I have a few good movies that I received already on a copy disk and my drive can't recognize the disc what can I do. I have use shrink, dvdfab, and imgburn and still cant read disk
Either it's the media that's bad (when burned) or it's your drive. What kind of media (MID) and what's the last time you updated your firmware? The only media I use are: YUDEN, MAXELL (MIJ Hitachi) and VERBATIM. Though I've use few/some SONY (MIT) and they're pretty good so far. MID http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/mid.cfm Media and MID http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
I recieve these movie from a friend and it's memorex, maxell, nexttest I do agree it's cheap media but I can't remember when the last time I update my firmware. I don't think I know how to
I would still recommend using the good quality media, for better burns, less trouble, and increased longevity.
what are some good media I know alkohol said YUDEN, MAXELL (MIJ Hitachi) and VERBATIM but which is the best??? the reason I'm asking is b/c I receive some maxell dvd from my friend and some my driver will recognize and other it won't
I need help I went to http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html#SOHW-1653S and once I downloaded CS0T - patched - crossflashing, multi-colored LED to my computer it will not open
Make sure your drive/burner has the latest firmware. For more info, look at those 2 links below: MID http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/mid.cfm Media and MID http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm Not all MAXELL are made by Hitachi/MIJ, like I said I've used hundreds of them MIJ Hitachi Maxells and they're as superior as YUDEN and VERBs. NOTE: to make sure your getting genuine media from both YUDEN and Hitachi Maxell, look for Made In Japan only.
[bold]I have a few good movies that I received already on a copy disk and my drive can't recognize the disc [/bold] What format of media were these movies burned on? That's called OPB= Other people's backups. Veteran's like Alkyhol,7thsinger,and myself can play our backups virtually anywhere.Quality burners,quality media,no overburning,multitasking,etc. Booktype the plus format to dvd-rom for highest compatability. Now when you're talking about other people's backups,it's a whole new ballgame. Most peeps don't know the differences between media,formats of blank media,burn as fast as possible,and what their dvd-rw drive is capable of.They are especially unaware of the compatability factor on other drives. Try telling them anything,and 99% of the time they'll laugh in your face. Huge differences between dvd-rw drives. Best bet,tell whoever the source of your backups are: Booktype the plus format to dvd-rom, if their dvd-rw drive has that capability. If not,switch to opposite format for the backups sent to you. Example: He/She uses plus format on their drives and no problems. Now slap those jplus format backups on other people's drives,they may have a bad reaction by displaying one of the following messages: No disc,Dirty Disc,Wrong region,Wrong Format,Illegal Disc. About your dvd-rw drive: Bad flashes can ruin drives. I'd go into device manager,uninstall drivers to that litey,reboot and see if it'll work. Sometimes they can get lost and a simple uninstall/reboot will fix it.
