bad media is one of my fave subjects, but only because of the amount of people it affects. Not saying you have definitely got bad media but you wouldn't believe how bad, bad media can be. Have a look at the 2nd link in my signature, then the 1st link, for examples of how using many 100s (literally) of the same type of iffy media does not guarantee consistent results or successful burning.
in fact i just remembered, i did explain a similar thing to someone last night - snippet from http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/205136 -
I may be a "tad" off topic, but the little things that the senior members and addicts have us troubleshoot/read up on up front are absolutely necessary and save loads of time. Case in point: I am still new at backing up DVD's myself. I was trying to backup a brand new DVD yesterday and DVD43 started getting errors. Tried Decrypter and it would only rip until about 75% through the movie. The movie was only 4.13GB, so I didn't fool with Shrink. New encryption? I have been reading all that I can regarding backing up DVD's in these forums... I was about to uninstall and reinstall DVD43 and Decrypter, when I remembered seeing something about cleaning DVD's even if they look pristine. That didn't work either. Maybe it is just a bad disc. Pop it back in the computer and the menu comes up no prob... Pop it in my standalone and the menu comes up with no prob again! I am thinking, "Here I go with a thread about not being able to copy" (see my post in this thread from yesterday. Talk about eating humble pie!!!). I figured I may as well watch the movie since I couldn't back it up right now. I hit Play on the menu and I get a blank screen, then it goes right back to the Main Menu. Hit Play again and the same thing. Ditto when I tried the same after putting it back in my computer. This just goes to show that the little things that we take for granted HAVE to be addressed first. Had I not gone through all of those steps, I would have been posting logs and uninstalling/downloading/installing proggy's today and tying up members that could have been helping someone with a more serious issue. I know that when we have problems, no matter how trivial, it is our main concern. Just listen to these guys when they tell us to do all these seemingly unimportant things before we start deciphering logs and adjusting registry entries and settings!!! Officially off my soapbox now...
@teflonmyk - nicely put. (i'll ignore the phrase 'off-topic' as i am notorious for veering off at tangents and have to try extra hard not to veer off now i've seen the phrase!). i've been working with computers for a long time and troubleshooting is the thing i've done the most/prefer the most (as opposed to just learning new things i mean). Anyway, to this day you wouldn't believe how many times i miss the obvious things. You tell yourself, nah, it can't be something so simple, blah blah blah, yet you can guarantee it's usually the most basic thing that's the root cause of problems. Hence why i always start at the bottom with the basics, it's just common sense really.
