I have very important video on a DVD+RW disc, but my DVD player/writer (which originally recorded the video) can't/won't finalize the disc for some mysterious reason. I was fairly certain I had formatted the disc prior to all recording. I can view the video through my player/writer's menu, and can even see it with my computer's CyberLink PowerDVD program that automatically starts when I put in the disc, but it is definitely not finalized (the data is somewhat jumbled). There is one title/chapter of video (the last one I recorded) that I need to take screen captures of, but the BS.Player program I use to do that can't seem to get at that one particular chapter--ARGH!
I installed and launched ImgBurn after putting the disc into my computer's DVD-RW drive, and here was the log:
I 13:45:56 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!
I 13:45:56 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)
I 13:45:56 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,172 KB - Available: 896,880 KB
I 13:45:56 Initialising SPTI...
I 13:45:56 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 13:45:56 Found 1 DVD±RW!
What's probably more useful is what shows up in ImgBurn's disc information panel:
PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8801 2D06 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD+RW
Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: Yes
Formatted: No (Started)
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 2,295,104
Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes
Time: 510:03:29 (MM:SS:FF)
File System Information:
Sectors: 757,296
Size: 1,550,942,208 bytes
Time: 168:19:21 (MM:SS:FF)
TOC Information:
Session 1... (LBA: 0)
-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 2295103)
-> LeadOut (LBA: 2295104)
Track Information:
Session 1...
-> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, TS: 2295104, LRA: 0)
Physical Format Information (ADIP):
Disc ID: RICOHJPN-W11-01
Book Type: DVD+RW
Part Version: 2
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,711
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0
Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Disc ID: RICOHJPN-W11-01
Book Type: DVD+RW
Part Version: 2
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 954,159
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0
I tried finalizing the disc in Write Mode by going to Tools -> Drive -> Close Track / Session / Disc, but I get a strange error when I try to Close Track:
I/O Error!
Device: [0:0:0] PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8801 2D06 (D:) (ATA)
ScsiStatus: 0x02
Interpretation: Check Condition
CDB: 5B 00 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00
Interpretation: Close Track/Session
Sense Area: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00
Interpretation: Invalid Field in CDB
Can anyone please help me finalize this disc, or finish formatting it without losing my data?? I desperately need your help! Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.
Carl
