Re: Burning DVDs and Sound
From: Karen (woolie1_at_nocomcast.net)
Date: 01/11/05
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:30:37 -0600
Thank you so much for taking the time to give me such a detailed reply. I
am going to try to answer some of your questions about the problems I am
having. First of all, I checked the device manager using your instructions
and in the primary link under IDE DMA if available is selected. Device 0
shows transfer mode as some type of DMA but device 1 shows "not applicable"
under DMA transfer. Hmmmm. Under secondary, both device 0 and device 1
show DMA transfer. Could that be something?
I have upgraded the firmware thru HP some time back. The movie files I am
trying to burn are on my hard drive, downloaded from my digital camcorder.
I am not running programs in the background, except for antivirus, which I
believe I had even closed it out during one burn try. All the errors come
during the burning process. Rendering and preparing goes without a hitch.
I have tried Showbiz (1 successful try to about 4 failed) and I have also
tried Sony DVD Architect which did burn one try successfully. I have tried
different brands of media - Maxell and Liquid Video. Both have 1 success
and many failures. I do not get underun errors with the dvd (only trying to
burn a cd with musicmatch). The errors I get with the dvd is "unrecognized
media" after 2/3 of the disk is burned. It has suggested I try a blank disk
or different media. On the two tries that the burn was successful - the
quality was just fine when played back on my TV. This is really frustrating
and confusing. I have wasted sooooo many dvds, I can't begin to tell you.
Makes me not want to try to use the burner anymore, but that is precisely
why I bought this machine. Am really thinking of giving this one to my
daughter to take to college and getting me a new one. I have been having
this problem for 6 months and finally did a destructive format and installed
MC 2005 and was hoping that would fix it to no avail. Just can't understand
why it would burn 2/3 of the disk and then quit. On music cds - it will
show say 17 tracks, but only the first 5 or 6 will play.
Thanks again for all your input. If you have any other ideas.....
"Woody U." <WoodyU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DB752039-60B6-45F8-A6C4-6DF13F1B307C@microsoft.com...
> Karen,
>
> I've never worked with ShowBiz, but the problem you are having may not be
> specific to that program. The 873n is a fairly powerful machine that
> should
> not (when functioning correctly) run into buffer underrun errors. What
> might
> cause a buffer underrun is if you have many programs running in the
> background while you are burning a CD or DVD. Another possibility is that
> DMA
> mode somehow got disabled for your hard drive controller. You can check
> this
> by going to the Control Panel (select "Classic View" if necessary) and
> Choose
> System, Hardware, Device Manager. Next click the "+" next to IDE ATA/ATAPI
> Controllers. Next double click on both the primary, and then the secondary
> IDE channel and choose advanced settings. Ensure that "DMA if available"
> is
> selected, and that Current Transfer Mode is some type of DMA. If "DMA if
> available" is selected but the Current Transfer Mode is PIO, you will need
> to
> change this setting in your computer's BIOS. This varies a lot by
> manufacturer so I may not be much help there. A third possibility for
> buffer
> underrun errors is if the files you are burning are stored on a computer
> on a
> network rather than on the drive of the computer that is burning the disc.
>
> You didn't mention what messages you received when burning a DVD failed.
> Does the problem occur while the disc is burning, or while ShowBiz is
> "compiling" or "rendering"? If it happens during burning, try the things I
> suggested above for buffer underruns. Another possibility especially with
> DVDs is defective DVD media. Because of the complexity of a DVD disc, the
> quality control of the media must be much higher than with CDs, and sadly
> many disc manufacturers fail in this respect. I recommend either Verbatim
> DataLifePlus discs, or genuine Ritek/Ridata discs. Poor quality media can
> lead to errors during burn. Check www.NewEgg.com for good prices on those
> media.
>
> If the problem happens while compiling or rendering, try reinstalling
> ShowBiz. If the movie you are making is based on an MPEG-2 source, like
> Recorded TV, or video captured as MPEG-2 from a camcorder, then your
> decoder
> may be the problem. The latest nVIDIA decoder has given me the most luck
> for
> use in XP Media Center Edition. You can find a trial version by doing a
> Google search for "nVIDIA decoder". You can get the full version for
> $20ish
> for the basic package.
>
> Another possibility is that the firmware for your DVD-burner is out of
> date.
> Check with HP or the manufacturer of the drive (found by looking under its
> properties in the Device Manager) for updated firmware. This is a very
> common
> cause of burning problems, especially when using poor quality media.
>
> Hope this helps, and post a reply if you can get me more info about the
> errors you are receiving.
>
> Woody U.
>
> "Karen" wrote:
>
>> How do you know which decoder to use and where to get it? I am having
>> problems with my dvd burner too. I have an 873n which I did a
>> destructive
>> format on and installed mc 2005 no problem. Trying to use Showbiz2 to
>> burn
>> a homemade movie, I get errors after 60% or more is burned. Actually it
>> burned correctly 1 out of the 4 times I have tried. I got an underrun
>> buffer error while trying to burn a CD, but then another program burned
>> it
>> fine. Will slowing the write speed fix this? I have an extended
>> warranty
>> on this machine with Best Buy and have taken it in twice, but they SAY
>> nothing is wrong.
>> Karen
>>
>
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