[rallycrawford]

An unrecoverable device error occurred. Error while  Encoding Movie 1
I am trying to burn an iso using my dvd9, to then burn it to a dl dvd. The movie is an avi that is 3 hours 55 mins long. The above is the error I am getting. I am using fit to disc.

Any advise, Dave

[gi7omy]

Almost 4 hours of video is absolutely massive - remember, a standard DVD can only hold one hour video at best quality. Trying to render one 4 times that siz\e is a surefire way to really snarl things up.

Also, if it is a commercial DVD that you're trying to use, the program will NOT handle that (don't blame Roxio - it's all down to CSS and DRM from the studio bosses)

[rallycrawford]

I thought that might be the problem, so I am trying to burn in 2 parts. Its not a commercial video, its a locally made rally video. If 2 parts dont work I'll try 3. Thanks for the reply.
As a thought if I'm using a dl dvd then its 2 hours at best quality and 4 hours is not that much.

How do I get my computer information as you have so that I can include it in my posts ?

[gi7omy]

DL discs can handle about 1 hour 50 at best quality - but as I said, it's still large (in general it takes me the duration of a movie file to render it to a .iso image)

The best way to deal with it will be to render to .iso first as you have been doing and then open that with Disc Copier - if it's oversize, then that will shrink to fit - if you're using DL, then don't forget to reset to the new size (and not the standard 4.3 GB). Normally I don't touch that setting for conversion (DL discs are a shade pricey yet and I don't know if my cheap and nasty DVD player (by A. Non of Taiwan) will hjandle them (it does handle just about every brand of SL discs I feed it - even RWs

As it will take a very long time, shut down all background programs and go out for a few beers, watch a movie or even leave it overnight. Also, defrag the disc before rendering and do a spyware sweep to make sure that everything is contiguous and there is nothing running that shouldn't be

Specs - I built this myself so that's how I know what's in it, but I think System Information in the start menu should give you a start

[rallycrawford]

I can turn this into something other than a dvd ? That will play on the tv for the guys to watch. The original file is a divx that is only 1.3 gb and plays well on the computer.

[james_hardin]

Not unless you have a DVD Player that can play DivX! Otherwise it would be like putting mp3 files on a CD then finding out only certain CD Players will recognize them!
Try what Daithi suggested, it should do the trick although I would not care to watch a movie that degraded…

[rallycrawford]

Sorry, I forgot to answer your last post. When I try to burn as an iso should I leave the size alone, do NOT fit to disk ? At the moment I do use fit to disk. and I get the error.
All background tasks are stopped, the drive defragged and spyware checked for, anti-virus off. I have 450gb of free space. It actually burns to iso faster than real time, it does not take the lenght of the video. Its approx done in 2 hours, then the error, but the video is near the end.

[gi7omy]

My normal method (and I'll probably have half a dozen people telling me it's wrong ) is not to fit it to disc but just to produce an iso file - then use disc copier to transfer that to the DVD

[rallycrawford]

I am trying to burn the iso full size, high quality but roxio will responds with The project size exceeds the media capacity.


Just finished burning part 1 to iso, 1 hour 51 mins, no errors

[gi7omy]

Looks like the split is the way to go - at least it's working for you