I have a film file on my comp that i would really like to burn to DVD. Here is the info summary: Audio - audio format MPEG layer 3 bit rate 56 kbps duration 03.09.27 Image - width 352 pix height 240 pix Video - frame rate 14/frames/second data rate 77kbps video sample size 24bit video compression DIVXMPG4V3 When i try to burn it my DVD player says 'Unknown Disc'. Ive had a go at the reading the guides but cant seem to work it out. Ive got all the usual programmes including: VirtualDub-1.5.10 AVIcodec_1.2_b109 DVD Shrink 3.2 DVD Decrypter ffdshow-20050527 Can anyone please advise bearing in mind that im a novice regards shivermc
have you tried VSO's DivXtoDVD? the guide is here if you fancy a look- http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/vso_divxtodvd_guide.cfm i used this recently with a downloaded .avi movie, no problems.. also, it might be a blank media problem, what discs are you using to burn your movie to? ..you seem a bit more advanced than the average noob, given all the programs youve tried using, i wish i knew what they all did
If your player doesn't support divx, and your conversion is a little off, then try what BigPantz suggested, that program should do the business for you................
Cheers for the quick replies. i downloaded 'VSO's DivXtoDVD'and really thought this was gona do the job. Used CopytoDVD to burn it , tried it in player but still didnt work. Its wierd, the disks used are ok to burn exact copies and it managed it before with another downloaded file! Fickle or wot!!! Anyway thanks again for the replies any more suggestions would be appreciated shivermc
Hey somethin happened!! I tried the disk in my other DVD player and guess what...It played!!! Well it played for a while then stopped so i tried it again with the 'VSO's DivXtoDVD' thing and have realised that it keeps crashing on me and thats why it couldnt burn the whole film to disk. The furthest the counter on it has gone to is 14015. Anyone know why this is happening cos if i can get this program to stop crashin then i may be able to finally burn this film. Disks are Tesco DVD+R 8x 4.7GB. and seem to be workin ok. Regards (again) shivermc
did i just see Tesco are branding discs now. well i never. Download dvdinfopro (free) and run a media info check, and paste the info here
Hi, Thanks for getting back. Iv downloaded that program you told me to but guess what i need some help using it (i know i know silly newbies)and please can you tell me how to post it here (doesnt get any better, sorry) Regards
nothing silly about it. it wasn't so long ago that i'd heard of dvdinfopro myself, and i've still only used a couple of it's options
Media Information Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO Media code/Manufacturer ID CMC MAG E01 Media Product Revision Number 00h Format Type UDF 1.02 Volume Name 050529_2216 Application id Prassi Implementation id Prassi Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 5/29/2005 22:16:26 Format Capacity 0.84GB(0.90GB) Book Type DVD-ROM Media Type DVD+R Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps Data area starting sector 30000h Data area end sector 6BACFh Linear Density 0.267um/bit Track Density 0.74um/track Number of Layers 1 Complete Media Code 00000000 08 02 00 00 01 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 09 BA CF ................ 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 47 00 45 .......CMC MAG.E 00000020 30 31 00 38 23 54 37 10 02 38 6A 02 88 67 15 15 01.8#T7..8j..g.. 00000030 0B 0B 08 08 01 19 1B 0C 0C 0C 0D 01 00 00 00 00 ................ Thanx again. Here is the info from the burned disk. i thought the program might tell why VSO DivxToDVD makes my comp crash. The bit it encoded before it crashed works ok on my DVD player.
see next reply. you really need to get some quality media, especially as it doesn't cost more than (shudders!) CMC crappy media
@shivermc - - the bad disc fairy has visited you, well via Tesco's anyway. This is considered by most to be the most appalling manufacturer of media to grace the earth i'm afraid. See the first 2 links in my signature for more horror stories. Plus try this so we can get some of the basics ironed out in your setup - download Nero info-tool from here - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/neroinfo.html Run it, note down the following, and paste here. Here's what mine shows - click on the drive tab, note down the firmware version click on configuration tab, note down the DMA fields, ie on or off it may be worth clicking on the aspi tab, and note down anything that might be missing As to ASPI, i'm still not 100% whether it's needed in XP, no matter how many times i read up on it, i'm still none the wiser. I've always installed it and it doesn't make things worse, plus i never read about installing it making problems so that's good enough for me. you could post your own pictures - i do this the same way, but i copy/pasted this from one of the moderators' posts - Step 1: push ctrl + PrintScreen (above the insert button) Step 2: Open paint .. click start -> programs -> accessories -> paint Step 3: push ctrl + v Step 4: crop your image. I crop what I want to show -> cut it -> open new -> paste it. [bold]Crop only what you want to keep[/bold] Step 5: save as jpeg Step 6: Host the jpeg here: http://imageshack.us/
ahh.. the dreaded C-Mag fairy strikes again... bad luck dude.. CMC MAGS are the nemesis of most people here... im lucky enough not have stumbled across them myself.. I think tesco are probably best sticking to cut-price chicken tikka masala & leave the blank media to the professionals..
oh man im soooo fed up now i really hate it when i cant do things!!! Ive got the nero thing and got my set up to look like the pictures you supplied but guess wot for some reason this piece of nonsense doesnt have paint (dont ask me where its gone i dont know iv checked everywhere)so i pasted it to word doc but it wont let me save it as jpeg. i feel im going round in circles not getting anywhere. all i wanted to do was copy a film file to dvd thats all not too much to ask but now it seems iv opened this big can of worms and i dont think little ole me can work it out. Right thats me moaned enough i might come back to it thats the thing though i dont like not understanding things!! Sorry again rant over promise. thanx for all the help Regards shivermc
Don't lose faith bud, we all had problems starting out. Even the most experienced users still come across a gremlin in the machine every now and then. If your looking for a program to paste/save your pics give this App a try "free" http://www.irfanview.com/ I'd keep the mags for data and get some "quality" media for the video. You should have alot less problems after a switch.
Hi i hope the following letters and numbers show what they're supposed to. Im taking your advise bout disks can you recommend alternatives? shivermc
dont know if that worked so wil try this one. [img=http://img252.echo.cx/img252/25/nero39eh.th.jpg] [img=http://img252.echo.cx/img252/53/neroconfiguration3zx.th.jpg] [img=http://img252.echo.cx/img252/7366/nerodrive8ki.th.jpg]
nearly!. edit your last reply, then look above the reply box that pops up, and you'll see how to format the links so they show correctly....
