worked ok "ages" ago, is probably old enough to not recognize the faster speed DVD's you are burning.

    There might be a firmware update for the player, check its manufacturers website.

    2. The DVD player's mpeg decoding and optic block controller board is flaking out and/or the optic block is taking a dive for the last time. In which case its probably time to consider replacing the player with a new one.


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    • dazuk1972
      Digital Video Specialist
      Digital Video Specialist
      • Jul 2005
      • 853

      #3
      Originally Posted by RFBurns
      Howdy!

      Two possibilities:

      1. The DVD player, as you mentioned in your post worked ok "ages" ago, is probably old enough to not recognize the faster speed DVD's you are burning.

      There might be a firmware update for the player, check its manufacturers website.

      2. The DVD player's mpeg decoding and optic block controller board is flaking out and/or the optic block is taking a dive for the last time. In which case its probably time to consider replacing the player with a new one.


      Thanks for the info very much. I wondered about wear and tear but others elsewhere didn't agree with me. I hase trouble playing the discs in a Pioneer DVD player and I know two other people with a Pioneer DVD player and one of them has the same model as well as the make and those two have the same problem with discs from my PC. Those two have had theirs longer than me and things do make sense now. I have a DVD Sharp DVD recorder and a Sony DVD recorder, too and those discs play fine.

      I can't install Firmware in my Pioneer DVD player because it doesn't have a hard drive. On the other hand, was you refering to my PC? I feel worried about Firmware because I was told you have to be careful you install the correct one otherwise it can mess-up the drivers in the PC. I burn with a Freecom DVD burner and the last time I tried, when I was 99% sure I found the right one, the software failed to install because the Zip Folder was jammed. I'll ask Freecom about the Firmware bit.

      Many thanks, again.

      Regards.

      Darren.

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      • dazuk1972
        Digital Video Specialist
        Digital Video Specialist
        • Jul 2005
        • 853

        #4
        Originally Posted by RFBurns
        Howdy!

        Two possibilities:

        1. The DVD player, as you mentioned in your post worked ok "ages" ago, is probably old enough to not recognize the faster speed DVD's you are burning.

        There might be a firmware update for the player, check its manufacturers website.

        2. The DVD player's mpeg decoding and optic block controller board is flaking out and/or the optic block is taking a dive for the last time. In which case its probably time to consider replacing the player with a new one.


        I forgot to mention, I never get this problem with pre-recorded DVDs.

        Many thanks.

        Regards.

        Darren.

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        • smkymntgrl
          Digital Video Technician
          Digital Video Technician
          • Feb 2005
          • 449

          #5
          It's pretty easy to update your firmware. Check for updates from the link in my sig. Then just make sure you follow the directions, I always do mine in safe mode. I was worried about doing it the first time but it is, easy peasy!

          Smkymntgrl

          Check for Firmware Updates HERE.
          Read THIS to Find Out How to Find and Post Your Nero Log.
          READ the Golden Rules of Burning.


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          • drfsupercenter
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            • Oct 2005
            • 4424

            #6
            I actually have this problem with our main DVD player, I am just gonna get my parents to get a new one and not tell them it can be fixed
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            • toomanycats
              Digital Video Expert
              Digital Video Expert
              • Apr 2005
              • 595

              #7
              Firmware can be updated for standalone players, if available it is burned to a CD disc, it usually is a .bin file that is loaded into the machine (via the CD disc) and then, when loaded, the DVD player brings up a set up menu on the TV screen asking you if you wish to proceed with the update.

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              • RFBurns
                To Infinity And Byond
                • May 2006
                • 499

                #8
                Go to the Pioneer website and look up the model number. If there are any firmware updates for it, they probably have it available for download and you can burn that to a CD or a DVD on your PC, then load that puppy into the DVD player and let it do its thing. There might be a key sequence you have to punch in on the DVD player's remote control to make it go into "update" mode. The Pioneer website will more than likely have instructions on how this is done.


                Here..I will fix it!

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                • Chewy
                  Super Moderator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 18971

                  #9
                  1. clean the problem standalone player
                  2. post a burn log of a problem dvd-r

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