Playing A Burned Disc On My Dvd Player

[Ken1]

I just purchased a copy of Roxio Creator and tried to burn a disc of some pictures I put together so I can play on my DVD connected to my TV. When I loaded the disc, it tried to load several times but then I get a message saying "no disc". My DVD player is a Arcam DV88 which is supposed to be a high end player. Also, when I burned by DVD disc, I first burned with "menu" and it would not even load on my Dell computer. I then tried "without menu" and it seemed to load on my computer but still did not load on my DVD player connected to my TV. What am I doing wrong?

[Syrallas]

I am using Memorex DVD+RW which I purchased from Dell Computer. Thanks for any help or advice you can offer. Ken

OK then, as Larry & Brendon suggest -- try a different brand, Verbatim is a good brand, and try a DVD+R, rather than RW. Note the burn speed as Brendon suggests. Also,keep in mind that RW is best used for temporary storage, like transferring data, rather than permanent archiving.

[Ken1]

Hi Ken,

 

Yes, I was quoting from the Arcam DV88plus manual. My concern there is that the only mention of DVD they have in their list of 'Disc Types Supported" is -DVD-video (single region, set at factory). That sounds like commercial pressed DVDs to me.

 

They do mention CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW, but they don't mention anything like that with respect to DVDs. I'm worried that your player might only recognize pressed silver commercial DVDs, and not burned ones.

 

This is probably a moot point until we get a disc burned with sufficient quality to be read in your computer's drive, so we had better concentrate on that. You seem to have a full-featured software version, so we shouldn't have to worry about software limitations.

 

I agree with Larry about the type of disc to try. Quality of the disc and speed of the burn start to be crucial here.

 

When you have a project ready to burn, look around for options. There should be somewhere in the burn dialog which allows you to set a burn speed. If you're using a RW disc, the maximum speed will probably be 4x, but you might try setting it to half speed if you can. Another trick is to "burn" the project to an image file on your hard drive rather than straight to disc, since this saves you having to make the project every time you try and burn a readable disc.

 

Regards,

Brendon

 

 

Hi Brendon,

 

I can run the disc in my computer so I assume the burn went OK on the disc. I am going to try and buy some Verbatim R disc today to see if that will work. But let me also say, I went to the Arcam web site last night and found an article saying "We have found in some instances that the older Arcam DV88 may not recognise and DVD recordable media or attempt to play it badly, this is mainly because recordable technology existed after the design of the DSL-710A DVD Transports, firmware version". Based on this, I am now starting to believe my DVD will not play and DVD disc that I burn and I will have to see about purchasing a new DVD.

 

Thanks for all the help though.

 

Ken

 

[joni730]

Just a simple question. When you burned the disc did you finalize the disc before trying to play it on your dvd player?

[grandpabruce]

Just a simple question. When you burned the disc did you finalize the disc before trying to play it on your dvd player?

 

Ken hasn't been back to the forums in awhile, but if you use MyDVD, or a combination of MyDVD and Video Copy And Convert, the disc is finalized automatically. There is no choice not to finalize it.

 

[Brendon]

I feared that might be the problem Thanks for the update, Ken.

 

If you're considering buying a new player, may I suggest that all other things being equal you go for a player which will handle AVI, MP3 and JPG files. Such players will handle burned CDs and DVDs, and will play most AVI and MPG video files without you having to convert them to DVD. They'll slideshow discs with JPGs just stored on them, and the newer ones are handling Windows Media files as well.

 

Not all new players will do this. Many will, but those which are 'DivX certified' are guaranteed to. Check it out here.

 

 

[Syrallas]

I just purchased a copy of Roxio Creator and tried to burn a disc of some pictures I put together so I can play on my DVD connected to my TV. When I loaded the disc, it tried to load several times but then I get a message saying "no disc". My DVD player is a Arcam DV88 which is supposed to be a high end player. Also, when I burned by DVD disc, I first burned with "menu" and it would not even load on my Dell computer. I then tried "without menu" and it seemed to load on my computer but still did not load on my DVD player connected to my TV. What am I doing wrong?

I'm wondering what brand disc you used (Verbatim, store-brand), what type disc (DVD+r, DVD+RW). Also, high end player tend to be fussier than cheap ones, for reasons not fully understood by me.

[Brendon]

Ken,

There are two main factors involved in trying to play a disc in your Arcam player. The first is is the disc one of the supported types mentioned on Page 3 of your manual ?

-DVD-video (single region, set at factory)

-CDDA (‘normal’ audio-CDs) including HDCD decoding, CD-R, and CD-RW

-Video CD, including variants such as CVCD, SVCD and DVCD

-MP3 audio files, when on a CD-ROM or CD-R/CD-RW (some restrictions apply)

 

The second is the quality of the burn on the disc. All burned discs have errors, but if it has too many errors then the player may refuse to recognize it. If your disc won't load and play on your computer, then it probably has too many errors, and your Arcam player won't look at it.

 

We need to go back to first principles here, to work out what's going wrong.

-what type of disc are you trying to make?

-what type of picture files are you using as source?

-what type of blank disc are you using?

-what type of computer and model number of burner are you using?

-do you have Creator 2009 full retail version, or one of the cheaper cut-down versions such as the Dell Edition?

-which part of the software suite are you using to do this?

-what speed are you trying to burn at?

-are you trying to do anything else with the computer at the same time as you're burning?

 

There will probably be more questions from me or someone else to get to the bottom of this, but if you could answer these please, we'll be well on the way.

 

Regards,

Brendon

 

 

[Ken1]

I'm wondering what brand disc you used (Verbatim, store-brand), what type disc (DVD+r, DVD+RW). Also, high end player tend to be fussier than cheap ones, for reasons not fully understood by me.

 

I am using Memorex DVD+RW which I purchased from Dell Computer. Thanks for any help or advice you can offer. Ken

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Ken1]

I am using Memorex DVD+RW which I purchased from Dell Computer. Thanks for any help or advice you can offer. Ken

 

Hi Brendon, let me see if I can answer some of the questions you asked but I'm not sure I understand all the questions much less have all the answers. First of all, I am using Memorex DVD+RW which I purchased recently from Dell Computer. I did not find any "supported types of of disc mentioned on Page 3 of my manual" but did see on page 227 of the manual tha the program does support DVD+RW disc. All I am trying to do is make a slide show of some family pictures I took with my digital camera and stored on my computer by burning them onto a RW DVD disc so I can watch them on my TV via my DVD device. The pictures are in a JPEG Image. I am using a Dell Dimension 9100 with a brand new DVD Digital Disc Drive which I bought this week from Dell. The copy of Roxo Creator 2009 was purched this week from Best Buy by my wife and I suspect she paid full retail price for it.

 

The part of the program that I was using was in the Photo section called "create slideshow". Once I made my slideshow, there was an option to burn a disc which I used. I don't know what speed it was trying to burn at since all I did was click the button to burn a disc. I was not trying to do anything else with the computer while I was doing this.

 

Again, any help or advice you can give me will sure be appreciated.

 

Ken

[Larry]

Hi Brendon, let me see if I can answer some of the questions you asked but I'm not sure I understand all the questions much less have all the answers. First of all, I am using Memorex DVD+RW which I purchased recently from Dell Computer. I did not find any "supported types of of disc mentioned on Page 3 of my manual" but did see on page 227 of the manual tha the program does support DVD+RW disc. All I am trying to do is make a slide show of some family pictures I took with my digital camera and stored on my computer by burning them onto a RW DVD disc so I can watch them on my TV via my DVD device. The pictures are in a JPEG Image. I am using a Dell Dimension 9100 with a brand new DVD Digital Disc Drive which I bought this week from Dell. The copy of Roxo Creator 2009 was purched this week from Best Buy by my wife and I suspect she paid full retail price for it.

 

The part of the program that I was using was in the Photo section called "create slideshow". Once I made my slideshow, there was an option to burn a disc which I used. I don't know what speed it was trying to burn at since all I did was click the button to burn a disc. I was not trying to do anything else with the computer while I was doing this.

 

Again, any help or advice you can give me will sure be appreciated.

 

Ken

I believe Brendon was referring to page 3 of your DVD player (Arcam DV88) manual, not the C2009 program manual.

 

You could try a better brand of disc, like Verbatim to see if that helps. Memorex are considered by most to be on of the poorest in quality. You might also try a DVD+R disc instead of a DVD+RW. A lot of players do not RW type discs.

[bimicher]

Hi Brendon, let me see if I can answer some of the questions you asked but I'm not sure I understand all the questions much less have all the answers. First of all, I am using Memorex DVD+RW which I purchased recently from Dell Computer. I did not find any "supported types of of disc mentioned on Page 3 of my manual" but did see on page 227 of the manual tha the program does support DVD+RW disc. All I am trying to do is make a slide show of some family pictures I took with my digital camera and stored on my computer by burning them onto a RW DVD disc so I can watch them on my TV via my DVD device. The pictures are in a JPEG Image. I am using a Dell Dimension 9100 with a brand new DVD Digital Disc Drive which I bought this week from Dell. The copy of Roxo Creator 2009 was purched this week from Best Buy by my wife and I suspect she paid full retail price for it.

 

The part of the program that I was using was in the Photo section called "create slideshow". Once I made my slideshow, there was an option to burn a disc which I used. I don't know what speed it was trying to burn at since all I did was click the button to burn a disc. I was not trying to do anything else with the computer while I was doing this.

 

Again, any help or advice you can give me will sure be appreciated.

 

Ken

 

Does the DVD you created play with your DVD burner in your system?

[Brendon]

Hi Ken,

 

Yes, I was quoting from the Arcam DV88plus manual. My concern there is that the only mention of DVD they have in their list of 'Disc Types Supported" is -DVD-video (single region, set at factory). That sounds like commercial pressed DVDs to me.

 

They do mention CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW, but they don't mention anything like that with respect to DVDs. I'm worried that your player might only recognize pressed silver commercial DVDs, and not burned ones.

 

This is probably a moot point until we get a disc burned with sufficient quality to be read in your computer's drive, so we had better concentrate on that. You seem to have a full-featured software version, so we shouldn't have to worry about software limitations.

 

I agree with Larry about the type of disc to try. Quality of the disc and speed of the burn start to be crucial here.

 

When you have a project ready to burn, look around for options. There should be somewhere in the burn dialog which allows you to set a burn speed. If you're using a RW disc, the maximum speed will probably be 4x, but you might try setting it to half speed if you can. Another trick is to "burn" the project to an image file on your hard drive rather than straight to disc, since this saves you having to make the project every time you try and burn a readable disc.

 

Regards,

Brendon