Need help: TEAC drives, DVD Architect 2 problem

RANCHDIP wrote on 10/1/2004, 1:38 PM
Hello,

My dad owns DVD Architect 2 and he keeps getting a message as follows:

SFMMCX [17]
atapi (1)
TEAC DVW50E 1.30'-(0)
MODULE LINE 0
THE OPERATION IS NOT SUPPORTED
BY THIS DRIVE

He has updated the firmware to the TEAC DVW50E DVD drive.

Is this a problem with DVD Architect 2.0? A buddy of mine needed a fix for his plextor drive from Sony. I was hoping I could get this thing working for him soon.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Kyle

Comments

bStro wrote on 10/1/2004, 3:30 PM
Using the latest update? 2.0b was released yesterday.

Rob
RANCHDIP wrote on 10/2/2004, 4:14 PM
No not yet. The software is on my dad's machine and I'll have to download it and take it over there. However, you would think that this older DVD writer would work with the earliest version of DVDA?

Thanks.....KYle
bStro wrote on 10/3/2004, 5:43 AM
However, you would think that this older DVD writer would work with the earliest version of DVDA?

That assumes that a currently released version of the software is fully compatible with all currently released drives. As many have discovered, this often is not the case with DVDA. It's not a question of "Is this an old drive or a new drive," it's a case of "Were the engineers aware of all this drive's particulars and did they test this drive before releasing the software?" ;)

Rob
dszigeti wrote on 11/9/2004, 4:51 PM
I have also unsuccessfully tried to burn the the demo on the web ... With Sony's downloadable test file, I get an error 'SFMMCX' -(17) 'atapi' -(1) - 'TDK DVDRW0404N 1.0A' (0) and the burn aborts.

There appears to be a (old) forum thread on this subject with no real solution??? Please see ...
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=159802&Page=6&ms=1 ... It appears the problem is back ...

I continued to try other options with the Sony download sample file ... all with the same result. The burn hangs at 8% complete and then times out at the end of the burn.

1) Checked that I had the latest firmware in the DVD drive ... I also checked that I had the latest IDE drivers
2) I retried the DVD-RW burn - the disk erased but hung at 8% on burn - I aborted the burn
3) I tried a simulation to a DVD-R - the burn hung at 8% and then timed out with the same error.

Additional information ... take 2 ...

I found some similar problems on the web ...

I have a NEC DVD_RW Nd-1300a 1.06 ... when I press "burn dvd" ... 'SFMMCX' -(17) 'atapi' -(1) _NEC DVD_RW Nd-1300a 1.06' -(1)

and ...

Sonic Foundry DVD Architect in an error message wrote"
'SFMMCX' -(17) 'atapi' -(1) PIONEER DVD-RW DVD-104 1.40'-(1)

There were other similar problems ...

No solutions though ...

Additional information ... take 3 ...

I just thought that I would add that ROXIO Easy CD/DVD Creator, Cyberlink PowerProducer 3, ULead DVD Movie Factory and Roxio Instant CD+DVD all write to the DVD drive without a problem.

Is there a patch or something to correct the problem???

Thanks

Damian