Problem burning DVD

essami wrote on 3/12/2004, 2:41 AM
Hi all,

I have a problem as follows.

When I've made my DVD in DVDA and I burn it with DVDA, it's not recognized by my player. But then I burn any file as a 2nd session in Nero 6.0 and voila, the previous session now plays correctly in my DVD.

Anyone know anything about this? It seems that DVDA does not finalize my burn session or something and then Nero finalizes it.

I have Plextor 708UF.

essami

Comments

MHampton wrote on 3/12/2004, 9:13 AM
I had kind of the same problem before. I could burn the dvd in DVDA and some customers could not play the disc. I could burn the dvd in Nero 5 and it played fine for them. I was told I was crazy when I asked what the difference was in how they burned. Now, when I need to make sure a disc is compatible with the most number of players, I use Nero to do the actual burn.

I was/am using the Pioneer A03 burner, so I don't think it is specific to your burner.

Good Luck,

Michael
crh24 wrote on 3/13/2004, 1:41 AM
This is almost a 'me too'.

I edited in Vegas, rendered MC-2 using the DVDA video stream template, rendered audio to .ac3. Created menu/chapters/scenes with DVDA, prepared the burn with DVDA, burned with DVDA and no errors were reported. None of my DVD drives can read the DVDA burned DVD including the drive that wrote it. Tried 2 different manufacturers DVD+R's and two different speeds (2.4x and 4x). All burns were bad. Tried reading the prepared directory with WinDVD--no problems, WinDVD reads and navigated the menu without problems. I then burned the DVDA prepared directory with Roxio 7. No problems. Plays without problems.

I'm using a Plextor 708A.

Ron
crh24 wrote on 3/13/2004, 2:13 AM
Here's a 'real' me too. I just read your post in depth. I don't have Nero so the first time I read it I skipped over the 2nd session part. Later I wondered if Roxio 7 would write a 2nd session. It turns out I didn't need to add a session. I simply imported the current session with Roxio 7 and then closed the disk. Works like a charm! So this confirms that at least for the Plextor 708's (I also have a 708UF but I didn't try it) DVDA is, at times, failing to close the session. I've burned many DVD+R's with DVDA without a problem. Tonight was the first problem I've had burning +R's with DVDA on my Plextor.

At least you and I have a work around for our 'unsupported' drives.

Ron