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sparkyb · Apr 11, 2004

hi, i just bought a kyhpermedia dvdrw drive from officemax. i've been going through the guides on this site and trying to burn a dvd to dvd-r using dvd decrypter. i have the file ripped and i am ready to burn it except that when i put my dvd-rs in the dvdr drive doesnt seem to read them. it says "medium not found" it can read the nero install cd....do i need to format the dvd-rs or is there some software that i havent installed yet that i need to? or is it possible the the dvd-rs i have dont work? i got them from officemax as well, they are value disc brand name, are those junk? thanks for all help in advance!

herbsman · Apr 11, 2004

Hello Sparky & welcome to our friendly community !

If you're trying to do a DVD to DVD-R back up with DVD Decrypter , is the disc under 4.36Gb ?
The media you have (whatever they are) should still show up in Decrypter. Have you checked all DVD Decrypter option settings..?

Once you've given more info mate , I may be able to help further ;-)

sparkyb · Apr 11, 2004

the discs do say on them that they're 4.7GB., and the file is smaller than that as well. which options do i need to check under dvd decrypter?

herbsman · Apr 11, 2004

The DVD±R media you're using may say 4.7Gb , but in actual fact the disc is 4.37Gb !!!
The options to have set in DVD Decrypter are upto the individual user , but are normally pretty self explanatory ... BUT if you need help cos you don't understand what certain things are then just ask a direct question.
I'm afraid I am not able to tell you all the option settings (under different tabs) that I have set...would take too long ;-)

sparkyb · Apr 12, 2004

So do you think that it's because the movie is too large for this disc that it doesn't recognize it?
Thanks again!

sparkyb · Apr 13, 2004

i've been doing more research and i came across this on kyhpermedias website. what do you think of this...http://www.khypermedia.com/dvdrw_dri_8x.html
what i found interesting was at the bottom where it said *DVD-R not recommended ... do you think thats my problem, am i supposed to use dvd-rws? and if so, do normal dvd players read those? or am i gettin hosed here? thanks again

herbsman · Apr 13, 2004

Create MP3, Audio, Video and data CDs with the included DVD mastering software.
Creating your own DVDs and open up a whole new world for yourself with this internal DVD+RW drive

Type of media it use: CDR/RW, DVD+R/RW

* DVD-R are not recommended.

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Your problem is you're trying to burn to -R format when your burner is a +R/+RW only !!

sparkyb · Apr 13, 2004

Herbsman, thanks for the info so far, I think I'm down to one last question. What's the difference between -R and +R?

herbsman · Apr 13, 2004

DVD-R/RW

A DVD Forum (the industry body that controls the development of DVD formats) approved recordable DVD format. Format allows single-layer data to be stored on each side of the disc -- in other words, one side of the disc can hold upto 4.38 gigabytes of information (NOT 4.7GB what the disc labels claim -- 4.7GB is achieved by tweaking the numbers and using 1,000 in calculations between megabyte and gigabyte, when the correct number to be used should be 1,024). Dual-layer discs that could hold 8.5GB don't exist and most likely never will due technical limitations. This poses a problem when backing up pressed DVD-Video discs that can hold dual-layer worth of data per side, 8.5GB. Those discs need to be split to two DVD-R discs if all the information has to be preserved from the original disc.

DVD-R is technically slightly less advanced than its competitor, DVD+R. But the year 2002's projections of blank media sales show that sales of DVD-R media will exceed 90,000,000 discs during 2002 while sales of DVD+R media will be only 13,000,000.

Both, DVD-R and DVD+R, formats are write-once formats. DVD-R's "sister format" is called DVD-RW which is essentially a re-writable version of DVD-R. DVD+R's sister format is called DVD+RW.

DVD-R discs can be read with virtually any PC DVD-ROM drive and with most of the regular, stand-alone DVD players.
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DVD+R/RW

A propietary recordable DVD format, developed by DVD+RW Alliance. Format currently (10/2003) allows single-layer data to be stored on each side of the disc -- in other words, one side of the disc can hold upto 4.38 gigabytes of information (NOT 4.7GB what the disc labels claim -- 4.7GB is achieved by tweaking the numbers and using 1,000 in calculations between megabyte and gigabyte, when the correct number to be used should be 1,024).

Dual-layer discs that could hold 8.5GB were announced recently (October, 2003) and will most likely be available some time in 2004. However, dual-layer discs can't be burned using the old DVD+R writers that support only single-layer burning (==all DVD+R capable burners made before 2004 or so).

Single layer discs pose a problem when backing up pressed DVD-Video discs that can hold dual-layer worth of data per side, 8.5GB. Those discs need to be split to two DVD+R discs if all the information has to be preserved from the original disc.

DVD+R is technically slightly more advanced than its competitor, DVD-R, but DVD-R still leads DVD+R by rather wide margin in terms of blank media sales.

Both, DVD+R and DVD-R, formats are write-once formats. DVD+R's "sister format" is called DVD+RW which is essentially a re-writable version of DVD+R. DVD-R's sister format is called DVD-RW.

All most common recordable DVD formats, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW can be read with most stand-alone DVD players and with virtually all DVD-ROM drives.
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