nero vs. dvda for burning

slambubba wrote on 8/4/2003, 10:02 PM
i just ran into something interesting. i've been burning my dvd+rw's for test viewing using dvda. they only work in 1 of my 2 dvd players. then, i decided to use dvda to prepare the dvd, then nero to burn. now, the dvds work in both my players. any ideas on why one of my dvd players would prefer a dvd burned by nero over dvda? there's probably too many variables for an answer, but i thought i would try.

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Moonshine wrote on 8/5/2003, 4:19 AM
Check and see if Nero is burning it as a ROM Book Type. If it is, that will be your answer
rtbond wrote on 8/5/2003, 11:02 AM
Check the Book Type value set on the DVD+RW disc when burned with DVDA vs when burned with Nero. A DVD-ROM Book Type value generally is more compatible with older DVD video players.

Nero does support user control of the Book Type value, if your DVD+RW/R writer' firmware allows it.

--Rob

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slambubba wrote on 8/5/2003, 1:46 PM
so would i check the boot type value AFTER the disc has been burned? how would this be done?
Moonshine wrote on 8/5/2003, 3:54 PM
You can use Nero to check after - using the Disc Info option.

The option to set it in Nero is on the Burn Tab
slambubba wrote on 8/5/2003, 5:29 PM
the link below contains screenshots of 2 DVD+RWs using nero disc info. the top one was burned using nero and the bottom one burned using dvda. the bottom one is the one that doesn't play in one of my dvd players.

http://www.omahanetwork.com/images/discInfo.gif
Toshkin wrote on 8/6/2003, 12:58 AM
The only thing that can come to mind is that nero still has the ability write dvd's in UDF format 1.02 and I usually swear by it as it is safe to say that the majority of all new & old DVD Players support this version. DVD-A may burn the DVD-VIDEO in UDF-1.05 which can only be played in newer dvd players. This is the most likely answer that comes to mind.

What I usually do is prepared the DVD in DVD-A and in nero just select burn image and select the image file that is created by DVD-A and it recognises it as an ISO and burn with the default settings.

Cheers Toshkin!!!

slambubba wrote on 8/6/2003, 10:16 AM
thanks for all the help on this. it appears that my older dvd player is just being picky. i made a few changes and re-rendered my project and burned one dvd+rw using nero and another with dvda. it didn't like either of them now. i was confused and tried the nero one again and it worked. then i tried the dvda one and it worked. so, both formats seem to work, i just need to eject and reload the dvd if the player doesn't like it.

so does dvda actually create an image file or just the directory structure? in nero, i've been copying the directory structure into a new project, then burning. if i can use burn image, that would be easier.
slambubba wrote on 8/8/2003, 10:56 PM
you said

What I usually do is prepared the DVD in DVD-A and in nero just select burn image and select the image file that is created by DVD-A and it recognises it as an ISO and burn with the default settings.

i haven't been able to figure out how to do this. can you help me out? i'm using nero 6, but it isn't much different from 5.5 when burning images.

thanks for the help.