Hello, I'm using the demo version of Nero 7, because my Nero 6 doesn't have MPEG-4 encoding. I added the .avi files I wanted and they transcoded and whatnot, but then it said that it cannot fit on the disc, which is wrong, because it can. I read something like this in another post, but I'm using the demo so I don't have a serial number for it. I also switched the audio to automatic as it said in that topic. Anyone have any suggestions? Or any suggestions for other programs? Thanks in advance.
Hi kclarkson Try this - go down to 7.0.8.2 In Nero smart start click on the icon on the bottom right that has a flame in it - the serial # should be listed there. Use that for the below version. http://www.filehippo.com/download_nero_7_premium/?845 Unisntall nero version - run the clean tool and install the version above: http://ww2.nero.com/nero7/enu/Nero7_CleanTool.html Try that and let us know who it goes - good, bad or otherwise!
Hi binkie, You mean the serial number for Nero 7, right? Well see, the problem is, I don't have one. When I go to see the serial number, it just says Demo, because it's only the demo.
Ok I don't have the demo but I'm pretty sure there will be one listed somewhere. Another easy way is to see if there is a Nero log. The serial's are about 24 characters. Go to program files>Nero>Nero7>Core>NeroHistory. It will be a text file. Open it & lool for something like this 1C83-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx (x's represent #'s) Did you click on the serial # tab in the product center?
Alright, I found the serial number in the text file. So I'll try this out and let you know if it worked or not. Thanks for your help!
It worked! The disc burned fine. Well, almost fine. The first time I tried burning, the computer just like restarting while it was burning and then it said something like "The system has recovered from a serious error". Now, this has happened before while I would be transcoding videos. I don't know, maybe it has something to do with memory usage or something, but it kind of bothers me because that shouldn't be happening. Any suggestions?
You say you had nero 6 on your computer before. You should have also ran the clean tool for that version too. Go to the nero website and download it, and run it also.
Hi kclarkson Nope that error is not a good one - you shouldn't receive it. Could be memory usage or a few other things. Nero when trancoding is pretty intensive. So no multasking - and shut down any unneccesary processes. You may be overheating also - when's the last time you cleaned out the dust in the pc case? If not recently than you should open it up and blow the dust out esp. around the fans. Also check you transfer modes for your drives - the should be in DMA not PIO - PIO is also cpu intensive. Here's a guide: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/260038 Check those out & let us know. We can still look at a few more things if these check out ok. editted to add: Glad to here you finally got that avi converted & burned!
Hi binkie, I checked the transfer modes and they were both DMA, not PIO. I don't think I'm overheating, because it's a relatively new machine. If you have any other suggestions, that would be great! It hasn't been happening if I just let it burn and basically don't touch it, but it still really worries me because that shouldn't happen at all. Thanks again!
Ok let's check these 2 things in one of your Nero logs. 1st check the memory - amount you have, amount in use and % in use. In the log look for this: Physical memory : 479MB [00:34:17] NeroVision Free physical memory: 117MB [00:34:17] NeroVision Memory in use : 75 % What does your's say? For the transfer you looking at current transfer mode right? Not where it says 'dma if available'. You can also check this in the Nero log under this heading for all your drives (hard drive and optical drivers (burner's): NeroVision === Scsi-Device-Map === These are also a few more basic things we can do too. But let's looks at what Nero reports on these and go from there.
Well for the first disc I burned, it says: 247MB physical memory 162MB free physical memory 34% memory in use For the second: 247MB physical memory 76MB free physical memory 69% memory in use For Primary IDE, device 0 -- the transfer mode is DMA if available and the current transfer mode is Ultra DMA Mode 5. Primary IDE, device 1 has the same settings but Ultra DMA Mode 4 instead. For Secondary IDE, both device 0 and 1 -- DMA if available under transfer mode and Not applicable under current transfer mode.
Hi kclarkson Is this a laptop? From your device listing your hard drive and burner are on the same port. 512mb in memory is better -(more is always better:0) For your's it will do the job just take a little longer so no multi task. Keep as much memory free as possible. You can also do a bit of pc cleanup and see if that's helps. °disc cleanup °run a regisry cleaner - a good one would be ccleaner (free): http://ccleaner.com ° system defrag
