trouble burning

beanboy39 wrote on 2/7/2012, 4:14 PM
Still working on my first blu ray project! Last week I burned a Verbitum blu ray 6x. Worked great no burning issues. Went to watch it and my background images dropped out on a couple pages. Worked that out. Rendered and then went to burn project. DVD Architect went from Lead in to Lead out. 10 discs-no good. The ISO file looks great but it would not burn. So I rebuild the project, and render again. Again the ISO file looks good. I thought I would be smart this time and use a Sony 2x BR-RE. Works great. One successful burn. I thought whatever issues I had, had been fixed! Went back to the Verbitum 6x discs-FAILURE! I have always used Verbitum never had a problem. Also tried a digistor disc 6x and having problems with that also. Do you think it is the write speed? I really hope it is because that gives me a reason at least. I have more 2x BR RE on order. and if they work then I'm guessing it is the write speed?

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PeterDuke wrote on 2/7/2012, 4:41 PM
Could be a hardware problem.

Try seeing if it is software first. Create a Blu-ray .iso file without burning. Mount it using say Virtual CloneDrive, and play it via say VLC player. If that looks good, burn it to a disc using ImgBurn and see how that goes. Some people prefer to use ImgBurn for the actual burn as a matter of course, but I have not had any special problems using DVDA all the way.

How old is your burner and what make and model?
videoITguy wrote on 2/7/2012, 6:51 PM
I have had considerable experience burning a variety of Blu-ray media and testing with a large pool of set-top players. What I have found is that the exact formulation of the Blu-ray media (composition by the manufacturer -not the disc label)- the firmware update of the Blu-ray burner and the result burn to be compatible with set-top players has a very delicate interplay.

Years ago when CDROM and DVD were just getting started we had a similar difficult process in getting the combination correct. Now that those markets have settled into basic commodity mode- we hardly discuss these matters anymore.

Blu-ray in its early adoption phase has a large number of these problems. You are good to go to find a good Rewritable media to do trial discs and complete tests on a variety of set-top players. Try at least six different manufacturer players at Best Buy stores with your chosen media.

Once you have a good trial disc made from a given iso file- try at least 3 different manufacturers of media (not the label - there is a reason for that because the same label can go on different manufacturers- and you will not know what variable you are testing for).
PeterDuke wrote on 2/7/2012, 7:07 PM
How can you display the manufacturer of a Blu-ray disc? I know several programs that will display CD and DVD manufacturer.

Verbatim Blu-ray should be safe, but years ago (possibly before they made both types) I had a pair of almost identically labeled "Verbatim" tubs of DVDS. One was DVD+R made by Mitsubiahi Chemical Corp (Verbatim) and the other was DVD-R made by CMC Magnetics Corp. However, all my recent Verbatim DVD-Rs have been made by Mitsubishi.
beanboy39 wrote on 2/7/2012, 9:24 PM
Pete, I have tried this already because I read of people doing this. In Imgburn I get an error message: "Timeout on Logical unit" The burn that was good was thru DVDA. All I did then was change the media back to the Verb. 6x and then it started again with lead in lead out. This drive is pretty new. I bought it in Aug. Lite-On iHBS112-29 12X 3D Internal Blu-Ray Writer - BD-R SL 12X, BD-R DL 8X, BD-RE SL/DL 2X, DVD±R 16X, DVD-RAM 12X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X, CD-R 48X, CD-RW 24X, 3D Playback, Black (OEM). I have burned successful DVD's using this also using DVDA. I should have my 2x media here Friday. If that doesn't work maybe it is time to upgrade my computer. I use vista op. system-but I see windows 8 is around the corner and I'd like to hold out!
videoITguy wrote on 2/7/2012, 11:07 PM
To Peter:
The manufacturer code of most CD,DVD, and Blu-ray can be read by Nero Ahead diagnostic software as well as by software the writers of Nero products have marketed on their own. Before the conversion of DVD media to commodity status - there were efforts to keep in the public eye the manufacturer code with common website look-ups that would correctly identify the manufacturer source. This effort was thwarted to a large extent because of a large amount of sub-contracting among the various companies to others.

So...today in the current market the easiest way to check any and all media including Blu-ray disc is to simply note the manufacturer code that you are using for your burn.
PeterDuke wrote on 2/8/2012, 7:02 AM
It doesn't look too good for the burner that two burning apps have problems, but if it is new that is unlikely, although possible. There may be some other conflict like another app also trying to access the burner or perhaps a driver problem, but that is part of Windows. Discs are the easiest things to check.

I dunno, sorry.

The fact that DVDs are OK proves nothing because they use the red-ray laser.
beanboy39 wrote on 2/9/2012, 1:16 PM
This is what I know. I can burn to Sony BR-RE 2x media, and now Digistor BR-RE 2x. Error when I tried the Digistor BR 4x, and the Verbatim BR 6x, however I had one successful burn with 6x the other 9 discs were not a success. I will have to try Verbatim 2x.
I do think it is a computer issue. So until I update my computer I guess I'll stick with 2x media, it seems to work. Now I just hope that the discs are compatible with other's bluray players! Thank you for your help.
PeterDuke wrote on 2/9/2012, 4:38 PM
Why not do a complete reinstall following a disk reformat? Nothing like it for clearing out the cobwebs. Be sure to do an image backup first of course, for insurance and so that you can restore any data. Only restore the must-have apps and put the nice-to-have ones on as you need them. This may help reducing software conflicts.