"Cannot Play this Disc"

[Larry the Stag]

A video newbie with a Christmas project.

 

Made a short (~8 min.) movie on Windows Movie Maker, editing & pasting together some AVI files from my digital camera. Following their instructions ( at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/m.../savetodvd.mspx ), I saved the project to my computer using the "DV-AVI (NTSC)" setting. Now I had a ~1.6 GB AVI file and needed a burner program.

 

I read a good review so got a copy of ImgBurn, went into Build mode, got the file, and burned it to a DVD (log below). I tried to play the disc on our Sony DVP-NS300 DVD Player and got "Cannot Play this Disc". I tried to play it on our RCA DRC200N Player and got "Unknown Disc".

 

As ImgBurn not working for me (as yet), I then got the free download version of VideoDVDMaker (at protectedsoft.com), and from that produced a DVD which strangely worked on the RCA but not Sony machines.

 

Clearly I'm doing something wrong in ImgBurn. Any thoughts/help? Any further info. I can provide?

 

Much, much obliged -

 

I 23:29:51 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started!

I 23:29:51 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 23:29:51 Total Physical Memory: 2,088,316 KB - Available: 1,431,704 KB

I 23:29:51 Initialising SPTI...

I 23:29:51 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 23:29:51 Found 1 DVD±RW!

I 23:30:45 Operation Started!

I 23:30:45 Building Image Tree...

I 23:31:29 Checking Directory Depth...

I 23:31:29 Calculating Totals...

I 23:31:29 Preparing Image...

I 23:31:29 Checking Path Length...

I 23:31:29 Image Size: 1,676,935,168 bytes

I 23:31:29 Image Sectors: 818,816

I 23:31:36 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:50

I 23:31:36 Operation Started!

I 23:31:36 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 23:31:36 Source File Sectors: 818,816 (MODE1/2048)

I 23:31:36 Source File Size: 1,676,935,168 bytes

I 23:31:36 Source File Volume Identifier: Big Britt Movie

I 23:31:36 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 23:31:36 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 23:31:36 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 23:31:36 Destination Device: [1:0:0] SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A PDS7 (D:) (ATA)

I 23:31:36 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: MBIPG101-R05-01) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 23:31:36 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104

I 23:31:36 Write Mode: DVD

I 23:31:36 Write Type: DAO

I 23:31:36 Write Speed: MAX

I 23:31:36 Link Size: Auto

I 23:31:36 Test Mode: No

I 23:31:36 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 23:31:36 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 23:31:39 Writing LeadIn...

I 23:32:30 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 818815)

I 23:37:43 Synchronising Cache...

I 23:37:44 Closing Track...

I 23:37:50 Finalising Disc...

I 23:38:18 Image MD5: 5916f1ec9dde22aa4abaab1d4d57d293

I 23:38:19 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:42

I 23:38:19 Average Write Rate: 5,232 KB/s (3.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,828 KB/s (4.2x)

I 23:38:19 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 23:38:23 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 23:38:40 Device Ready!

I 23:38:40 Operation Started!

I 23:38:40 Source Device: [1:0:0] SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A PDS7 (D:) (ATA)

I 23:38:40 Source Media Type: DVD+R (Book Type: DVD+R) (Disc ID: MBIPG101-R05-01) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 23:38:40 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 23:38:40 Image File Sectors: 818,816 (MODE1/2048)

I 23:38:40 Image File Size: 1,676,935,168 bytes

I 23:38:40 Image File Volume Identifier: Big Britt Movie

I 23:38:40 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 23:38:40 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 23:38:40 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 23:38:41 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 818815)

I 23:43:08 Device MD5: 5916f1ec9dde22aa4abaab1d4d57d293

I 23:43:08 Image MD5: 5916f1ec9dde22aa4abaab1d4d57d293

I 23:43:09 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:04:27

I 23:43:09 Average Verify Rate: 6,133 KB/s (4.4x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 8,060 KB/s (5.8x)

[blutach]

Welcmoe to ImgBurn Forum.

 

I still have an NS300. It plays DVDs only, not AVIs. You'll need to convert to regular DVD format. Try using DVD Flick or SUPER. Google them.

 

As for the rest of your log, you are using very inferior media (Moser Baer India, hitrate of about 50%), which your player probably hates (can't say I blame it, either). We only recommend Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden media. As well, slow down the write speed (from "MAX").

 

Regards