Re: Write to DVD erratic
- From: "Scrat" <scrat@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:17:35 -0700
DVD writing is one of the squirrelliest things I've ever been involved with on computers (of course, not including when Tutenkhamen had us upgrade his tomb) and it appears that ALL MEDIA IS NOT CREATED EQUAL. Those who are totally logged-in can tell you not only what brands work but what manufacturing sites are favored. Check out the forum at slysoft.com. The dudes who spend the most time ripping dvds appear to be the media propeller-heads.
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"Trevor Lawrence" <Trevor L.@Canberra> wrote in message news:uHcvEuafIHA.1184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Cari (MS-MVP)" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13960103-5173-43E2-BFE0-42DCE7A0C762@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOne question I'd ask is how many times have the DVD-RWs in question been used? I normally use DVD-Rs exclusively, I've previously found that erasing and rewriting them does nothing for my standalone DVD player.
I have no experience with Nero or uLead, I use PowerDirector, WinDVD Creator and Roxio. I've also never changed the bitrate... I trust the software to do everything. I'd say 99.9% of my DVDs are successful. When the drive has been used for about a year (and that's about 500+ DVDs) I tend to discard them and get a new one. I know I'm hard on them and the moment I start to hear strange noises, it's time to retire it.
Thanks, Cari
These particular DVDs have not been overused - about 10 times max.
The reason I use DVD+RWs (NOT DVD-RWs, although I have used these in the past) is so that when a failure occurs, I can erase it and start again, without having to use fresh media.
While DVDS are coming down in price, my failure rate has been so high that I would have gone through as many DVDs as I have had failures. This has been more than 10, because I am not reusing the **same** physical DVD after every failure: I switch them a bit.
My failure rate would be equal to your success rate, ie about 99.9 % failure. Perhaps I am being a but harsh - it may only be about 10 to 20%. Bur they have been successive failures - nothing has worked for a year or two.
But once I get a success, I doubt that I will reuse that particular DVD.
I have now succeeded twice in a row with Nero. This occurred when I left the bit rate at long play (3382) Although I would like to edit some of this movie - there are a few bad takes - Nero doesn't allow this. So unless I get keen and use Ulead or WMM to edit the avi file (I think they will) I will now move on to burn more of the moves stored on AVI tapes for the last 2 years.
BTW, I assume that you mean that you discard the DVDs after 500 times - not the drive itself. I would be happy to use DVD+R or DVD-R exclusively if I could get the 99% success rate that you get
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