[MusicBrrrnr]

I have burnt at least 150 music CD's using MDC in EMC 10. Off and on since I've had EMC 10, MDC would not allow me to burn due to lack of consistency in the content that appears when I click "Burn" after choosing the tracks that I want in the project. When it works, a pop up window appears that shows the destination drive, as well as the option to save the disc image file and burn options. Then I click on "OK" to begin the burn process. Now all I see in the pop up window is the option to save the disc image file and burn options. One thing I do note is that it says therte are no common burn speeds available, but it doesn't give me the option to modify the burn speed.

I've been able to reboot my PC and/or uninstall and reinstall the entire EMC 10 Suite to correct the problem in the past. This time, nothing I've tried has worked. I've double checked all drivers for my burner; I've uninstalled and reinstalled using the Roxio DVD, and I've rebooted several times.

I have an eMachines T2865 PC with XP Home. My PC came with an NEC DVDRW burner.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Howard

[gi7omy]

Drive write speed etc is actually set by the RW drive and nmot by the program.

It used to be that drive info was stored on a database, but noawadays it is dynamically reported by the drive itself

There are two possibilites here - either the drive itself is faulty (you can't assume it's fine by the fact that it reads as this uses a separate laser) or the media is faulty.

[Brendon]

Do you have more than one burner installed, or an emulated drive?

I usually only get that "no common burn speeds available" error when I have two burners ticked in the burn dialog and I have a burn speed set that one of them can't achieve.

[tbrewst]

You said in the Burn box all you see is Disc Image and Burn Options.No DVD drive?
If not try running this and see what happens.

[MusicBrrrnr]

Drive write speed etc is actually set by the RW drive and nmot by the program.

It used to be that drive info was stored on a database, but noawadays it is dynamically reported by the drive itself

There are two possibilites here - either the drive itself is faulty (you can't assume it's fine by the fact that it reads as this uses a separate laser) or the media is faulty.

Thank you for your response. I've considered that my burning might be nearing it's time since it was installed on the PC when I bought it 5 years ago. I think the media is OK since I've used the same discs (Sony CD-R Audio) for awhile now. I'll try another suggestion before changing media and another burner. Thanks again.

Howard

Do you have more than one burner installed, or an emulated drive?

I usually only get that "no common burn speeds available" error when I have two burners ticked in the burn dialog and I have a burn speed set that one of them can't achieve.

Thank you for your response. I have just one burner installed. However, it seems that there is an emulated Roxio drive, but I'm not sure if I somehow installed it or it happened otherwise. I am unsure of what you mean by "burners ticked in the burn dialog."

Howard

You said in the Burn box all you see is Disc Image and Burn Options.No DVD drive?
If not try running this and see what happens.

Thank you. I'll try that and see if it works. I'll respond again with the results.

Howard

[MusicBrrrnr]

You said in the Burn box all you see is Disc Image and Burn Options.No DVD drive?
If not try running this and see what happens.

I have installed the px engine you recommended. It seems to have caused another issue. I now see the checkbox for the drive, but the path is incorrect. My burner is my E driveve andMDC shows it on the C drive. Additionally, when the window opens after clicking burn, an error message pops up showing the path C: _NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A - 1.05 and states the device is reserved by another application. Any thoughts on this error?

Thanks,
Howard

[tbrewst]

Roxio doesn't assign drive letters,Windows does.Roxio only reports the drive letters that Windows gives the drives.

Try this:
Go to the Control Panel,Sytem and when the box pops up go to the Hardware tab and then Device Manager.
Go down to DVD/CD Drives and right click your drive.Hit uninstall and reboot your computer.
When Windows restarts it should find the drive again.
Now check Roxio and see what happens.

This post has been edited by tbrewst: 30 December 2008 - 07:22 AM

[MusicBrrrnr]

Roxio doesn't assign drive letters,Windows does.Roxio only reports the drive letters that Windows gives the drives.

Try this:
Go to the Control Panel,Sytem and when the box pops up go to the Hardware tab and then Device Manager.
Go down to DVD/CD Drives and right click your drive.Hit uninstall and reboot your computer.
When Windows restarts it should find the drive again.
Now check Roxio and see what happens.

I uninstalled the drive and then rebooted. I then opened MDC and set up a burn project. When I clicked burn it showed that the burner had been moved from E drive to J drive. I was able to burn 1 CD successfully. Immediately following the disc ejection I inserted another CD and attempted a second burn project. The result was the error message stating that the device is reserved by another application. I could probably uninstall the device again and reboot, though I would rather have another option other than uninstalling and reinstalling between every disc I attempt to burn. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Howard

[grandpabruce]

I uninstalled the drive and then rebooted. I then opened MDC and set up a burn project. When I clicked burn it showed that the burner had been moved from E drive to J drive. I was able to burn 1 CD successfully. Immediately following the disc ejection I inserted another CD and attempted a second burn project. The result was the error message stating that the device is reserved by another application. I could probably uninstall the device again and reboot, though I would rather have another option other than uninstalling and reinstalling between every disc I attempt to burn. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Howard

Just reboot your computer, and see if it works.

[tbrewst]

Try this:

Go to Start,My Computer.Right click on your drive.Go to properties.Go to the Recording tab.
Is the box that says "Enable cd recording on this drive" checked?If so uncheck it and reboot and try again.

[MusicBrrrnr]

Just reboot your computer, and see if it works.

I've rebooted several times. Each time I can get 1 successful burn, The second attempt errors. Could I have registry errors that may require a complete system restore?

Howard

Try this:

Go to Start,My Computer.Right click on your drive.Go to properties.Go to the Recording tab.
Is the box that says "Enable cd recording on this drive" checked?If so uncheck it and reboot and try again.

I've unchecked the box and rebooted 3 different times. I keep getting 1 successful burn in between errors. Do you have other thoughts? Could I need a firmware update for my burner? I did notice a couple updates on the Roxi website. Could that be the issue?

Your help is much appreciated.

Howard

[gi7omy]

Firmware updates come from the driva manufacturer and Roxio doesn't make drives

Where did you see the firmware updates on the Roxio site???

[MusicBrrrnr]

Firmware updates come from the driva manufacturer and Roxio doesn't make drives

Where did you see the firmware updates on the Roxio site???

I'm not sure what lead me to a possible firmware update. It may have been that I was reading another post somewhere and thought that a firmware update may be helpful if the problem is actually my player or compatibility of my player with programs.

[MusicBrrrnr]

Drive write speed etc is actually set by the RW drive and nmot by the program.

It used to be that drive info was stored on a database, but noawadays it is dynamically reported by the drive itself

There are two possibilites here - either the drive itself is faulty (you can't assume it's fine by the fact that it reads as this uses a separate laser) or the media is faulty.

I am not sure if this is just coincidence, but this problem began immediately following burning a CD using iTunes. Have you heard of any cases similar to this?

Thanks,
Howard

Do you have more than one burner installed, or an emulated drive?

I usually only get that "no common burn speeds available" error when I have two burners ticked in the burn dialog and I have a burn speed set that one of them can't achieve.

This may be just coincidence, but this problem started occurring immediately after using iTunes to burn a CD since I could not use Roxio for that burn due to proprietary issues. Have you heard of any conflicts with iTunes?

Thanks,
Howard

You said in the Burn box all you see is Disc Image and Burn Options.No DVD drive?
If not try running this and see what happens.

Hi Terry,

This may be just coincidence, but this problem started occurring immediately after using iTunes to burn a CD. Are you awarte of any issues between iTunes and EMC?

Thanks,
Howard

[gi7omy]

By any chance do you work in the Civil Service and give answers automatically in triplicate?

If it started after installing another app - check that app for the problem

[tbrewst]

I've never had a problem having iTunes and EMC on the same machine.
Then again I don't burn discs using iTunes.

I'm not at my machine with iTunes on it right now but if it starts with Windows bootup you might try stopping it,rebooting and then try your burn(s).