Hi people, can anyone help, i am trying to play my burned dvds on dvd player and it comes up with unknown disc, i am burning them using nero 6.6(i think its 6.6) and then using dvd shrink 3.2, everything to seems to work fine but they just wont play, i have also tried dvd santa and they play ok on player but the quality is crap and they miss some of the movie,i even copied a small musis video using windows media and this played on my dvd player, i have run out of ideas i have been trying for weeks now, thanks to any response in advance.
just out of curiousity.... what media did you use? secondly, what dvd player do you have? whats the exact version of nero that you have? 6.6.0.18 is the very latest... what speeds do you burn at? and what burner do you have, with current firmware? chances are, its either your media or the player is just too pickey.. i'm betting on the latter !!!
hi gear,really not sure on the exact nero,it says on the disc nero oem suite, it has vision express 2 on it, the media is tevion dvd+rw, and the dvd player is a 2yr old cinetec(dont know exact model, but it was cheap from asda)the burner is sony DVD RW DW-Q28A,and i dont know what firmware means(im a total novice can you tell). also the dvds do play on a technika 103 dvd player(my daughters, but they keep missing bits and jumping).I have seen in some previous threads that you can get all the info on screen so that you can see it, if you could tell me how to do this i will do that. thanks for the reply gear79 your a star.
open nero, at the bottom right hand corner, you see a little flame, click that, it will give you your key #, versions, and info to nero. the media you are using is no good, most likely why it wont play. use stuff like verbatim, sony, fuji, maxell (the made in japan ones) except verbatim, which is taiwan. firmware is what the burner's software is... just like you update a computer, same thing !! go here for your firmware !!! http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_result.php?kaj=1&isces
gear, you beat me to it. It does look like media issue for sure. besWICK, Go ahead and try some of the media gear suggested. That might solve your problem right away. If any further issues, let us know.
its nero 6.6.0.10, and i have just updated my firmware from the web page you gave me, also downloaded (dvd region and css free), i will be getting new media as soon as i get paid, thanks for all your help i,ll let you know how i go on........P.S can i just ask, do you get paid for what you do, or is it just a hobby..
no, we all help here for free... its our free time to help other members. we were all rookies here at one time, now we just pass on the knowledge !! good luck, and keep up posted..
its bloody worked, i just found some old dvd+r(but new) and tried one and its worked, dont know what make these are, no name on em,is it most likely that it was the media or the firmware update or combination of both, i,ll be getting new media very soon, been trying to get this right from before xmas,thanks gear79 and everyone at afterdawn.
if you want to ID your media, download this, pop in the blank, let it load, press ID media, and it will give the results, if you dont know what it is, then copy and paste it here.... http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/dvd_identifier.cfm
[22:23:13] ERROR : Unable To Initialize Disc In Time : Not ready - Medium not present [02/3A/00] this is going a bit over my head now, you probably know what it means(this is off dvd identifier)
open the program first, then open the tray, insert your blank, then close it, wait a second, then click the ID button.. you have to give it a second to initialize..
finally got some new media, i got verbatim dvd+rw:mkm-A02-000, but now these discs wont play in my dvd player(cost me &7 for 10 discs!) but now my older discs(ritek dvd+r, cost me &8 for 100!) do play in dvd player, would really prefer these verbatim to work though they look a lot better quality,have you any ideas what to do now?
dvd players wont play dvd+rw/-rw because they aren't compatable with the player. its dvd recorders which play the dvd+rw/-rw. Get some verbatim dvd+r/-r if you want them to work on your player.
my dvd player has played dvd-/+rw before, i just wanted to get some better media for better picture quality etc, but the player is saying unknown dvd.
@besWICK Why do you use RW media? verbatims -/+ will give you great quality. And the +R can be booktyped to DVD-ROM and you get great compatibility. And, instead paying $7 for 10 discs, you pay $14 for 50.
