CAN'T BURN MINUS DVD'S

[stegzee]

i cannot burn minus dvd's but have no problem with plus dvd's or dual layer or cdr, i can read from minus dvd's but when i burn to a minus dvd it locks up at 2% everytime, i have tried all kinds of media which perfect on the same drives with xp, but not on my laptop with vista.

any ideas apart from the obvious and just use plus dvd's?

here is a log from imageburn. BTW i have also tried disc at once with exact same results.

 

I 20:27:30 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started!

I 20:27:30 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6000)

I 20:27:30 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,168 KB - Available: 1,248,556 KB

I 20:27:30 Initialising SPTI...

I 20:27:30 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 20:27:30 Found 3 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

W 20:27:57 Device Arrival Detected!

I 20:27:57 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 20:27:57 Found 3 DVD-ROMs, 1 DVD±RW and 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

I 20:30:51 Operation Started!

I 20:30:51 Source File: D:\downloads\DVD\SWEENY_TODD.ISO

I 20:30:51 Source File Sectors: 1,279,760 (MODE1/2048)

I 20:30:51 Source File Size: 2,620,948,480 bytes

I 20:30:51 Source File Volume Identifier: SWEENY_TODD

I 20:30:51 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING

I 20:30:51 Source File Implementation Identifier: mkisofs

I 20:30:51 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 20:30:51 Destination Device: [0:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-115D 1.06 (I:) (USB)

I 20:30:51 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 02RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x)

I 20:30:51 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888

I 20:30:51 Write Mode: DVD

I 20:30:51 Write Type: Incremental

I 20:30:51 Write Speed: MAX

I 20:30:51 Link Size: Auto

I 20:30:51 Test Mode: No

I 20:30:51 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 20:30:51 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 20:30:51 Writing LeadIn...

W 20:30:51 Failed to Write Sectors 768 - 799 - The semaphore timeout period has expired.

W 20:30:51 Retrying (1 of 20)...

I 20:32:51 Abort Request Acknowledged

[chewy]

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmedia...h+or+List+Media

 

which brand are they, some were not very good?

 

some may be fake?

 

where were they made?

 

I don't want a shave tho

[blutach]

Writing at "MAX" across a USB port is fraught with danger. Really, you should try to pop your burner on an internal IDE channel, or find some high quality media that burns at 1 or 2X max.

 

Regards

[stegzee]

Writing at "MAX" across a USB port is fraught with danger. Really, you should try to pop your burner on an internal IDE channel, or find some high quality media that burns at 1 or 2X max.

 

Regards

 

same if i use internal writer but still doesnt explain why i can burn dual layer and +dvd media at full 12x speed with ease.

its only dvd minus media even with verbs.

[chewy]

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2454

 

your firmware must not like the dvd dash r's, looks like they came out with a few newer ones, maybe they got it right since then?

 

just because you select a high speed does not mean that it burned anywhere near that speed, the logs show this

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Ah what joy, another USB drive with the famous 'The semaphore timeout period has expired' error.

 

You could Google that and find enough reading for the next 10 years.

[dontasciime]

Cannot say 100% but you might have better luck if you can find an enclosure that has the prolific PL-2507 (2506) chipset in it, Like the sumvision USB2 only enclosures as my Pioneers do not give that error using that chipset, however the PL-3507 which is usb2/1394 chip and which should be better hates all my pioneer drives.