Cant Burn A Dvd For Some Reason

[Fender80]

Im using MyDvDExpress and when i burn the movie files (its 6 movie files only taking up 3.8 gigs out of the 4.7 and all are wmv in hopes that they will play in a dvd player)

 

i select DvD without menu and then click burn, i leave all the settings as default.

 

It encodes the entire project and then gives me this every time

 

 

in the end i end up with a shiney 1$ coaster, ive tried everything this is the 3rd time ive wasted a disc can somebody please enlighten me a little as to how and get it to work.

 

this was posted in the details box:

 

Failed to start the image writing operation Error while  Burning Image

80004003 Error while  Aborting

 

[Fender80]

i did try it... but i made coasters out of my DvDs cause im not understanding everything about it yet. The last idea that was Posted is the only one i havent tried and its only because i have no idea what he was talking about and cant figure it out.

 

Why assume i havent?.... aside from the fact that im not rich and im trying not to waste more DvD discs

 

as a side note trying what big dave suggested seemed like a good bunch of things to try out except for when i uninstalled my D Drive to try and update the drivers it cant find the drive anymore and now i cant communicate with my CD/DVD drive at all.

 

geez this could hardly get any worse i swear lol.

 

**update**

 

well i got my disc drive back up and working but im unable to update the firmware mainly because i cant figure out what the hell type of drive it is... i think its a samsung and the model is SH-S162A, i think i need to update it to the TS02 firmware but i cant find it anywhere.

[Big_Dave]

Try this location:

 

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/download...p;menu=download

 

The latest is TS03.

[Fender80]

Well i updated to TS03 and it just makes my overall progess freeze up at 97% now.... 2 more coasters awesome baaah lol

[Fender80]

still havent managed to get a working DvD yet.... im not wanting to try the last idea that was given to me till i know more about it to prevent more coasters....

[Big_Dave]

Did you update Directx? Did you update your video driver?

 

Do you have another program on your system that will sucessfully burn a DVD?

 

Try a smaller amount of data to burn and use a DVD R/W disk for a practice run. It will save you coasters.

[Fender80]

im fairly sure i have the latest version of DirectX isnt it at 9.0c for windows XP or something? i forget where to check its version and where to update it tho. And no i have no other burning software at all.

 

As for RW disks next time im able to make the drive downtown i plan to get some XD

[cdanteek]

Fender80,

 

What is the name and version # of your software? Is it a bought retail version or a free came with the pc version.

 

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[Fender80]

its Roxio Easy CD and DVD and i bought it from best buy a couple of weeks ago for like 30 bucks. in retrospect shoulda bought the full version tho the cut down menu options on this kinda suck.

[Fender80]

well last night before i went to bed i set it up to try and make just an image and it just stopped at 97%. Its done this on my last 4 attempts i don't understand why. I cut it down from 6 episodes to 4. I might just try burning these as data disks per your suggestion just to see if it works.

 

it started right after i updated my firmware to the TS03 version for my burner.

[Big_Dave]

Try reading this article and see where that leads you:

 

http://kb.roxio.com/search.aspx?URL=/conte...S=set-locale=en

[cdanteek]

its Roxio Easy CD and DVD and i bought it from best buy a couple of weeks ago for like 30 bucks. in retrospect shoulda bought the full version tho the cut down menu options on this kinda suck.

 

This one?

 

Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning - Windows

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1099395889401

 

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[Syrallas]

Im using MyDvDExpress and when i burn the movie files (its 6 movie files only taking up 3.8 gigs out of the 4.7 and all are wmv in hopes that they will play in a dvd player)

 

i select DvD without menu and then click burn, i leave all the settings as default.

 

It encodes the entire project and then gives me this every time

 

 

in the end i end up with a shiney 1$ coaster, ive tried everything this is the 3rd time ive wasted a disc can somebody please enlighten me a little as to how and get it to work.

 

this was posted in the details box:

 

Failed to start the image writing operation Error while  Burning Image

80004003 Error while  Aborting

 

Please read this, which also discusses why size of your video files is not relevant, but rather total time of those videos. Also, check out this thread.

 

Also, consider buying some dvd-rws to prevent coasters.

[Fender80]

Each video is only 23 mins long so its like 2 hours in total.. and im using fit to disc so it should be ok right?

[Fender80]

so as it would seem my computer is now not even able to burn a data disc, it just locks up at this point.

 

 

sigh..... so much trouble to make a lousy dvd lol

[bimicher]

Each video is only 23 mins long so its like 2 hours in total.. and im using fit to disc so it should be ok right?

 

Since a standard 4.7GB DVD will only old 60 minutes of video at best quality, you are pushing it trying to squeeze twice the amount on the DVD. Fit-to-disc does a terrible job of "fitting" with very poor quality.

You should be using myDVD, and burn to an iso image file and then use Video Copy and Convert to transcode the iso file to a DVD.

Personally I would spkit the 6 videos over 2 DVDs

[Syrallas]

Each video is only 23 mins long so its like 2 hours in total.. and im using fit to disc so it should be ok right?

Follow Walt's advice, post 4, and try using an rw disc -- testing it what they are good for.

[ogdens]

Each video is only 23 mins long so its like 2 hours in total.. and im using fit to disc so it should be ok right?

 

Re-read post #2 and follow the links that are provided.

 

 

 

[Big_Dave]

If you should decide to buy new media, try Verbatim. And, get some R/W media so that you can practice your project burnings. What brand of media are you using?

[Fender80]

I did look over them but im not really savvy in the burning area.... so im not really able to make much sense out of the stuff that is there since its pretty techy.

 

as far as splitting 6 vids over 2 DvDs isnt really the best option cause this is just 6 out of 51 episodes of this particular show that i want to burn.

 

as far as using myDVD, to burn to an iso image file and then use Video Copy and Convert to transcode the iso file to a DVD could you break that down a little bit for me so i can try this? And is it even possible using MyDvDExpress? stupid cheap version i wish i had the full one could do so much more with the menu options.

 

i would buy some RW's but im actually on a pretty fixed budget right now, and the closest place to even buy discs is like 30~40 mins away.... so im trying to do what i can with what i have.

 

tho in the future i will do it that way for sure.

[Brendon]

still havent managed to get a working DvD yet.... im not wanting to try the last idea that was given to me till i know more about it to prevent more coasters....

 

May I suggest that if you don't try some of the suggestions made by those who know more that you . . .

[1] you're never going to get to know more about it

[2] you wasted your time coming here

[3] you wasted the time of the volunteers who are trying to help you.

[Fender80]

I am using Verbatim DvD+R's

 

and im well aware of the need for DvD RW but i dont have the time or money to go spend on another stack of disks just yet.

[Big_Dave]

Media is the physical disk such as DVDs and CDs.

 

 

[Fender80]

yeah i realized that right after i posted it and edited that post scroll up XD sorry lol.

[Fender80]

yep thats the one!

[cdanteek]

yep thats the one!

 

Ok thanks, there are only a couple gurus with experience using the Red Box software.

 

One is in another time zone and he's crashed now, so give it some time for a reply.

 

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