[cdvdburn] Re: Failure to produce a disc I can read
- From: Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cdvdburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:06:46 +0200
In message <4d872f30ebjcgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Jim Lesurf <jcgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have just subscribed to the cdvdburn list, but as yet have had no emails
> from the list. Hence I do not know for certain the correct address. Hence I
> am guessing that the address this is directed to is correct.
>
It is correct. There is not much traffic in the group which might
indicate that most users are having no problems.
I had the same problems with subscribing as you had. It is a little
bit confusing. Inside the manuals tehre is no direct e-mail address.
> I have just bought a DVDrewriter and upograde from CDburn to CDVDBurn from
> Castle. The drive seems to read CDs OK. I think it is the model/make of
> drive which is recommended. I replaced my previous CDrewriter with the
> DVDrewriter.
>
> Yesterday I tried making a DVD+R.
>
> I created an isoimage (in fact a directory) and this seemed successful.
>
> I then used the write disc process, dragging and dropping this directory
> onto the write window.
>
> So far as I can tell, I followed much the same process as I have in the
> past for writing CDR's. But in this case I was trying to write about 3.5
> gigs onto a TDK DVD+R.
>
> The process of writing took about 25-30 mins and during this the hourglass
> percentage rose steadily, and the light on the front of the drive flashed
> on and off.
>
> At the end of this a "write successful" window appears, and I closed this
> is the usual way.
>
> However the light on the front of the disc drive continued to flash, and
> the disc was not ejected.
>
> I waited a while, then loaded CDROMFS and clicked on its iconbar icon. This
> immediately produced a window reporting that the drive was empty.
>
> I tried clicking on the standard iconbar icon for CDFS. This immediately
> brought up a report from CDFS filer that the CD was faulty.
>
> I ejected the disc, powered the machine down/up, and tried again with the
> same results.
>
> If I look at the disc the surface shows that most of the area has been
> written upon.
>
> Can someone explain what I have done wrong, and how to be able to read this
> disc, or be able to write DVD+R discs I can read?
>
I have a DVD-burner (LG GSA-4163) since two weeks. After one week testing I
gave it back to the dealer to patch the firmware. He did not mangage this.
I shall try tomorrow on our annual German GAG meeting.
I have not much expierence with DVDs but only problem until now.
Reading and burning CDs works really good with the drive.
I tried to burn a DVD-RW and a DVD+RW. Reading a track of an unprotected
Video DVD (from a TV magazine) worked. I was also able to brun this on the
DVD+RW. DVD-RW failed. However at writing an Isoimage of 11MB on the
DVD+RW this worked correctly but I wasn't able to read it back with CDFS.
CDVDBurn offered me the import of a 4GB track.
To your problem: AFAIR CDFS can handle only 2 GB disc (look into
CDVDBurns manual). If your burn is 3.7 GB it could be that you are getting
trouble. Try a smaller size e.g. 500MB or 1GB.
Regards
Thomas Milius
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