davexnet Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hello, I've a DVD player connected to my TV that can play divx/xvid (It's a Samsung HD841) I'm experiencing a problem where if I put some avi's on the disk (as data) using certain dvd+rw's (identified as mid Ritek 004 (048) ) the player can't see them at all. I can hear the unit seeking but it doesn't find anything and eventually gives up. However, if I write a proper DVD on the same disks, the Samsung player can read them and play just fine. I'm wondering if it is some kind of formatting problem. I can see in Imgburn that some time in the past these disks were booktyped to dvd-rom. (is there a way to change them back to dvd-rw?) The second thing I noticed is that if you put them into Nero cd/dvd speed the prog doesn't "see" the end of data, it runs all it's tests to the very end of the disk, even if I've only written 2 GB on them. (They may have been filled before, but erased). There's a lot of info and settings in Imgburn; I'm wondering if there is anything that may help me troubleshoot this issue. Thanks for any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 It seems that you Samsung player doesn't like the Ritek dye DVD+RWs you're using. Try with Verbatim DVD+RW discs and it should work fine As for the booktype, having it set to DVD-ROM increases compatibility with standalone players so it shouldn't be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davexnet Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 It seems that you Samsung player doesn't like the Ritek dye DVD+RWs you're using. Try with Verbatim DVD+RW discs and it should work fine As for the booktype, having it set to DVD-ROM increases compatibility with standalone players so it shouldn't be a problem. I think you're right, it is marginal, even on the properly formatted DVD (video_ts) I created. Sometimes the same disk will load, sometimes it wont. Why does Nero cd/dvd speed access the whole 4.3 GB, even if only 2GB is written? Something to do with DVD+RW ? It doesn't do it on DVD-R I've tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Because unlike with write once media, the 'track' on a DVD+RW disc is the entire size of the disc, not just the size of the data you've written to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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