12 replies to this topic

[Pallidin]

I am really frustrated with EMC8  it seems there are as many bugs in it as in earlier versions.

I have a DELl Inspiron 8200 pentiurm 4, 2.oG Ultrasharp UXGA with a 64MB DDR 4x AGP nVIdia NV17.

EMC hangs my system when I try to use the COPY DVD from my internal CD-Drive to an external SONY DRX 820U (Brand New!) as a DVD Movie that I created and burned to a DVD.

I 9 times out of 10 get EMC hung and the task manager says that EMC is not responding.  After than nothing works.  I try to go to another program )MSCONFIG for example, and nothing happens.  Hourglass shows up and then nothing.  I never had this problem before installing EMC8.  The system will not even shut down even when i try to click on shut down.

What is happening and how do I correct the problem or should I throw EMC8 in the trash?

[gaper1]

how much system memory do you have? Which part of EMc 8 did you use to COPY that DVD?

[Pallidin]

I have 1.5G of memory.  I used "COPY DVD MOVIES"  I have two cd drives and am trying to copy for F; (CD) to G; (Sony DVD).  It asks me to put a disk in drive G.  I put in a DVD-R, disk spins and then nothing happens.  Copy is greyed out.  System is hung and Crl-alt-del shows that Creator Suite 8 is "not responding".  If I "end task" that works but I cannot even reboot normally.  "Restart' does not work.   

[myguggi]

Pallidin, on Aug 30 2006, 04:31 PM, said:

I have 1.5G of memory. I used "COPY DVD MOVIES" I have two cd drives and am trying to copy for F; (CD) to G; (Sony DVD). It asks me to put a disk in drive G. I put in a DVD-R, disk spins and then nothing happens. Copy is greyed out. System is hung and Crl-alt-del shows that Creator Suite 8 is "not responding". If I "end task" that works but I cannot even reboot normally. "Restart' does not work.   

You cannot copy a DVD movie from a CD drive to a DVD burner, a CD drive cannot even read a DVD!

[Pallidin]

myguggi, on Aug 30 2006, 01:47 PM, said:

You cannot copy a DVD movie from a CD drive to a DVD burner, a CD drive cannot even read a DVD!

I did it so a CD drive must be able to read a DVD Disk!  But I did not do it in EMC8.  It is a very poor excuse for a program costing over $100!!.

[grandpabruce]

Pallidin, on Sep 2 2006, 11:30 AM, said:

I did it so a CD drive must be able to read a DVD Disk!  But I did not do it in EMC8.  It is a very poor excuse for a program costing over $100!!.

Wrong. You might think that that drive is a CD drive, but it at least has to be a CD burner/DVD ROM to read a DVD.  You might want to check the specs on it.

Edited by grandpabruce, 02 September 2006 - 09:22 AM.

[tbrewst]

Pallidin,what you might do is take a look at this:
http://sony.storages...gb_na060227.htm
The most important thing being to get the latest version of the firmware.V8 is very firmware dependant.

Edited by tbrewst, 02 September 2006 - 09:35 AM.

[grandpabruce]

tbrewst, on Sep 2 2006, 12:26 PM, said:

Sorry Bruce,I have to side with the poster this time.It is a DVD writer.

Pallidin,what you might do is take a look at this:
http://sony.storages...gb_na060227.htm
The most important thing being to get the latest version of the firmware.V8 is very firmware dependant.

Look at his posts.  He is saying that a CD burner will read a DVD.  It will not.  A combination CD/DVD ROM, will, and that is what I was talking about in my post.

[tbrewst]

Yeah,I see that now.I edited my post.My apologies

[Pallidin]

tbrewst, on Sep 2 2006, 09:33 AM, said:

Yeah,I see that now.I edited my post.My apologies

Sorry, I was not clear either.  My drive, from which I was copying a movie was a CD/DVD-ROM.

I still stand by my opinion of EMC8.

[myguggi]

Pallidin, on Sep 2 2006, 02:28 PM, said:

Sorry, I was not clear either. My drive, from which I was copying a movie was a CD/DVD-ROM.

I still stand by my opinion of EMC8.

Have you tried to copy the DVD first to an iso file and then use DiscCopier to burn the iso file to DVD?

[grandpabruce]

tbrewst, on Sep 2 2006, 12:33 PM, said:

Yeah,I see that now.I edited my post.My apologies

No need to apologize, Terry.  I have misread many many posts, myself.

[sknis]

myguggi, on Sep 2 2006, 01:33 PM, said:

Have you tried to copy the DVD first to an iso file and then use DiscCopier to burn the iso file to DVD?

Will that CD RW/DVD read other discs not in copy mode. Can your DVD burner read that disc? Sometimes a bit of dirt on a disc will cause problems.

What brand and model CD RW/DVD do you have?  There are ten different options for that laptop.  Which of the burners are internal and which one external?  You might consider updating the firmware for the CD RW/DVD drive.

Edited by sknis, 03 September 2006 - 05:31 AM.