DVD+R DL Problems

ImNotMikeyB · April 5, 2007

Hey all,

My name is Mike, and I want to start off by saying thank you for all the help this forum has provided to me. I have decided to join the post and share my experience, and help others improve theirs. I would also like to thank you for time you may invest in simply reading this post. And with much gratitude I thank all the replies and help I may get. So here it goes:

For over a year a never had a problem burning DVD+R DL's. All of a sudden, back in February I began getting problems.

What I mean by Problems: The DVD+R DL would burn what may seem flawlessly, but then, once finished the DVD would not be able to read by any burner.

I cant get to some of my originals, so I have the Video and Audio Files saved with DVD Shrink on my HDD. Hoping I would be able to keep a copy at both locations.

I have found ImgBurn to be a very powerful and effective tool at completing my task. I have thoroughly reviewed many resources to no avail. I find some people describe a similar problem in various software.

And I have found no one solution to my errors. This maybe a collaboration of errors, however I intend to ultimately discover the root to my problems.

With the assistance of this software, and this forum, by posting the entire history of my issue, and the most complete information I can provide, my hope, that it will unlock the mysteries of this plague of unplayable DVD9s that has been cast upon me and some others.

Since then I have downloaded numerous programs, (all programs listed below), to try to solve my problem.

Programs installed, chronologically (numbers correlate with software & error list):

1) DVD Shrink v3.2 (used it for about a year to rip DVDs with no problem, in corporation with the built in Sonic software on the Laptop to burn good DVD9s)

2) DVD Decrypter v3.5.4 (If DVD Shrink gave me an issue, I would resort to this, ...which is ...an older IMGburn? - worked great as well with sonic)

3) Nero 7.8.5 ( this is when I began to start ripping/burning images)

4) InterVideo DiskMaster2 (This didn't last long... I didn't like it, I suspect it is Packet-writing, to I uninstalled it, and then I resorted my system to prior this software.)

5) DVDFab Decryprer (was quite reliable)

6) DVDFab HD Decryprer ( trial software didn't get too far with it)

7) DVDFab Platinum (trial software, just sitting still)

8) ImgBurn 2.3.0.0 (I believe the ratio i was able to burn was like 3 good disks and 7 bad ones.... where am I going wrong?!)

File Preparation (numbers correlate with software & error list):

1) Prior to my issues, I used DVD shrink to rip, and sonic to burn.1 I didn't use ISO, i simply copied the Video and empty Audio files to an empty Data DVD9, and it would burn.

2) At times where DVD Shrink reported errors, I would use DVD Decrypter to rip the separate files and burn them

3) I would use Nero to first burn the separate files. I would use the NERO-ROM or express. I found many helpful tutorials and guides that I followed to a T.

8) I would take the separate files and build them as described in the tutorial in the tutorial site. Some would work, some would not

What I'm working with:

-HP ZD8000 3.4G P4 HT, 2gig RAM

-TSSTcorp TS-L532M burner

-Memorex DVD+R DL 8.5GB 2.4x DVD9s

Errors that may help solve this issue (numbers correlate with software & error list ):

1) DVD shrink would report "DVD cyclic redundancy check" error, This is then I used DVD Decrypter v3.5.4

2) DVD Decrypter v3.5.4 would report TOC error on a finished non working DVD9.

3) Nero 7.8.5 - would eject a used disk, stating that it required a DVD9 media

8) ImgBurn 2.3.0.0 would report Medium not present on burned unplayable disk. Hence, I am unable to verify a write. Unfortunately, I have never verified a written DVD. I tried Both, using a ISO or MDS and cannot get a good DVD every time.

Other things:

-Windows reads the drive (under my computer) as either (the icon that is) DVD-RW drive (as if empty) or a occasionally it would display the icon, CD-Drive (and still be empty)

-XBOX360 reads finished disks as ?Unplayable disks

-There is no visible defects on the disks, prior or after writing.

-When an original would be placed in a DVD drive, Very rarely would the DVD drive being ?Thrashing? like a HDD in deficient RAM computer in pre-windows 95 days. (Now, its not the HDD drive that?s thrashing but the DVD drive.) This occurs either when playing the original DVD with any software or ripping the DVD with any software.

-I have found that restarting between building an Image and Burning it is sometimes more successful. Other times I complete the whole process without restarting the machine and rarely works too.

Possible Issue...

A- It's not the laptop, is it?