DVD Burning Problems?

and no, I only have 1 DVD drive on my computer

awesome, I used DVD Decrypter like feralicious suggested and they all transferred fine

have no fear toto! I got your shit in the burner right now!

[feralicious]

I had a feeling
a feeling deep inside
oh yeah

okay, well I have the 1st DVD of the 2 for you burned Toto, the 2nd is not copying all the files like the 1st one, I'll try one of those links, one of em has a program on it to recover the data

any other help anyone may have would be appreciated

[thisistoto]

Yea i actually just ran into a problem too with a disc I just got in, and it wasnt able to transfer over decrypter either. Blah.

[tbk420]

This may sound obvious, but sometimes I have a problem transferring if the disk is dirty or smudged. Once cleaned properly, Decrypter has no problem. Also, I assume you're using the "Read ISO" mode.

About a month ago I bought a DVD burner (Optowrite DD0405), and it never burned a DVD. Power Calibration errors always came up. I tried a few different kinds of media, and none of them worked. I was told that the drive may be defective. It was still under warrenty, so I brought it back and got a new drive of the same model. This one has the same problem. I was wondering if anyone could help me before I decide to trash it and buy a new model. Is it possible that both drives are defective? Maybe something is wrong on my end. I dunno, but any feedback would be apprecitated.

Thanks

[AAR.oner]

try updating to the latest firmware first. check the manufacturers website.

also you can try reading thru the info and tests at cdrinfo http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Revi...ArticleId=9279

hmmmmm well I have Firmware V. 160E, and when I went to see if there was an upgrade, it said the latest they had was v. 160E. Also I noticed the test computer they used had 512 MB of ram. I only have 256 MB. Maybe I don't have enough ram to burn DVDs. If it is any consilation, My power supply is only 250 watts, and I also updgraded my hard drive from 40 mb to 240 mb, so I was thinking maybe I simply don't have the power to burn DVDs. A few people I know told me that could be the problem, but some also say that the power has nothing to do with it. You see, I have a 4 year old computer than I just started upgrading some parts. maybe ram and power supply are what I need to upgrade next. Could that be a factor?

Thanks

[AAR.oner]

RAM could definitely be yer problem...256MB is pretty low in re: to todays technologies with burning...powersupply is a bit less likely...

i would upgrade yer RAM to *atleast* 512MB, but 1GB is nicer!

Next week sometime I'll go buy another 512 MB, and let you know how it turns out. No point in Buying a new DVD burner if they are all having the same problem due to something wrong on my end.

[saltman]

don't think ram is gonna help you. It's probably the DVD player going bad. DVD burning programs go through a series of checks one of which is power calibration prior to start. Yours is failing. It could be your power supply but I highly doubt it. You've got a bad DVD player AGAIN. arrrgh.

Take it out and try it in a buddies computer. If it works it's probably something else. Put your buddies power supply in your computer and see if it makes a difference. Good Luck

surprisingly, RAM was the problem. I bought another 512 mb and added that to my 256 mb, and now I can burn DVDs. Thanks for all your help everybody.

[saltman]

wow. I stand corrected. Keep an eye on the burner though.
a sign of it going bad is carazy buffer levels. If when it's burning, you can see it going from 20 to 90 to 10 to 90.... it's a matter of weeks.

[phishy13]

so i just started downloading dvd's. i finished 11/27/01 phil and friends. now i don't know how to get it onto dvd. my friend said keep everything that downloaded, other than the text file in there. he said inside the folder i saved it, create 2 more folders, on labeled AUDIO_TS and the other labeled VIDEO_TS. he said put everything that downloaded inside the VIDEO_TS folder and leave nothing in the AUDIO_TS folder. he said then go to the dvd burner put the blank in and just pull over the main folder where everything is stored. i burned that, it completed but it seems to only be a data disc. it still has the 2 folders i created and the vob or vos or whatever the files and the smaller files as well. when i put that disc into my dvd player it said there was no playback. please tell me what i need to do from the time the download is completed until the time i can watch the actual dvd on my t.v. thanks for the help.