DVD Burning

I tried to burn a DVD and got a failure.
I used a Maxell DVD+RW "Up to 4X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."

I tried again using Maxell DVD-R "Up to 8X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."
This was successful.

I this because of the "4X" vs "8X?" or did it have something to do with the
+RW vs -R?
I asked Nero but it takes a week or two for them to answer....

Thanks, Doug

Wojo
Tue Mar 14 10:14:45 CST 2006

Hi Doug,
Could be either one although but burning SLOWER shouldn't cause the problem,
burning FASTER easily could.
Some DVD Burners don't work with all DVD formats. My old one, for instance,
would only burn to -R and -RW disks but didn't work with +R and +RW. New
burners work with both but some older burners don't.
--
-Wojo
Wojo's Web:
http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr


"Doug Mc" <dnmcnNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I tried to burn a DVD and got a failure.
> I used a Maxell DVD+RW "Up to 4X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."
>
> I tried again using Maxell DVD-R "Up to 8X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."
> This was successful.
>
> I this because of the "4X" vs "8X?" or did it have something to do with
> the +RW vs -R?
> I asked Nero but it takes a week or two for them to answer....
>
> Thanks, Doug
>
>
>

decoder
Tue Mar 14 14:46:49 CST 2006


"Doug Mc" <dnmcnNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I tried to burn a DVD and got a failure.
> I used a Maxell DVD+RW "Up to 4X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."
>
> I tried again using Maxell DVD-R "Up to 8X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."
> This was successful.
>
> I this because of the "4X" vs "8X?" or did it have something to do with
> the +RW vs -R?
> I asked Nero but it takes a week or two for them to answer....
>
> Thanks, Doug
>
>

At what point did the process "fail"?
If it was a compatibilty issue with either DVD+ or DVD-
and if your burner was only compatible one type, it just
would not have recognised the blank disk at all, you
would have received prompts to insert a disk?
Did burning commence with the DVD+Rw that failed?
Did you receive any error messages from your Nero software?
Did you change anything in the process when burning disks? -
the obvious one being with the disk that "failed", if you mean
it won't playback on your standalone DVD player - did you finalize?
It could also be a firmware issue?

>

Doug
Tue Mar 14 17:25:30 CST 2006

>
> At what point did the process "fail"?
The failure happened immediatly when it began the burn process.

> If it was a compatibilty issue with either DVD+ or DVD-
> and if your burner was only compatible one type, it just
> would not have recognised the blank disk at all, you
> would have received prompts to insert a disk?

I did not receive an "insert disk" prompt. Of course the disk was in the
burner at the beginning of the process - several minutes before the burn
function began.

> Did burning commence with the DVD+Rw that failed?
> Did you receive any error messages from your Nero software?
It did switch - according to the window - to the burning process and then
failed immediately.
I received the message that the burn failed. That's about all it said.

> Did you change anything in the process when burning disks? -
> the obvious one being with the disk that "failed", if you mean
> it won't playback on your standalone DVD player - did you finalize?
No, I did not change anything. I just tried the same functions again but
using the DVD-R disk - which was successful.

> It could also be a firmware issue?
If so, why? and what can I do to see if that's a problem?

Thanks,
Doug

Doug
Tue Mar 14 17:27:50 CST 2006

I've only had this burner since last summer so I assume that it's a fairly
late model. I had my PC built at Fry's Electronics and this burner is one
which they recommended.


"Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Doug,
> Could be either one although but burning SLOWER shouldn't cause the
> problem, burning FASTER easily could.
> Some DVD Burners don't work with all DVD formats. My old one, for
> instance, would only burn to -R and -RW disks but didn't work with +R and
> +RW. New burners work with both but some older burners don't.
> --
> -Wojo
> Wojo's Web:
> http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr
>
>
> "Doug Mc" <dnmcnNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Oed$4s3RGHA.4616@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I tried to burn a DVD and got a failure.
>> I used a Maxell DVD+RW "Up to 4X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."
>>
>> I tried again using Maxell DVD-R "Up to 8X, 4.7GB 2 hrs."
>> This was successful.
>>
>> I this because of the "4X" vs "8X?" or did it have something to do with
>> the +RW vs -R?
>> I asked Nero but it takes a week or two for them to answer....
>>
>> Thanks, Doug
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Wojo
Tue Mar 14 21:54:36 CST 2006


"Doug Mc" <dnmcnNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> >
>> At what point did the process "fail"?
> The failure happened immediatly when it began the burn process.
>
>> If it was a compatibilty issue with either DVD+ or DVD-
>> and if your burner was only compatible one type, it just
>> would not have recognised the blank disk at all, you
>> would have received prompts to insert a disk?
>
> I did not receive an "insert disk" prompt. Of course the disk was in the
> burner at the beginning of the process - several minutes before the burn
> function began.
>
>> Did burning commence with the DVD+Rw that failed?
>> Did you receive any error messages from your Nero software?
> It did switch - according to the window - to the burning process and then
> failed immediately.
> I received the message that the burn failed. That's about all it said.
>
>> Did you change anything in the process when burning disks? -
>> the obvious one being with the disk that "failed", if you mean
>> it won't playback on your standalone DVD player - did you finalize?
> No, I did not change anything. I just tried the same functions again but
> using the DVD-R disk - which was successful.
>
>> It could also be a firmware issue?
> If so, why? and what can I do to see if that's a problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
>

The firmware could easily have been outdated.
To find out you need to go to the manufacturers website and see if they have
a newer firmware download. Usually they will have a utility on the site or
that's downloadable to see if the firmware version is the latest or if there
is an updated version available.
If you do need to update your firmware be sure there is NO DISK in the drive
when you do the upgrade or your burner may be damaged.
-Wojo

Doug
Tue Mar 14 22:28:32 CST 2006

Thanks,
I found a website on the burner that I went to and updated the firmware.
I'll see if that makes a difference.





"Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Doug Mc" <dnmcnNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:uh8TW67RGHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >
>>> At what point did the process "fail"?
>> The failure happened immediatly when it began the burn process.
>>
>>> If it was a compatibilty issue with either DVD+ or DVD-
>>> and if your burner was only compatible one type, it just
>>> would not have recognised the blank disk at all, you
>>> would have received prompts to insert a disk?
>>
>> I did not receive an "insert disk" prompt. Of course the disk was in the
>> burner at the beginning of the process - several minutes before the burn
>> function began.
>>
>>> Did burning commence with the DVD+Rw that failed?
>>> Did you receive any error messages from your Nero software?
>> It did switch - according to the window - to the burning process and then
>> failed immediately.
>> I received the message that the burn failed. That's about all it said.
>>
>>> Did you change anything in the process when burning disks? -
>>> the obvious one being with the disk that "failed", if you mean
>>> it won't playback on your standalone DVD player - did you finalize?
>> No, I did not change anything. I just tried the same functions again but
>> using the DVD-R disk - which was successful.
>>
>>> It could also be a firmware issue?
>> If so, why? and what can I do to see if that's a problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Doug
>>
>>
>
> The firmware could easily have been outdated.
> To find out you need to go to the manufacturers website and see if they
> have a newer firmware download. Usually they will have a utility on the
> site or that's downloadable to see if the firmware version is the latest
> or if there is an updated version available.
> If you do need to update your firmware be sure there is NO DISK in the
> drive when you do the upgrade or your burner may be damaged.
> -Wojo
>
>

Wojo
Wed Mar 15 07:15:29 CST 2006

Your welcome, let us know if it worked.
-Wojo

"Doug Mc" <dnmcnNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks,
> I found a website on the burner that I went to and updated the firmware.
> I'll see if that makes a difference.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:0eMRf.5946$Jz4.5369@trnddc08...
>>
>> "Doug Mc" <dnmcnNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:uh8TW67RGHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> >
>>>> At what point did the process "fail"?
>>> The failure happened immediatly when it began the burn process.
>>>
>>>> If it was a compatibilty issue with either DVD+ or DVD-
>>>> and if your burner was only compatible one type, it just
>>>> would not have recognised the blank disk at all, you
>>>> would have received prompts to insert a disk?
>>>
>>> I did not receive an "insert disk" prompt. Of course the disk was in
>>> the burner at the beginning of the process - several minutes before the
>>> burn function began.
>>>
>>>> Did burning commence with the DVD+Rw that failed?
>>>> Did you receive any error messages from your Nero software?
>>> It did switch - according to the window - to the burning process and
>>> then failed immediately.
>>> I received the message that the burn failed. That's about all it said.
>>>
>>>> Did you change anything in the process when burning disks? -
>>>> the obvious one being with the disk that "failed", if you mean
>>>> it won't playback on your standalone DVD player - did you finalize?
>>> No, I did not change anything. I just tried the same functions again
>>> but using the DVD-R disk - which was successful.
>>>
>>>> It could also be a firmware issue?
>>> If so, why? and what can I do to see if that's a problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The firmware could easily have been outdated.
>> To find out you need to go to the manufacturers website and see if they
>> have a newer firmware download. Usually they will have a utility on the
>> site or that's downloadable to see if the firmware version is the latest
>> or if there is an updated version available.
>> If you do need to update your firmware be sure there is NO DISK in the
>> drive when you do the upgrade or your burner may be damaged.
>> -Wojo
>>
>>
>
>