Dont know if this helps anyone: Same media for both details NERO BURN - DOESNT PLAY _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.01 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD+R DL Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 2,985,440 Size: 6,114,181,120 bytes Time: 663:27:65 (MM:SS:FF) Physical Format Information (ADIP): Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D01-67 Book Type: DVD+R DL Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 2 Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP) Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519 Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D01-67 Book Type: DVD-ROM Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 2 Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP) Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,501,695 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 1,728,783 Layer Information: Layer 0 Sectors: 1,532,176 (51.32%) Layer 1 Sectors: 1,453,264 (48.68%) DVD DECRYPTOR BURN (ISO READ THEN WRITE)DOES WORK _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.01 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD+R DL Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 3,950,384 Size: 8,090,386,432 bytes Time: 877:53:59 (MM:SS:FF) Physical Format Information (ADIP): Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D01-67 Book Type: DVD+R DL Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 2 Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP) Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519 Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D01-67 Book Type: DVD-ROM Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 2 Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP) Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,487,183 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,218,511 Layer Information: Layer 0 Sectors: 2,021,904 (51.18%) Layer 1 Sectors: 1,928,480 (48.82%) So what is the difference in these two? Is there any othe infomration that may help source teh problem?
ANOTHER ATTEMPT: Done through DVD Shrink, just to try it. Obviously no shrink needed to it encodes the disc to a temporary drive in about 9 minutes. then attempts the burn to teh DVD+R DL Media and gives teh following error; 24.11.2006 NeroAPI 21:42:04 #1 Phase 112 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 275 DVD-Video files reallocation started 21:42:04 #2 Phase 114 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 275 DVD-Video files reallocation completed (no file modified) 21:42:04 #3 Phase 111 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 275 DVD-Video files sorted 21:42:04 #4 NEROAPI 7 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3095 Error:\nCannot connect TRF. 21:42:04 #5 Text 0 File AudioCompilationImpl.cpp, Line 867 DRM: DRM burn session terminated. 21:42:04 #6 Text 0 File AudioCompilationImpl.cpp, Line 896 DRM: Closing entire DRM handling. Bye. Existing drivers: File 'Drivers\CDRALW2K.SYS': Ver=8.0.0.212 , size=2560 bytes, created 19/05/2006 21:16:24 File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=3.00.33a, size=36528 bytes, created 25/08/2006 03:47:00 (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K) Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)