Newb here, first post asking for help but I have found this site to be excellent for most/all of my questions. The Guides are fantasic. Anyway, I have a Toshiba SD-R5372V DVD burner that I startedusing to burn movies etc. Used it and it worked perfectly the first 3 times using Memorex DVD+R media and using DVD Decrypter for burning. Now the last two movies play fine on my computer but not on my DVD player. My DVD player usually plays anything, VCDs etc, so it's not a real fussy one. I'm looking for ideas/help on what I can try. I've read abut Booktyping, can someone explain this (in step-by-step terms) to this newb please. Is it something I do on the DVD Decrypter? I haven't tried DVD-R media, I guess that might be my next step, but I'm wondering why I had no problem and now I do. All/any help is appreciated, thanks.
You are about to be hit with many posts saying how bad Memorex discs are. Time to buy better blanks, such as Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden. Burn at 4x speed. Booktyping is a process that "changes" the code on a disc when you burn it. It can only be used with +R media, and it gets changed so it reads as DVD-Rom not DVD+R. DVD-Rom is the type of disc that movies from any store you buy or rent movies from are coded as. Therefore it fools your player into thinking it original not copied. Better chance of compatability this way.
hi, and welcome. let's see exactly which Memorex you have there, download dvd identifier (free) - http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/dvd_identifier.cfm and use it to 'identify' one of those discs, pasting the results here
I'll check that out and post it when I get home in about 15 minutes. Doesn't DVD Decrypter show all that info too? And I've read how Memorex sucks etc but the disks came free with the burner so I tried them first (and had great sucess, 3 for 3). Is it "normal" to have this kind of inconsistancy?
DVD Decrypter may well give you media info, but i very rarely use DVD Decrypter As to Memorex, a small snippet from a link in my sig - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/232406
I've had Memorex discs including supposedly superior dual-layer work the first time I watched them (usually just enough to ensure the burn worked properly but still) and then never again work right. Thats worse than a coaster, its a tease. I learned through trial and error not to use them, then after I found Afterdawn I found out why.
Here's the info from the DVD Identifier: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:MCC-003-000] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD-ROM] Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.] Manufacturer ID : [MCC] Media Type ID : [003] Product Revision : [Not Specified] Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)] Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ DVD Identifier V4.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
phew - you got some decent ones (this time!). MCC003 are 8x +R discs. sounds like you gotta 'booktype' those +R discs as per Deadrum33's reply...[bold]IF[/bold] this Toshiba drive supports booktyping (otherwise known as bitsetting). have been searching but still not sure whether this drive supports bitsetting...
Creaky, I appreciate your continued help here, please let me know if you find out. I did some searching last night but couldn't come up with any answers. I tried to re-burn a movie that previously worked fine but once again no good. I'm guessing I just got lucky the first couple of times!!!
