abbyqueue Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I'm getting the same message. Trying to burn .tivo recordings to DVD-R. I hit Burn and tried all three options, but it immediately gives me the 8004520c error. I'm starting to regret spending $70 on this software... what gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jim_Hardin Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Post back with some details and we can probably help… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted February 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 What kinds of details are you looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grandpabruce Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 What kinds of details are you looking for? There are 30+ programs in the suite. You gave no information on what program you were using. Do you think folks are mind readers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I appreciate your sarcasm. I'm using Creator 2009, the myDVD program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Syrallas Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I appreciate your sarcasm. I'm using Creator 2009, the myDVD program. Have you read this thread by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Yes I have. My error wasn't "freezing" or anything. It wasn't stuck at 0%. It simply attempted to burn and almost immediately gave me the error. My video card is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grandpabruce Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Yes I have. My error wasn't "freezing" or anything. It wasn't stuck at 0%. It simply attempted to burn and almost immediately gave me the error. My video card is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. That's a pretty old card by today's standards. Have you updated the drivers for it, and have you tried software render and burning to an image (.iso) file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Syrallas Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 (edited) Yes I have. My error wasn't "freezing" or anything. It wasn't stuck at 0%. It simply attempted to burn and almost immediately gave me the error. My video card is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. What are the three options you tried discussed in your 1st post? burn to disc, save image file and create folder set? As gpb suggests, creating the .iso (2d option above) is where you should start first. Also, as was indicated in the post I referred you to and as is noted above, did you try software rendering? Do you know how to choose that option (many don't at first)? Details are helpful, its always better to post too much info. rather than too little. So, you may want to do a quick walk-though of what you did from start to finish in trying to get your project to work, it may help us users trouble shoot and find something that might work for you. Edited February 28, 2009 by Syrallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Yes, those are the three options I tried last night. OK, I went to my video card's website and updated the drivers. I was able to burn to an .iso file. Then I right-clicked the .iso file and chose Burn Using Creator. Everything seemed to be going smoothly except when the program reaches 69% burned -- then it freezes. In Task Manager it's listed as Not Responding. It's done this twice now. No, I don't know what software rendering is. So now the .iso isn't a problem but the actual burning is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sknis Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Yes, those are the three options I tried last night. OK, I went to my video card's website and updated the drivers. I was able to burn to an .iso file. Then I right-clicked the .iso file and chose Burn Using Creator. Everything seemed to be going smoothly except when the program reaches 69% burned -- then it freezes. In Task Manager it's listed as Not Responding. It's done this twice now. No, I don't know what software rendering is. So now the .iso isn't a problem but the actual burning is. Well , we are not sure that the ISO file still isn't an issue. Download and run VLC (free player) on the ISO file. Does it play OK? If you prefer to do it another way, you can mount that ISO file as a virtual drive and use CinePlayer or VLC to play it. Are you getting any error messages? What else do you have running when you are doing the burn? What brand of disc are you using? Many people have issues with Memorex and/or store brands. Verbatim are good; the best is Taiyo Yuden (order those on line.) What are your other computer specs? Operating system, CPU speed, Amount of memory etc. What have you chosen for burn speed? Try burning at a slower rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grandpabruce Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 [snip] OK, I went to my video card's website and updated the drivers. I was able to burn to an .iso file. Then I right-clicked the .iso file and chose Burn Using Creator. Everything seemed to be going smoothly except when the program reaches 69% burned -- then it freezes. In Task Manager it's listed as Not Responding. It's done this twice now. No, I don't know what software rendering is. When you are in MyDVD (Create DVDs-Advance), click on Tools/Options, and click in the circle to the left of Software. Your video card may have already defaulted to this setting, but if not, set it to software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 OK, I downloaded VLC and used it to play the .iso file that I burned. It played, and I could click on the menus and all that, but when it played the episodes, it only played the first 20 seconds that were recorded, and then looped it continuously. Don't know what that means, but there it is. No error messages, just hanging. I'm running nothing else but Firefox. I was watching CPU usage and it didn't seem to jump or anything before it hung. I'm using Maxell discs. It seems silly to have to buy discs online in order to successfully burn with this program; don't know if it's worth all that. WinXP Pro, 2GHz processor, 2GB RAM. I think it's choosing 12x for a burn speed -- it doesn't give me an option. When I right-click the .iso file and click Burn with Creator, it opens Creator and I can click Burn -- then it starts. When I went to choose "Software," yes, something had already defaulted to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Did I lose everyone here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bimicher Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 OK, I downloaded VLC and used it to play the .iso file that I burned. It played, and I could click on the menus and all that, but when it played the episodes, it only played the first 20 seconds that were recorded, and then looped it continuously. Don't know what that means, but there it is. No error messages, just hanging. I'm running nothing else but Firefox. I was watching CPU usage and it didn't seem to jump or anything before it hung. I'm using Maxell discs. It seems silly to have to buy discs online in order to successfully burn with this program; don't know if it's worth all that. WinXP Pro, 2GHz processor, 2GB RAM. I think it's choosing 12x for a burn speed -- it doesn't give me an option. When I right-click the .iso file and click Burn with Creator, it opens Creator and I can click Burn -- then it starts. When I went to choose "Software," yes, something had already defaulted to that. Although the Maxell DVDs are bottom of the barrel quality, get some Verbatims. The program does not care what DVD make you use, its your burner that will have problems with certain makes as well as your DVD player. Your problem is still in creating the iso file. Do you mean that when you select a video from the menu, the clip plays only for 20 seconds? If yes then there is something wrong with your project or the actual video clips you are using. Are you also running the latest version of DirectX 9c? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sknis Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 You don't suppose that this is another person that is watching the short video clip as part of the emenu --do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bimicher Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 You don't suppose that this is another person that is watching the short video clip as part of the emenu --do you? That's what I was thinking when I posted my questions. Maybe the OP will come back with a bit more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Yeah, I think I was watching the clip. I clicked on it, and it played 20 seconds... I didn't realize you had to click again. The .iso file plays the entire show, so we're good there. Where would I find my version of DirectX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gi7omy Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Type dxdiag in start/run All versions are DX 9.0c (just trawl through the list and look for dates of November 2008 (last update) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Where exactly in dxdiag am I supposed to look for November 2008? There are several tabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gi7omy Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 In the DX Files tab - sort by date descending and you will see the last creation dates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grandpabruce Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 In addition to what Daithi said, after you click on the DirectX tab, click on the Date tab. The newest updates will be shown at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 It looks like my last update was from 10/3/08. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cdanteek Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 DirectX End-User Runtimes (November 2008) File Name: directx_nov2008_redist.exe Version: 9.25.1476 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...b8-9f20f1244a8e cd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 I went to the site, downloaded the file, installed it, restarted (even though it didn't prompt me to), and it still has 10/3/08 as the most recent date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abbyqueue Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm getting the same message. Trying to burn .tivo recordings to DVD-R. I hit Burn and tried all three options, but it immediately gives me the 8004520c error.
I'm starting to regret spending $70 on this software... what gives?
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