[Dissonance]

I'm trying to burn a DVD project with MyDVD 9. Even though I have a DVD-R in the drive, MyDVD says that the drive is empty.

Windows XP Pro
1 GB RAM
2 GHz dual processor
TSST CDRW/DVD TSL462D
Intel 945GM dual graphics

I couldn't find a bios update for my drive. I have the recent drivers from Dell.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Paul

[Beerman]

Dissonance, on Jan 19 2007, 05:52 PM, said:

I'm trying to burn a DVD project with MyDVD 9. Even though I have a DVD-R in the drive, MyDVD says that the drive is empty.

Windows XP Pro
1 GB RAM
2 GHz dual processor
TSST CDRW/DVD TSL462D
Intel 945GM dual graphics

I couldn't find a bios update for my drive. I have the recent drivers from Dell.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Paul

See if this KB article helps you out.

[Dissonance]

Thanks for the link. I tried 3 different brands of media. There are no firmware updates for this drive. I did install the updated PX engine.

Can anyone else offer any suggestion? Thanks.

[shantz24]

its stupid and you may have tried this but it worked for me when it wasnt picking up the blank dvd using EMC9 disc copy. I just cliked the dropdown menu under destination and chose different drive and then reselected my dvd burner is it would work. it rarely picks up the dvd if i put it in before launching roxio and its about 50/50 if it picks it up after it is open.

[Shannon Virginia]

I just purchased Roxio Create 9 also and am having the exact same problem. Even when I am able to get the program to recognize there is a DVD in the drive, when I record my video the only thing that is "readable" is the Menu. With "my computer" when I log onto the DVD it shows that the movie files are there, they simply won't load.

Sounds like a "fee" call to Roxio might be in order to eliminate the confusion as to what we should be doing.

Also, do you (or anyone else reading this) have any idea of the proper DVD to use when recording video??

DVD-R
DVD+R
DVD +RW

All seems very confusing ... I would like to create a DVD that not only works on a computer, but one that I can put in a DVD connected to a television.

I'm adding my questions to yours in the hopes that someone can help us both out.

Thanks !!

[gi7omy]

DVD-R or +R?

All I can suggest is try one first - see if that works in the set top player and if it doesn't like it, then try the other

Set top players can be very picky about the media and you may even have to change brands to get one that will work

[Dissonance]

DVD-R is for making video DVDs.
DVD+R is for data.
Rewritable DVDs are unreliable.

[gi7omy]

Dissonance, on Jan 22 2007, 06:20 PM, said:

DVD-R is for making video DVDs.
DVD+R is for data.
Rewritable DVDs are unreliable.

I might agree to a small extent on the last - but where did you get the idea that the first two are 'fact'? BOTH work fine for data or video

[Larry]

Dissonance, on Jan 22 2007, 12:20 PM, said:

DVD-R is for making video DVDs.
DVD+R is for data.
Rewritable DVDs are unreliable.

I'll have to disagree with that list also.

I almost exclusively use DVD+R for all my video burns, and have not had a player yet that couldn't play them. The few DVD-R I have used also have worked in all players I've thrown them at. So IMHO, both DVD - or + will work for video, as long as the player supports the disc type. BTW, I set my DVD+ ones so their booktype is set to DVD-ROM for compatibility.

Also both -/+R are also best for "data" when compared to -/+RW for long term storage.

As for DVD+RW (or even DVD-RW for that matter), they are fine for doing video work, especially for testing. They tend to be less compatible with many standalone players, but will play in the PC that burned them. My standalone player for example will play a "good" burn on a DVD+RW just fine.

Both DVD-/+RW are fine for data also, altho they should only be used as short term storage of data.