To Convert AVI to DVD with Nero Vision 4 (basic guide)

@trapjaw76 - What kind of DVD-R (media) did you used to burn? Keep in mind that not all standalone dvd players will handle DVD-R and DVD+R easily. Your best bet is to "book type" a top notch DVD+R into DVD-ROM. Yes, DVD-ROM is the ultimate (universal) format and it will play in all functional standalone dvd players. However, that is... if your burner can book type or supported "bit settings".


@mikehende - Have you visited http://sony.storagesupport.com/ and check for your drive to see if they have any firmware updates at all? Maybe go to Sony's support site and ask them if they'll know any firmware for your drive, or if they can refer you to any sites that has a modified firmware. It's good to know/see that you're making good progress. Yes, indeed you should always use that "DVD" tab or options. I'm sorry buddy, I don't have the burner/model you're using now, so I can't really help much. I know that most Lite-On/Sony, LG, BenQ, Plextor and NEC (with hacked/modified firmware) can change the "Book Type" or "bit settings" via Nero Burning Rom easily. To be honest, I'm a DVD+R person and I've always changed the "book type" to DVD-ROM and all of my standalone dvd players (samsung, philips and my 4 year old Shinco all regions) played them flawlessly.


@mburke300 - Yes, any 700MB AVI is roughly around 4.3GB (dvd compliance). If Nero Vision asked you to reduce the quality, you can either "accepted it = yes or rejected = no". However, by saying "no", you will need to "transcode/compress" with Nero Recode so it'll fit onto a DVD-R or DVD+R disc once Nero Vision is done. I've tried both "yes and no" when asked by Nero Vision and I think I like to have Nero Recode 2 to transcode afterward, but it takes another extra 20 - 45 minutes depends on your computer's specs to transcode again.


@ludeboy12 - You're welcome. Enjoy the guide.


@Leezer - Yes, it could be the media you're using or it could be the burning speed as well. I don't recommend to burn beyond 4X, you'll be amazed to see/find that "addicts, senior and the more knowledgeable members" here at AfterDawn" prefers to burn at 4X and maybe 8X with top notch media only.

To be honest, I've never experienced or encountered any issues while playback simply because I don't use cheap or unknown brands of media. My top 3 choices of media are: (1) Taiyo Yuden, (2) Verbatim "advanced azo or datalife plus", and (3) Maxell (made in japan by Hitachi). These are top notch media, I've used them hundreds and hundreds (near thousand) and I've never seen any freezing, pausing, etc.

Again, I'm a DVD+R person and I prefer to "book type" them into DVD-ROM. With that being said; DVD+R is more advanced, book typing into DVD-ROM equal the best, the most compatible, the one and only UNIVERSAL dvd format to play in ALL FUNCTIONAL dvd players.

 

@alkohol, yeh your right. i never burn at a speed more than 4x even with verbatim. My problem is just the media. i'm gona change it soon.
Thanks

 

Hi. I've recently started burning MPEG-4 to DVD-R, and when I play on a PS2 or DVD player, I get pauses and sometimes the video will loop back to a random spot. I usually get a warning of the pausing when some parts of the clip start showing colored squares across the screen. When I play the DVD on my computer, there are no pauses and bad pixels. Any idea?

 

@X-spider

How fast did you burned your backup? Number rule of thumb is to always keep your burning speed to 4X with the latest firmware on your burner to help increase the burning performances and media compatibility.

Keep in mind that not all PS2 will hand all DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW easily. According, some PS2 are pretty picky. So out of curiosity, what kind of DVD-R did you used to burn? Can you verify the MID and brand name? When you insert your blank or backup disc inside your dvd burner or dvd-rom drive, open up DVD Decrypter, Mode, ISO, Read and it will display the MID. Example: a DVD+R 8X Taiyo Yuden will code out as YUDEN000T02, a 16X DVD+R Verbatim will code out as MCC004. Or you can get another 2 free programs like DVD Identifier and DVD InfoPro to verify the MID. In addition, if you have Nero, then Nero can verify the MID by going to Nero Toolkit, Nero CD-DVD Speed and Disc Info.

I do have a version 9 (US PS2) and again I'm a DVD+R person, plus I love to "book type" all of my DVD+R backups to DVD-ROM regardless if it's DVD movies or PS2 games, my PS2 console will play any of my movies flawlessly as well as any of my standalone dvd players. I have 3 dvd players (Samsung P241, Philips DVP642 all region and a 4 yr old Shinco all region) and all of them play every backups I burned with "book typing" to DVD-ROM beautifully without any glitches.

 

@Alkohol
Yeah, I've tried there isn't any firmware upgrade for this burner so I am stuck with it but everything works fine now so I'll be ok with it for a while, at least now I know which burners to get next time around so all of this haven't been for nought in any way, thanks for the help, really appreciate it!

 

Alkohol,

Thanks for your reply. The brand shown on the spindle is Great Quality and the MID is INFODISC-R20. It's a DVD-R not DVD+R. This glitching during playback only occurs for MPEG-4 converted videos. The speed used was 8x. Yet I've had a movie or two that played back perfectly.

 

One more question. When I use Nero Vision, it says that the quality need to be reduced so that it will fit on the DVD.Is there another way to maintain the quality? Is this affecting the playback of the DVD in any way?

 

Alkohol,

Just a really simple, quick question for you. When i am transcoding a project into a dvd using nero vision express, can i download bittorrent avi files at the same time. Let me clarify....how much will doing the two processes at the same time effect my transcoding project's quality? Keeping in my mind my laptop is a 2002 model, so the processor is quite slow by today's standards. Thanks for your help alky...

burkey

 

@mikehende - you're welcome mate and come back anytime when you encounter new issues. If I can help then I'll try my best, if I can't then there's other knowledgeable members here as well. Sorry to hear that you can't find any firmware updates for your burner. Good luck to you.


@X-Spider - I've heard of GQ brand, but I don't think I'll ever buy them. Honestly, if you can get any of them 8X DVD+R SONY or FUJI "made in Japan" locally from Best Buy, Circuit City or Wal-Mart, then that's genuine TAIYO YUDEN media right there. Again, my top 3 choices of media are: (1) Taiyo Yuden, (2) Verbatim "advance azo or datalife plus" and (3) Maxell (made in Japan by Hitachi). I've burned these hundreds and hundreds (thousand of them), and I've never experienced any playback issues.

In regards to Nero Vision asking you to "reduce" the Quality, just click "NO" because you don't want to lose any picture quality. If it's over 4.3GB - 6GB, then just let it finish its converting or transcoding job. Once Nero Vision is done, just import/load your project "VIDEO_TS file of dvd compliance" into Nero Recode 2 and starts to transcode/compress as usual (work just like DVD Shrink, but 2 times faster). **NOTE: make sure before you hit BURN, put a check mark on "Advanced Analysis", this will make your backup brings the best quality to DVD. With anything under 6GB, "Advanced Analysis" should be able to produce great quality in results. However, if you want more, then you can do "Advanced Analysis + High Quality Mode "Slow Recording", this will be much better, but it will take a lil longer that's all.


@mburke300 - with "High Quality + Progressive + 2 Pass VBR" the quality in results will be amazing, if you're using high quality media like YUDEN, Verbatim and Hitachi Maxell (mij). To be honest, all of my AVI projects that I've converted and transcoded, I only used "High Quality + Progressive + 2 Pass VBR" and it took me roughly 2 hrs - 2 hrs and 25 minutes (depends on how big is the final GB from my project).

Out of curiosity, what's your processor? Just make sure you run a scan disk, defrag your hard drive, DON'T multi-tasks, DON'T use your computer, release/free up more memory ram, close/shutdown all unnecessary running programs, disconnected from the net, disable any Anti-Virus programs, etc. and it should be fine.

 

Hi! I have 3 questions concerning the nero vision program.
1) how can you have a bigger font for the subtitle? my font seem to shrink when burning.
2) how can you max the smoothness w/o min the quality?
3) how can you create your own button instead using the standard menu settings?

 

alkohol, I have Nero 6.6....it doesn't give me the option of "make sure you choose DVD." On your example it shows a drop down box. Mine doesn't show that.....nothing is there.

How can I make sure it uses the DVD mode?

 

How can I upload a screenshot of my burner's data for all to see?

 

hello all!!
I am a new user of NERO and of course, like everyone else, am having some troubles too. I follow your steps to process a dvd burn from a file that I downloaded. The file is a divx file. Nero runs all the way through and kicks out the dvd like it is finished, but if I load it back to the computer, it comes up as a blank disc, no data was ever transfered. I am adding my nero system info to this if someone would look at it and tell me what I'm doing wrong. I read through this entire thread and didnt notice anyone else having the same issue.
also, if it helps, I installed the dvd writer three days ago and still have yet to successfuly burn a movie!!


Drive Information
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Drive : ATAPI DVD DD 2X16X4X16
Type : DVD±R/RW DL Recorder
Firmware Version : G7H9
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number
Vendor Specific :
Drive Letter : D:\
Location : 1:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 8.0 , 4.0 X
Write Speed : 4.0 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : No
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 1
Changes User : 4
Changes Vendor : 4

Disc Information (D:\)
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Type : Blank DVD-R


Interface Information
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Adapter 1
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Description : Primary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
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Attached Devices
Description : Master: ST340014A
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On

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Driver
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Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: ATAPI DVD DD 2X16X4X16
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On


Software Information
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Operating System : Windows XP Home Edition (5.01.2600 Service Pack 2)
DirectX : DirectX 9.0c

Description : Nero Burning ROM
Version : 6, 3, 1, 23
Company : Ahead Software AG
Version Check : Ok

Description : Nero StartSmart
Version : 1, 0, 1, 27
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : NeroVision Express
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Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : Nero ShowTime
Version : 1, 5, 0, 37
Company : Ahead software AG

Description : Nero Recode 2
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Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : Cover Designer
Version : 2, 3, 0, 11
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : Nero BackItUp Application
Version : 1, 2, 0, 24
Company : Ahead Software AG


Hardware Information
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CPU : 2800 MHz
Bus Speed : 533 MHz
Motherboard : Dell 0N6381
System : Dell Dimension 3000
BIOS : Dell A01
Memory : 253 MB
Sound : SoundMAX Digital Audio
Video : Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller

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Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : PDCOMP
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : PDFRAME
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : PDRELI
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : PDRFRAME
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : perc2
Description : PERC 2 Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2467.0 (Lab01_N(johnstra).010423-0023)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : perc2hib
Description : PERC 2 Hibernate Driver
Version : 5.1.2467.0 (Lab01_N(johnstra).010423-0023)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : PptpMiniport
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : PSched
Description : MS QoS Packet Scheduler
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Ptilink
Description : Parallel Technologies DirectParallel IO Library
Version : 1.10 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Parallel Technologies, Inc.

Driver : PxHelp20
Description : Px Engine Device Driver for Windows 2000/XP
Version : 2.03.32a
Company : Sonic Solutions

Driver : ql1080
Description : Miniport Driver for QLogic ISP PCI Adapters
Version : 3.04
Company : QLogic Corporation

Driver : Ql10wnt
Description : Miniport Driver for QLogic ISP PCI Adapters
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ql12160
Description : Miniport Driver for QLogic ISP PCI Adapters
Version : 7.13.02 (W64)
Company : QLogic Corporation

Driver : ql1240
Description : QLogic ISP PCI Adapters
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ql1280
Description : Miniport Driver for QLogic ISP PCI Adapters
Version : 7.13.01 (W2K)
Company : QLogic Corporation

Driver : Rasl2tp
Description : RAS L2TP mini-port/call-manager driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : RasPppoe
Description : RAS PPPoE mini-port/call-manager driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Raspti
Description : PTI DirectParallel(R) mini-port/call-manager driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Rdbss
Description : Redirected Drive Buffering SubSystem Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2541 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.040919-1056)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : RDPCDD
Description : RDP Miniport
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : rdpdr
Description : Microsoft RDP Device redirector
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : RDPWD
Description : RDP Terminal Stack Driver (US/Canada Only, Not for Export)
Version : 5.1.2600.2695 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050609-1528)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : redbook
Description : Redbook Audio Filter Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : RimSerPort
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : RimUsb
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : ROOTMODEM
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : Secdrv
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : serenum
Description : Serial Port Enumerator
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Serial
Description : Serial Device Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Sfloppy
Description : SCSI Floppy Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Simbad
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : sisagp
Description : SiS NT AGP Filter
Version : 5.12.01.2010 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation

Driver : smwdm
Description : SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Version : 5.12.01.4060
Company : Analog Devices, Inc.

Driver : Sparrow
Description : Adaptec AIC-6x60 series SCSI miniport
Version : v2.0a (ReleaseBinaries.001205-1804)
Company : Adaptec, Inc.

Driver : splitter
Description : Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : sr
Description : System Restore Filesystem Filter Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Srv
Description : Server driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2673 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050509-1531)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : swenum
Description : Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
Version : 5.3.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : swmidi
Description : Microsoft GS Wavetable Synthesizer
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : symc810
Description : Symbios Logic Inc. SCSI Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2409.1 (ReleaseBinaries.001205-1804)
Company : Symbios Logic Inc.

Driver : symc8xx
Description : Symbios 8XX SCSI Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2409.1 (ReleaseBinaries.001205-1804)
Company : LSI Logic

Driver : sym_hi
Description : Symbios Hi-Perf SCSI Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2462.0 (Lab01_N.010309-0027)
Company : LSI Logic

Driver : sym_u3
Description : Symbios Ultra3 SCSI Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2462.0 (Lab01_N.010309-0027)
Company : LSI Logic

Driver : sysaudio
Description : System Audio WDM Filter
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Tcpip
Description : TCP/IP Protocol Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2685 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050525-1028)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : TDPIPE
Description : Named Pipe Transport Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : TDTCP
Description : TCP Transport Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : TermDD
Description : Terminal Server Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : TosIde
Description : Toshiba PCI IDE Controller
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Udfs
Description : UDF File System Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ultra
Description : Promise Ultra66 Miniport Driver
Version : 1.43 (Build 0603)
Company : Promise Technology, Inc.

Driver : Update
Description : Update Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbehci
Description : EHCI eUSB Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbhub
Description : Default Hub Driver for USB
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbser
Description : USB Modem Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : USBSTOR
Description : USB Mass Storage Class Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbuhci
Description : UHCI USB Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : VgaSave
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : viaagp
Description : VIA NT AGP Filter
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ViaIde
Description : Generic PCI IDE Bus Driver
Version : 1.00.01.01
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : VolSnap
Description : Volume Shadow Copy Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Wanarp
Description : MS Remote Access and Routing ARP Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : wceusbsh
Description : Windows CE USB Serial Host
Version : 4.0.4232.0
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : WDICA
Description : n/a
Version : n/a
Company : n/a

Driver : wdmaud
Description : MMSYSTEM Wave/Midi API mapper
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : WinRT
Description : WinRT Driver
Version : 3.512
Company : BlueWater Systems, Inc.

Driver : MSVCRT.DLL
Version : 7.0.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

Driver : MSVCIRT.DLL
Version : 7.0.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

Driver : MFC42.DLL
Version : 6.02.4131.0

Driver : MSVCP60.DLL
Version : 6.02.3104.0

Driver : msvcp70.dll
Version : 7.00.9466.0

Driver : msvcr70.dll
Version : 7.00.9466.0

Driver : ole32.dll
Version : 5.1.2600.2726 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050725-1528)

Driver : OLEPRO32.DLL
Version : 5.1.2600.2180

Driver : OLEDLG.DLL
Version : 1.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)

Driver : ADVAPI32.DLL
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

Driver : COMCTL32.DLL
Version : 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

Driver : SETUPAPI.DLL
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

Lower Filters
-------------
Driver : PxHelp20
Description : Px Engine Device Driver for Windows 2000/XP
Version : 2.03.32a
Company : Sonic Solutions

Upper Filters
-------------
Driver : GEARAspiWDM
Description : CDRom Class Filter Driver
Version : 2.0.4.3
Company : GEAR Software Inc.

Video Codecs
------------
Cinepak Codec by Radius : 1.10.0.11
Intel 4|2|0 Video V2.50 : 5.1.2600.2180
Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
Intel Indeo® Video 4.5 : 4.51.16.03
Intel IYUV codec : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Microsoft RLE : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Microsoft Video 1 : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Toshiba YUV Codec : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Microsoft H.263 Video Codec : 5.1.2600.2180
Microsoft H.261 Video Codec : 5.1.2600.2180
Indeo® video 5.10 : R.5.10.15.2.55
XviD MPEG-4 Codec : n/a
DivX® 6.1.1 Codec (1 Logical CPU) : 6.1.1.1031
DivX® 6.1.1 YV12 Decoder : 6.1.1.1031

Audio Codecs
------------
Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC : 4.00.0.0
DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Software CODEC : 1.00.0.0
Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC : 1.02.0.1
Windows Media Audio : 4.02.0.0
Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec : 3.02.0.0
Indeo® audio software : 2.05.0.53
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced) : 1.09.1.49
Microsoft PCM Converter : 5.00.0.0


ASPI Information
----------------
System ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly

wnaspi32.dll : 4.60 (1021) 45056 bytes September 10, 1999
aspi32.sys : 4.60 (1021) 25244 bytes September 10, 1999
winaspi.dll : 4.60 (1021) 5600 bytes September 10, 1999
wowpost.exe : 4.60 (1021) 4672 bytes September 10, 1999

Nero ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly

WNASPI32.DLL : 2.0.1.68 160016 bytes July 22, 2004

Installed OS Patches
--------------------
(Q810090) USB Update : Yes
(Q329112) Multi-Border DVD with More Than 4 GB of Data Not Readable Past First Border : Yes
(Q812415) Problems with Multiple ATA devices : No
(Q322359) Intelide.sys Is Not Used on Computers with ICH4 or ICH5 : No
(Q320174) IMAPI Update - CDs recorded have missing files or errors : Yes
(Q311542) Devices May not power up properly when resuming from standby : Yes
(Q327086) Data Added to Removable Media During Hibernation May Be Lost When You Resume Windows XP : Yes
(Q308374) Ricoh 1394 Controller May Not Work with Windows XP : No
(Q314634) Windows XP Does Not Detect Your New USB Device : Yes
(Q822603) USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 update : No
(Q323507) Your IEEE 1394 or USB CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive May Not Be Recognized in Windows XP : No
(Q815834) 'Code 28' Error Message and a Yellow Exclamation Mark Next to a USB Device in Device Manager After Your Computer Resumes from Hibernation : No
(Q316575) Problems When You Swap a CD-ROM During Hibernation in Windows XP : No
(Q811789) Surprise Removal of 1394 Device Can Cause Bluescreen Error : No
(Q323322) Cannot Use Sony VAIO PCG-C1MRX Internal Camera with Windows Messenger After You Apply Q316397 : No
(Q811789) Surprise Removal of 1394 Device Can Cause Bluescreen Error : No

 

Hello Alky,

thanks for your prompt response. i will try all of your suggestions...u haven't let me down yet...u asked me how fast my processor is...to answer ur question it is 1.13 GHz. Told ya....it's pretty slow. My projects take like ten hours. If I wanted to upgrade my laptop do u know of a program that could memorize all of the programs on my hard drive and then transfer them to the new laptop. As going thru and getting all the programs again one by one would be a huge pain in the ass. take care alky.

burkey

 

Wait...i'll give u the exact specs. Intel pentium III, mobile cpu 1133MHz, 725MHz, 480Mb of Ram

 

Remember how I said that the DVDs skip on my players? Well they work fine on the computer. How is that so? Does this mean I can take the "defective" DVD-R and try to copy it again at a slower speed? Hopefully it will play normally on the player this time?

 

Looks like I jumped the gun here everyone, yes, the burnt DVD's played fine [at the start] and the standalones are able to read the discs quickly and I can fast forward, rewind e.t.c just like any commercial DVD's but I played that burnt DVD for the first time and it freezes at the same spot everytime, like at around 10 minutes into the movie. Any ideas anyone? Remember that this is the Sony DWQ-30A burner I'm talking about here using Taiyo Yuden DVD+R RW discs.

 

@blancpino - question #1: Hmmm... I truly have no comment on this part because I don't think Nero Vision shrink the subtitle. Try different ratio(s) and see if that'll solve the issue you're having. Or you can try to set your settings via your dvd player and TV. If you've tried all and it doesn't help, then your best bet is to contact Nero Support.

question #2: I've always used "High Quality + Progressive + 2 Pass VBR" and the quality is on par with DVD.

question #3: You mean the "menu button"? I think you can drag and move them, if you add/have a background. Otherwise, I usually just leave it as default.

@Malibu81 - What version is your Nero 6 Ultra? Have you tried updating to its latest version? Right now I'm using Nero 7 (Nero Vision 4), but if I remembered it correctly, Nero 6 UE (Nero Vision Express 3) should be able to do the same thing as well (i.e. DVD tab). However, I can't remember where its location thatss all because I've used it (Nero Vision Express 3 from Nero 6 Ultra Edition) in the past to convert and transcode AVI into DVD.

@mikehende - question #1: to upload a screenshot from a picture or image from your computer, do as the following:

- if you have a picture in your comp. ready to upload
- or if you've saved a picture as PNG (take less KBs and it's better than JPEG)

<> go here http://img283.echo.cx/
<> click Browse, and locate your picture from your Comp. then OPEN
<> now click "Host it!" and wait for your picture to upload
<> once it's there, Left click on your picture
<> now Right click, then Properties, then under Locations: copy the URL (**NOTE: NOT THE ADDRESS URL)

<> now come to AfterDawn.com
<> when you post/reply or want to post your picture do this:
<> type and put or paste the URL here[/i mg] (**NOTE: DON'T SPACE on [/im g], I did that on purpose because it will look weird because there is no actual URL.
<> now once you reply or post it, it will show your picture or screenshot. That's it... and now you have a picture like below:
[img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/826/godfather1dr.png

question #2: Hmmm... I'm as clueless as you are here. Did you successfully converted and transcoded your AVI into VIDEO_TS file(s) or DVD compliance by chance?

@stonedmtn - so you're saying it successfully converted & transcoded, then burned to your disc, but once it's done, it's still showing as a blank? It sounds like it didn't burned to your disc. Out of curiosity, did you haved "simulation mode" checked by chance? You need to post your Nero Burning Rom log and or your Nero Vision log, so I can at least take a look at it and see if there is any flaws in there alright.

@mburke300 - this is a tough call mate. If only it's a PC, then maybe you can upgrade to P4 with at least 1GB of RAM and it'll be much faster. Since it's a laptop, I don't know what else to say here, except "disable all other running programs, disconnected from the net, disable/shut off any Anti-Virus programs, run disk clean up, defrag your hard drive, release/free up more RAM memory, etc.", then start your AVI project.

I guess it won't hurt to do a "High Quality" for Quality Settings, "Automatic" for Sample Format and "1 Pass" for Encoding Mode, instead of "High Quality + Progressive + 2 Pass VBR", since your system is quite a few years behind. Good luck!!

@X-Spider - Like I said standalone dvd players are more picky when it comes to DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL. If burning too fast with media that carried/has cheap dye, then it is likely to fail to play, skip, freeze/pause, pixelate, distort, etc. Keep in mind that computer drives (dvd-rom drive or burner) has more chances of successfully reading/playing crap media than any other dvd players. Therefore, you are able to view/play it from your computer, but not your dvd player. How old is your dvd player by the way?

Again, like I said, my top 3 choices of media are: Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim "advanced azo or datalife plus" and Maxell (made in japan by Hitachi Corp.) -- I've been using them and I've never encountered any freezing, skipping or issues during playback. Good luck!!

 

@stonddmtn

I've looked, checked and inspected your log 3 times and I didn't see anything wrong with the log. However, I'm wondering though.. why you're missing the "burning part" after that?