Hello, I hope someone can help me. I am new to burning DVDs I have CloneDVD2 and AnyDVD, my problem is when I insert a blank DVD-R I always get an error message that there is nothing there to burn to, but if I insert a DVD+RW it burns just fine. Any suggestions? Thanks
Memorex is considered a dirty word around here,usually the dye is CMC MAG and is considered some of the worst around. I recommend Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. You could try a firmware update,but I doubt that will help.
Ok I will check those out. I need to ask 2 really dumb questions...#1 What is firmware? And #2 I just went out and bought 50 of these darn DVDs...what (if anything) can I do with them now? Thanks so much for your input.
What is firmware?...firmware is a tiny bit of instructions, that tells your burner to accept different types of media, or to burn them at the rated speed or faster. what can you do to use up those memorex?...change your target size in dvd shrink to 4300, so you dont write on the outer edge of the disc,where cheap media often fails....you could also slow down your burn speed to 4x or slower. The thing about cheap media is that even if you get it to burn for you, it might, and probably will fail in a short time.Don't scrimp on media!!
Ok here I go showing my true blonde self.....how do I change my burn speed...and since I do not use dvd_shrink, is this a program that would replace clonedvd2?
No clone is a good program,I used the trial version for awhile,but I cant remember if there was a speed adjustment or not.I couldn't even tell you if you can adjust the target size. I'll pm a friend of mine, and send him to this thread,if you'd like.
Thank you so much for your help, I am also using the trial version, a friend of mine has the crack for the program but I do not know if I want to do that ornot.
We dont discuss cracks, or keygens, on this site,please read the forum rules. I pmed someone about clonedvd,he was on a bit ago. You can buy the clonedvd and anydvd package for 60 dollars(usd)alot of people on this forum swear by it.
After I typed that had sent it I knew that I had said something wrong. Yes I am going to buy the package deal. Thanks again for your help
No problem,your new. In the future, if you want to edit something, all you have to do is click on the little pencil icon on the top right of each post to edit.
On CloneDVD when you go to write your movie it will ask you what drive you want to use there is a box that shows burn speed just select the the speed you want, I use 4x. Also are you sure your burner uses -R media?
Go here and put in the make of your drive and see what it uses in media. http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters
Ok this is what is on my pc Lite-On DVDRW SOHW 1633S It is a double Layer Recordable DVD Drive The sheet I found says it supports Double DVD+R,Standard DVD+R,Standard DVD-R Standard DVD+RW,Standard DVD-RW
Download and install the free program Nero Info Tool http://www.nero.com/en/Info_Tool.html This will allow you to check out your drive. The current firmware for this burner should read BSOS. Burner firmware is available from the Lite-on site http://www.liteonit.com/ODD/English/e_downloads/e_firmware_dvd rw.asp Just scroll down until you find your drive. I have this drive and I will say Memorex disks are not one of its favorites, try Verbatim they are much better quality and Lite-On likes this media.
Guess Who :0) Ok arniebear I installed the info tool my firm ware version is BGS4 so then I went to the link to get newer firmware ...when I found my drive SOHW-1633S and got the zip file and then tried to open it this is the error message I got No matched drive detected. This utility is only for LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S drive Detected drives LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S BGS4 I do not know what to do now? Thanks for all your help and time
