jerol

Ohhh, I thought earlier posts said bad drive. But the answer is better blank discs! I can buy better discs - I've read all those posts too. Thanks, Jerol

Image 1 is what I get, image 2 is what needs to happen. I have read your posts about this problem and fingers seem to point at a misbehaving drive. Well, okay, but what do I need to do to move on? Ctl-Alt-Del x 2? That seems kind of severe but it has been over an hour... As in the other user's post, I finished writing to one DVD and it went so well I thought I would do a 2nd. Oops, wish I hadn't. FYI, the log (to the author: neat log, BTW): I 14:53:39 Operation Started! I 14:53:39 Source File: D:\Clients\Meredith\multimedia\DemoReel\demo0607\iso_orig\DVD Project.iso I 14:53:39 Source File Sectors: 333,984 (MODE1/2048) I 14:53:39 Source File Size: 683,999,232 bytes I 14:53:39 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD Project I 14:53:39 Source File Application Identifier: SONIC SOLUTIONS IMAGESCRIPT I 14:53:39 Source File Implementation Identifier: Adobe Encore DVD I 14:53:39 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 14:53:39 Destination Device: [0:0:0] SONY DVD RW DW-U14A 1.0c (E:) (ATA) I 14:53:39 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: SONY16D1) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x) I 14:53:39 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 14:53:39 Write Mode: DVD I 14:53:39 Write Type: DAO I 14:53:39 Write Speed: MAX I 14:53:39 Link Size: Auto I 14:53:39 Test Mode: No I 14:53:39 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 14:53:40 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 14:53:40 Writing LeadIn... I 14:54:42 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 333983) I 14:56:47 Synchronising Cache... I 14:58:13 Image MD5: 51b9ca11e73862453e6d41ab231ed3a2 I 14:58:13 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:04:33 I 14:58:13 Average Write Rate: 5,386 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,566 KB/s (4.0x) I 14:58:13 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 14:58:19 Waiting for device to become ready... W 14:58:29 Device Not Ready - Incompatible Medium Installed W 14:58:29 Retrying (1 of 3)... I 14:58:29 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 14:58:34 Waiting for device to become ready... I 14:58:42 Device Ready! I 14:58:42 Operation Started! I 14:58:42 Source Device: [0:0:0] SONY DVD RW DW-U14A 1.0c (E:) (ATA) I 14:58:42 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: SONY16D1) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x) I 14:58:42 Image File: D:\Clients\Meredith\multimedia\DemoReel\demo0607\iso_orig\DVD Project.iso I 14:58:42 Image File Sectors: 333,984 (MODE1/2048) I 14:58:42 Image File Size: 683,999,232 bytes I 14:58:42 Image File Volume Identifier: DVD Project I 14:58:42 Image File Application Identifier: SONIC SOLUTIONS IMAGESCRIPT I 14:58:42 Image File Implementation Identifier: Adobe Encore DVD I 14:58:42 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 14:58:44 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 333983) I 15:00:57 Device MD5: 51b9ca11e73862453e6d41ab231ed3a2 I 15:00:57 Image MD5: 51b9ca11e73862453e6d41ab231ed3a2 I 15:00:57 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:14 I 15:00:57 Average Verify Rate: 5,060 KB/s (3.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 6,222 KB/s (4.5x) I 15:11:35 Operation Started! I 15:11:35 Source File: D:\Clients\Meredith\multimedia\DemoReel\demo0607\iso_orig\DVD Project.iso I 15:11:35 Source File Sectors: 333,984 (MODE1/2048) I 15:11:35 Source File Size: 683,999,232 bytes I 15:11:35 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD Project I 15:11:35 Source File Application Identifier: SONIC SOLUTIONS IMAGESCRIPT I 15:11:35 Source File Implementation Identifier: Adobe Encore DVD I 15:11:35 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 15:11:35 Destination Device: [0:0:0] SONY DVD RW DW-U14A 1.0c (E:) (ATA) I 15:11:35 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: RITEKF1) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x) I 15:11:35 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 15:11:35 Write Mode: DVD I 15:11:35 Write Type: DAO I 15:11:35 Write Speed: MAX I 15:11:35 Link Size: Auto I 15:11:35 Test Mode: No I 15:11:35 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 15:11:36 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 15:11:37 Writing LeadIn... W 15:12:22 Failed to Write Sectors 2240 - 2271 - Power Calibration Area Error W 15:12:22 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB W 15:12:22 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 15:12:22 Retry Failed - Invalid Field in CDB E 15:12:45 Failed to Write Sectors 2240 - 2271 - Power Calibration Area Error I 15:12:45 Synchronising Cache... And here we sit for well over an hour. Thanks, Jerol

Thank you kindly. Regards, Jerol

An actor client loaned me his "garage-shop created" demo reel dvd to add videos to his web site. He wants me to make a copy and return his. It plays about 15 min fading from one of his scenes into another for 10 short scenes from various films. It consists of 1 VIDEO_TS folder holding 7 vob, bup, and ifo files, of which the large vob is 667MB. On my Win XP-pro PC, can I just use Windows Explorer to copy the Video_TS folder and files to my hard drive, then use imgburn to burn them to a blank dvd? I don't want to convert, shrink, or codec anything - I just want to make an exact copy in the same format. (Later I"ll worry about conversion into Internet-friendly formats). Thanks.