Not quite a newbie, but have had several problems with movie back ups burnt to DVD. I'm using DVDFab (latest version) to rip to HDD, DVD Shrinking (latest version) and burning with Nero (6.6.1.4) or ImgBurn (latest version). Burning with either results in a smooth copy at first, but starts to pause or stutter the last five to ten minutes of the movie (or disc). I thougt it might be Nero and started using ImgBurn; same result. Thought it might be discs; picked up a spindle of TYs(are supposed to be very reliable) - same problem. I've read through other posts and reduced finalize size to 4300 MB when shrinking, hoping the problem might be with the edges of the media - nothing's worked. Can anyone help?
Have you checked your burn speed? Use 4X 6X or at least no faster than 8X speed. Just to be sure, is this where you changed the final burn size? Make sure you don't multitask when processing as this takes away system resources. It could be the burner is on the way out perhaps?
Thanks for the reply onya. Yes, I've tried several burn speeds; 8x or under since my TYs are 8x. Nero will only produce a readable disc when burning at 4x, and ImgBurn will only burn and verify a full disc without error at 8x. The changes I've made to final size are as you've shown in DVD Shrink. I've tried 4400 down to 4200 and alway run Deep Analysis. I'm careful to shut down all other programs when ripping, shrinking and burning - I've gone as far as disabling my web connection and shutting down my virus/spyware programs. I thought about my drive going bad, but the burnt DVDs only have a problem at the very end of the disc. If the drive was going bad, I'd expect to have problems all over the disc, not just one specific area.
It seems your doing everything to order and even getting the best media to burn to. Is there a way to test burn these dics at another pc? This will at least eliminate them as a possible culprit. If this works and you've cleaned the burners lens on yours and still get no joy, then in all honesty I'd get another burner. Up-dating the optical drives firmware may be of an advantage, but I sincerely doubt it. You've eliminated most of the obvious, and credit to you BTW in doing so. I wish my so called "technical expertise" was of more help. Let us know how you go. Cheers.
Would a simulation burn help? It does everything except turn the laser on and at least the Nero log would have something to say.
I have another PC lined up for this weekend, and I'll give it another try. I tried the simulation and saved the log. I did try one more thing; I played the iso image with Nero Showtime, specifically the area that I have a problem with on the disc - the iso image played perfectly. Now, I'm thinking it's the process of burning (could be a problem with the drive as it's been suggested, or my PC is doing something to the file during the burn process) - still have to try on another PC to make sure it's not the discs. Here's the log of the simulation: Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: - ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.74, size=164112 bytes, created 11/2/2004 12:54:32 PM NT-SPTI used Nero Version: 6.6.1.4 Internal Version: 6, 6, 1, 4d Recorder: <SONY DVD RW DRU-800A> Version: KY06 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.6.1.4 Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1 Drive buffer : 2048kB Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ? CD-ROM: <SONY DVD RW DRU-800A >Version: KY06 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.6.1.4 Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1 === Scsi-Device-Map === DiskPeripheral : ST340823A atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On DiskPeripheral : WDC WD400BB-00AUA1 atapi Port 0 ID 1 DMA: On CdRomPeripheral : SONY DVD RW DRU-800A atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On === CDRom-Device-Map === SONY DVD RW DRU-800A G: CDRom0 ======================= AutoRun : 1 Excluded drive IDs: WriteBufferSize: 74448896 (0) Byte ShowDrvBufStat : 0 BUFE : 0 Physical memory : 510MB (522784kB) Free physical memory: 203MB (208312kB) Memory in use : 60 % Uncached PFiles: 0x0 Use Inquiry : 1 Global Bus Type: default (0) Check supported media : Disabled (0) 13.6.2007 Burn DVD Image 8:15:17 PM #1 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 531 ReadBuffer-Pipe got 72704KB of Memory 8:15:17 PM #2 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 124 Reader running 8:15:17 PM #3 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 122 Writer SONY DVD RW DRU-800A running 8:15:17 PM #4 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3305 Turn on Disc-At-Once, using DVD media 8:15:48 PM #5 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 281 Last possible write address on media: 2298495 (510:46.45, 4489MB) Last address to be written: 2285995 (507:59.70, 4464MB) 8:15:48 PM #6 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 293 Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD) 8:15:48 PM #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2612 Recorder: SONY DVD RW DRU-800A, Media type: DVD-R Disc Manufacturer: TYG02 - Disc Application Code: 64, Disc Physical Code: 193 8:15:48 PM #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 459 >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<< ========================================= Compilation cannot be written on that medium type. (Medium in drive: CD-R. Medium required by compilation: DVD R/RW, DVD DL.) 8:15:48 PM #9 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 847 Setup items (after recorder preparation) 0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 (2 - CD-ROM Mode 1, ISO 9660) 2 indices, index0 (150) not provided original disc pos #0 + 2285996 (2285996) = #2285996/507:59.71 not relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/not required, no patch infos -> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 2285996 blocks [SONY DVD RW DRU-800A] -------------------------------------------------------------- 8:15:48 PM #10 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1059 Prepare recorder [SONY DVD RW DRU-800A] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO DAO infos: ========== MCN: "" TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc not fixated Tracks 1 to 1: 1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 0 4681719808, ISRC "" DAO layout: =========== __Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_CtrlAdr_|_RecDep__________ 0 | lead-in | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00 2285996 | lead-out | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00 8:15:48 PM #11 Text 0 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 38 SPTILockVolume - completed successfully for FCTL_LOCK_VOLUME 8:15:48 PM #12 Text 0 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 83 SPTIDismountVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME 8:15:48 PM #13 Phase 32 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1685 Simulation started at 4x (5,540 KB/s) 8:15:48 PM #14 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2685 Verifying disc position of item 0 (not relocatable, no disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0 8:15:48 PM #15 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 2707 Recording mode: Sequential Recording Mode for Multisession 8:15:48 PM #16 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 2863 Start write address at LBA 0 DVD high compatibility mode: Yes 8:15:48 PM #17 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 8647 ---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ---- Media Type: 0, Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050 Book Type: DVD-R (2), Part Version: 2.0x (5), Extended Part Version: 0.0 (0) Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h) Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW) End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 26127F h End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h (LBN: FFFD0000 h, 4193920 MB) Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist Start sector number of the current Border-Out: 0 h Start sector number of the next Border-In: 0 h Media Specific [16..63]: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 8:29:45 PM #18 Text 0 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 116 <SONY DVD RW DRU-800A > start writing Lead-Out at LBA 2285996 (22E1ACh), lenght 0 blocks 8:29:45 PM #19 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 228 all writers idle, stopping conversion 8:29:45 PM #20 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3103 EndDAO: Last written address was 2285983 8:29:49 PM #21 Phase 133 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1685 Writing short lead-out 8:30:39 PM #22 Phase 33 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1685 Simulation completed successfully at 4x (5,540 KB/s) Existing drivers: File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=3.00.33a, size=36528 bytes, created 10/3/2006 9:21:48 AM (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K) File 'Drivers\InCDfs.SYS': Ver=4, 3, 23, 2, size=102016 bytes, created 3/23/2006 5:15:58 PM (InCD4 driver for win NT/2K/XP) File 'Drivers\InCDpass.SYS': Ver=4, 3, 23, 2, size=29440 bytes, created 3/23/2006 5:15:56 PM (InCD4 driver for win NT/2K/XP) File 'Drivers\InCDrec.SYS': Ver=4, 3, 23, 2, size=8704 bytes, created 3/23/2006 5:00:28 PM (InCD4 driver for win NT/2K/XP) Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)
get rid of these drivers with this tool http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/InCD_CleanTool.html i would set it at 4400 or lower. try these suggestions and post back
