Bob The Savage Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Hello! I have been copying DVD's for a while now, originally with Nero... and now, more happily with Img Burn combined with a ISO builder, and DVD shrink. In the past i have had no problems burning DVD's, however i recently bought a SONY DRU-830A (USB external) to speed up the process and now Most all of my Movies fail to burn. I am on my second Burner, 5th different USB port, using DVD-R's and am not sure where to turn next. When using Img Burn (or Nero), the Burner seemingly randomly works, and then doesn't, when it gets a few weeks old it rarely works. Is this just a crappy burner... (bloody expensive if it is...) or am i doing something totally wrong here. The error I get from Img Burn, returns the following log entry: I 17:22:45 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 17:22:45 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 17:22:45 Total Physical Memory: 1,572,332 KB - Available: 999,372 KB I 17:22:45 Initialising SPTI... I 17:22:45 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 17:22:45 Found 1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 17:22:45 Operation Started! I 17:22:45 Source File: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\MIDSUMMER.iso I 17:22:45 Source File Sectors: 1,871,385 (MODE1/2048) I 17:22:45 Source File Size: 3,832,596,480 bytes I 17:22:45 Source File Volume Identifier: MIDSUMMER I 17:22:45 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 17:22:45 Source File Implementation Identifier: mkisofs I 17:22:45 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 17:22:45 Destination Device: [0:0:0] SONY DVD RW DRU-830A SS25 (H:) (USB) I 17:22:45 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: RITEKF1) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x) I 17:22:45 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 17:22:45 Write Mode: DVD I 17:22:45 Write Type: DAO I 17:22:45 Write Speed: MAX I 17:22:45 Link Size: Auto I 17:22:45 Test Mode: No I 17:22:45 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 17:22:46 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 17:22:51 Writing LeadIn... W 17:23:15 Failed to Write Sectors 448 - 479 - The semaphore timeout period has expired. W 17:23:15 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Power On, Reset, or Bus Device Reset Occurred W 17:23:19 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 17:23:19 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:19 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready W 17:23:20 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 17:23:20 Retry Failed - Logical Unit is in process of becoming ready E 17:24:50 Failed to Write Sectors 448 - 479 - The semaphore timeout period has expired. I 17:24:50 Synchronising Cache... E 17:24:50 Failed to Write Image! E 17:24:50 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:04 I 17:24:50 Average Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x) I 17:24:51 Close Request Acknowledged I know i am slightly off topic, as this may not be a software issue at all... can some please help me out? Thanks Bob.
blutach Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Switch your media from RitekF1 to Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. Lower your write speed to 2x on USB 2.0 (1x for USB 1.1). Check for firmware update. Use build mode (see guides) - no need for ISO. Regards
Bob The Savage Posted October 3, 2007 Author Posted October 3, 2007 Ok, can you help me out in buying the correct disks...? And i still don;t understand why these disks randomly don;t work any more... I have 50 of em sitting in a stack with perfect quality movies on em. Checked firmware, Write speeds and tried building my image with Img burn itself, to no avail. thanks, Bob
blutach Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Well, that's the thing with iffy media. They are iffy. Sometimes they works, other time no. Cheap? Sure but if you throw away one out of 2, then maybe not so cheap. Plus they degrade faster. You may find really cheap media is gone in under a year. So, go to a reputable store (or online) and buy the suggested disks. If you wanna see the many tests we have done here, go to our Drives and Media section. Regards
chewy Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 well basically usb is a problematic interface, the cpu has to do almost all the work, and to top that off it's a shared resource reviews of that burner were good, they reported a firewire interface also, it's a better option if you have it than usb I have 50 of em sitting in a stack with perfect quality movies on em. whenever you get into quality scanning and data preservation for the long haul, you'll reevaluate that statement it might take a year or two, it did for me
Bob The Savage Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 Thanks guys, The disks are memorex, brand name, good quality, or so i thought I am in the process of upgrading my whole system.. and wil probably go to an internal burner. Thanks again
chewy Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 here's a pretty picture of one of my first memorex burns(culled the disk out about a 1 1/2 years ago) Is it live? Is it Memorex? no it's almost dead
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