Hello. I recently got a new computer, and took my DVD-RW drive from the old case, and put it in this new one.

Now, in the old case, it worked fine.

In the new one, not so much. It's there, the computer acknowledges that it's there, it will read discs just fine, but I just found out that it won't write to them. I thought maybe it was specific to the new copy of Nero I just bought, but for fun I tried to burn with Roxio, and got an "incompatible media" message.

I'm using fujifilm blank DVD-Rs, just like I used before. I'm staring, right now, at a disc I burned a while back (in the old computer), that is also a Fujifilm DVD-R, so I don't understand how they could be incompatible. I just bought some new discs, and the only difference is that these new discs say "up to 8x write speed". Could that make any difference? I didn't see any other fujifilm DVD-Rs when I was shopping, and figure they'd all burn at the same speed, no? The disc that I burned successfully was done a few months ago, so maybe the discs just have different print on them now? I don't know. Anyway. . .help! Thanks.

Oh yeah. . .new computer is a Dell, P4 2.8 Ghz, 1 gig ram. Burner is, according to my device manager, an "NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A". Someone on the forum recommended it, and it's worked fine until now.

fujifilm dvd-r's have been manufactured by at least a couple of different companies in the past, but that shouldn't be an issue.

how about the dvd-r/w that came with the drive? have you tried to write to that disc... did you set the master/slave correctly on the drive when you installed it? the best way to do it is to put the drive on it's own ide channel, as the master.

just for drill, update your nero by downloading the latest version via their website.

If you can read discs, the jumpers should OK. It is possible to cause some speed problems if you don't turn on DMA mode or you get the drive cable in backwards (assuming it is a PATA drive). I can't check my WinXP machine right now ('guessing that's your OS), but you should find an UltraDMA option under your IDE controller in Device Manager (bonus tip: it should probably be enabled for your hard drive(s) as well).

Your problem may be disc media. My 4x Sony burner can be picky about my 8x DVD-R Taiyo Yuden discs, and occasionally fails the power calibration stage when I try to burn a disc. It seems that powering down or burning at 1x solves it. 4x TY discs work flawlessly, and I have burned many of each.

It's possible that Fuji changed to a new supplier who's disc chemistry isn't agreeing with your burner anymore (I see that yours should be good up to 16x, so it's not a speed incompatibility like mine). Any chance you've got an old Fuji disc still lying around that you can try? Do CDRs still burn OK? What about a different brand of DVD-R's? What speed are you trying to burn at?

Thanks.

I'll mess with the device manager options.

I haven't tried a CD yet; that idea just occurred to me.

I don't think there are any old discs lying around. . .I'll look, but I went out and bought new ones 'cause I couldn't find any.

I'm sorry. . .I couldn't find an option for ultra dma enable under the IDE controllers/DVD controllers in the device manager. Where be it?

Also. . .I tried to burn on a memorex CD-R. . .and it worked! I got a wonderful, crappy looking VCD (as expected), that played in a regular DVD player.

In WinXP and Win2KPro Device Manager look under "Primary IDE Channel" or "Secondary IDE Channel," depending on which cable your burner is plugged into. There should be a "Transfer Mode" option listed in the "Advanced Settings" tab for both the master and slave devices, which should say "DMA if available." If it says "PIO Only," try changing it and rebooting. Most drives that don't support DMA mode won't be found in today's Pentium 4 machines.

On the other hand, if the burner is a SATA drive it may not have this setting, or it may be called something different. I haven't worked with those drives yet.

'Glad to hear that the CDR burn worked -- what speed did you use? As a side note, I've had reliability problems with Memorex discs. If your mileage is better, great, but that's my experience. That's why I use Taiyo Yuden for all of my media (it's a manufacturer's brand, not a relabeled brand that can change suppliers like your Fuji discs appear to have).

his nec has the typical ide interface, it's definitely not a sata.

there could be an issue with the norton type of virus scanner/firewall garbage software that is interfering and stealing bandwidth... turn all that stuff off when burning, use the task manager to see what background processes you have running.

Oh, baby, you're right! I do have norton on. I'll mess with it. Thanks. I don't know what speed I burned at, whatever Nero defaults to.

Ok, so. . .here's the new deal. In Roxio, I can burn fine, apparently to either these memorex discs I just got, or the Fujifilm DVD-Rs, but Nero still doesn't like either one. I disabled Norton and zonealarm, but no help. I wanted to paste the error log into this post, but it's too long.

Roxio works and Nero doesn't? Weird. I just remembered that I had trouble with another Dell machine recently (stock Samsung CD-RW burner), but in that case Nero worked and Roxio didn't. It was a combination of DMA being set up wrong, using Roxio 7.5 instead of 7.0, and needing to update the firmware in the burner. Finally just bought Nero instead and it's been working ever since. I don't remember what version offhand -- I can check on Monday. OS was Win2KPro.

Maybe Nero needs to be reinstalled now that Roxio is working? What did you have to do to make Roxio work (your original post says neither worked)?

Dan, good call on the Norton tip -- I'd forgotten how much it can mess with things (I use AVG).

Uh. . .I don't think I did anything. I just tried a different DVD-R disc than the one I'd been using.

I guess even though nero wasn't burning, it was doing something to the discs I put in that rendered them useless thereafter, and I tried a useless one the first time I tried Roxio.

The DMAs are all enabled, by the way.

It generally is not a good idea to have both, Roxio and Nero on the same machine. Maybe there is a conflict and Nero does not have exclusive access to the DVD burner?

getting rid of roxio does sound like a good idea... same thing with norton, uninstall that turkey... you'll never be able to get rid of it totally, just do the best job you can, lol.

i use bitdefender, it's free... set it up to ask you when it wants to install the automatic update, so that it won't interfere with a dvd burn, or make sure you aren't burning when it's scheduled to update.

take a close look at the bad discs... they should have a small area burned around the hub, which would indicate that the burning process was started... they can't be used after that.

NEC is a good brand in my book. I would try re-installing the burner, and make sure you have all of the newest drivers and patches. Try NEC's site, and see if they have a forum there, it may be a simple solution.

Thanks, gents.

Before I go deleting and uninstalling things. . .here's the error log from Nero. Can anyone tell me what went wrong?

[16:36:54] NeroVision Log created (Date: 07/08/2005)
[16:36:54] NeroVision Processors: 1 (Intel)
[16:36:54] NeroVision OS: Windows Windows XP
[16:36:55] GCCore Detected DirectX Version: 9.0c
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: ACPI Fixed Feature Button
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel Processor
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Programmable interrupt controller
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: System timer
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: High Precision Event Timer
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Direct memory access controller
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: ECP Printer Port
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Communications Port
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: System speaker
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: PCI bus
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: System CMOS/real time clock
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: System board
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: System board
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Motherboard resources
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Numeric data processor
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: ACPI Power Button
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Dell P780
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Dell P780
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Disk drive
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: ISAPNP Read Data Port
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Printer Port Logical Interface
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 915G/P/GV Processor to I/O Controller - 2580
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port - 2581
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB LPC Interface Controller - 2640
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2651
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM PCI Express Root Port - 2660
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM SMBus Controller - 266A
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Primary IDE Channel
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Primary IDE Channel
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: ACPI Multiprocessor PC
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Volume Manager
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: AFD
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: 1394 ARP Client Protocol
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Beep
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: dmboot
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: dmload
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: dvd_2K
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Fips
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Generic Packet Classifier
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: HTTP
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: i2omgmt
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: IntelIde
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: IP Network Address Translator
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: IPSEC driver
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: mnmdd
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: NDProxy
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: NetBios over Tcpip
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Null
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: PartMgr
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: ParVdm
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: RDPCDD
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: SAVRT
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: SYMDNS
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: SYMFW
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: VolSnap
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: vsdatant
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Remote Access IP ARP Driver
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[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: USB Printing Support
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: HP Deskjet 3740 Series
[16:36:56] GCHW Node added: 1394 Net Adapter
[16:36:58] ExpressUI Running NeroVision Express 3 Version: 3.1.0.0
[16:37:00] MMTools adding c:\Documents and Settings\Josh Bass\My Documents\DV Projects\DVDs\movie MPEG2s\Peter and I MPEG-2 default DVD NTSC template.mpg video/0
[16:37:03] MMTools --- used source filters ---
[16:37:03] MMTools {E436EBB5-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770} - File Source (Async.)
[16:37:03] MMTools {A336CD3B-599C-4F70-A34D-E88EDE4B64C3} - Nero Splitter
[16:37:03] MMTools {C0BA9CF8-96E0-4C34-B5DE-E92C3FC05ED6} - Nero Video Decoder
[16:37:03] MMTools file type MPEG2 - video
[16:37:03] MMTools --------------------
[16:37:05] DVDEngine Running DVDEngine version: 3.0.1.96
[16:37:05] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateDVDVideoSession
[16:37:05] DVDEngine END: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateDVDVideoSession
[16:37:05] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - ~IDVDVideoSessionImpl
[16:37:05] DVDEngine END: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - ~IDVDVideoSessionImpl
[16:37:24] GCCore The following operation did not finish in the past 15 seconds: Grab still image (AVStillSource)
[16:37:39] GCCore The following operation did not finish in the past 15 seconds: Grab still image (AVStillSource)
[16:37:53] MMTools adding cached c:\Documents and Settings\Josh Bass\My Documents\DV Projects\DVDs\movie MPEG2s\Peter and I MPEG-2 default DVD NTSC template.mpg video/0
[16:37:54] GCCore The following operation did not finish in the past 15 seconds: Grab still image (AVStillSource)
[16:37:54] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateDVDVideoSession
[16:37:54] DVDEngine END: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateDVDVideoSession

[16:37:54] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - ~IDVDVideoSessionImpl
[16:37:54] DVDEngine END: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - ~IDVDVideoSessionImpl
[16:38:09] GCCore The following operation did not finish in the past 15 seconds: Grab still image (AVStillSource)
[16:38:34] GCCore The following operation did not finish in the past 15 seconds: Grab still image (AVStillSource)
[16:38:49] GCCore The following operation did not finish in the past 15 seconds: Grab still image (AVStillSource)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Burn process started by user.
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Destination: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Directory for temporary files: C:\DOCUME~1\JOSHBA~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
[16:38:53] ExpressUI ------<NeroVision Project Information>--------
[16:38:53] ExpressUI --- Project type: DVD-Video
[16:38:53] ExpressUI --- Project video options ---
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Video mode: NTSC
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Aspect ratio: 4:3
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Quality: High quality (9716 kbps)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Resolution: 720 x 480 (CCIR-601 D1)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Sample format: Interlaced (bottom field first)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI File type: MPEG-2
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Audio format: Automatic
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Encoding mode: High Quality (2-Pass VBR)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI --- Project space information ---
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Used disc space: 0.15 GB
[16:38:53] ExpressUI --- Project contents ---
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Sample format: Interlaced (bottom field first)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Audio format: Automatic
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Encoding mode: High Quality (2-Pass VBR)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Number of titles: 1
[16:38:53] ExpressUI 1. Peter and I MPEG-2 default DVD NTSC template (Video Title, 0h 03m 42s)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Video mode: NTSC
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Aspect ratio: 4:3
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Quality: High quality (9716 kbps)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Resolution: 720 x 480 (CCIR-601 D1)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Audio SmartEncoding ratio: 0.0 %
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Video SmartEncoding ratio: 98.0 %
[16:38:53] ExpressUI Number of menus: 1
[16:38:53] ExpressUI - Main menu (1 page)
[16:38:53] ExpressUI --------<End of Project Information>----------
[16:38:53] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateDVDVideoSession
[16:38:53] DVDEngine END: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateDVDVideoSession
[16:38:53] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - RegisterCallback
[16:38:53] DVDEngine ..Session callback registered...
[16:38:53] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - RegisterCallback
[16:38:53] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - RegisterApplicationService
[16:38:53] DVDEngine ..Application service registered...
[16:38:53] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - RegisterApplicationService
[16:38:53] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - BeginDiscAccess
[16:38:53] DVDEngine ..Access mode=read/write
[16:38:53] DVDEngine ..Flags=0
[16:38:53] DVDEngine ..Write speed=5540 KB/s (4x)
[16:38:53] DVDEngine ..Medium type=DVD-R
[16:38:53] DVDEngine DVD format is 1
[16:38:54] DVDEngine Supported Access Modes: 0x00000001
[16:38:54] DVDEngine **BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - Update HCB state
[16:38:54] DVDEngine **END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - Update HCB state
[16:38:54] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - BeginDiscAccess
[16:38:54] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - Prepare
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ..BAO activated
[16:38:54] DVDEngine **BEGIN: _DVDVideo - Prepare
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ..VTS_Ns=1...
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ****BEGIN: _DVDVideoBase - Prepare VMG
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...VMGM_VOBS_exist = true
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ******BEGIN: VMGM_VOBS - Process Create
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ********BEGIN: _VOBS - Process VOB
[16:38:54] NeroVision Analyze video stream
[16:38:54] NeroVision Seg. | frames | weight | volume
[16:38:54] NeroVision ------+---------+--------+--------
[16:38:54] NeroVision 0 | 1 | 2 | 2
[16:38:54] NeroVision ------+---------+--------+--------
[16:38:54] NeroVision total : 2
[16:38:54] DVDEngine **********BEGIN: _VOBS - _M_analyze_cnv_input
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...Duration 333667
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ..._streamtime_frame_duration is 333667
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...This is a still stream
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...Stream 0 is 'Video'
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...Stream 1 is 'System/Stream'
[16:38:54] DVDEngine **********END: _VOBS - _M_analyze_cnv_input
[16:38:54] NeroVision Estimate Size
[16:38:54] NeroVision +-------+------+--------+----------+---------
[16:38:54] NeroVision |Stream | Seg. | UnComp.| Duration | Size (KB)
[16:38:54] NeroVision +-------+------+--------+----------+---------
[16:38:54] NeroVision | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 150
[16:38:54] NeroVision | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0
[16:38:54] NeroVision +-------+------+--------+----------+---------
[16:38:54] NeroVision total data size : 382977 bytes
[16:38:54] NeroVision multiplexed size : 397312 bytes
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ********END: _VOBS - Process VOB
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ******END: VMGM_VOBS - Process Create
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ****END: _DVDVideoBase - Prepare VMG
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ****BEGIN: _DVDVideoBase - Prepare VTS#1
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...VTSM_VOBS_exist = false
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ******BEGIN: VTSTT_VOBS#1 - Process Create
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ********BEGIN: _VOBS - Process VOB
[16:38:54] NeroVision Analyze video stream
[16:38:54] NeroVision Seg. | frames | weight | volume
[16:38:54] NeroVision ------+---------+--------+--------
[16:38:54] NeroVision 0 | 6538 | 1 | 6538
[16:38:54] NeroVision 1 | 132 | 2 | 264
[16:38:54] NeroVision ------+---------+--------+--------
[16:38:54] NeroVision total : 6802
[16:38:54] DVDEngine **********BEGIN: _VOBS - _M_analyze_cnv_input
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...Duration 2225558890
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ..._streamtime_frame_duration is 333667
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...Stream 0 is 'Video'
[16:38:54] DVDEngine ...Stream 1 is 'Audio'
[16:38:54] DVDEngine **********END: _VOBS - _M_analyze_cnv_input
[16:38:54] NeroVision Estimate Size
[16:38:54] NeroVision +-------+------+--------+----------+---------
[16:38:54] NeroVision |Stream | Seg. | UnComp.| Duration | Size (KB)
[16:38:54] NeroVision +-------+------+--------+----------+---------
[16:38:54] NeroVision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218.15 | 140228
[16:38:54] NeroVision | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.40 | 5408
[16:38:54] NeroVision | 1 | 0 | 1 | 222.56 | 5341
[16:38:54] NeroVision +-------+------+--------+----------+---------
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[16:38:54] NeroVision multiplexed size : 160333824 bytes
[16:38:54] MMTools adding cached c:\Documents and Settings\Josh Bass\My Documents\DV Projects\DVDs\movie MPEG2s\Peter and I MPEG-2 default DVD NTSC template.mpg video/0
[16:38:57] MMTools adding c:\Documents and Settings\Josh Bass\My Documents\DV Projects\DVDs\movie MPEG2s\Peter and I MPEG-2 default DVD NTSC template.mpg audio/0
[16:38:57] MMTools --- used source filters ---
[16:38:57] MMTools {E436EBB5-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770} - File Source (Async.)
[16:38:57] MMTools {A336CD3B-599C-4F70-A34D-E88EDE4B64C3} - Nero Splitter
[16:38:57] MMTools {138130AF-A79B-45D5-B4AA-87697457BA87} - Nero Digital Audio Decoder
[16:38:57] MMTools file type MPEG2 - audio
[16:38:57] MMTools --------------------
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ********END: _VOBS - Process VOB
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ******END: VTSTT_VOBS#1 - Process Create
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ****END: _DVDVideoBase - Prepare VTS#1
[16:38:57] DVDEngine **END: _DVDVideo - Prepare
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..Estimated size (overall)=153 MB
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..Estimated duration (overall)=55 sec
[16:38:57] DVDEngine END: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - Prepare
[16:38:57] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - GetDiscCaps
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..Caps=DSCCAP_VLMNM_UDF | DSCCAP_VLMNM_ISO9660
[16:38:57] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - GetDiscCaps
[16:38:57] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - SetLabel
[16:38:57] DVDEngine Volume name (ISO9660) = "NVE3_VRDVD"
[16:38:57] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - SetLabel
[16:38:57] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - SetLabel
[16:38:57] DVDEngine Volume name (UDF) = "NVE3_VRDVD"
[16:38:57] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - SetLabel
[16:38:57] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - GetDiscContent
[16:38:57] DVDEngine **BEGIN: _DVDVideo - Fill FileSystemDescContainer
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..File: 'VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO' (VMGI), location={undefined}, size=12.0 KB (12,288 bytes)
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..File: 'VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB' (VMGM_VOBS), location={undefined}, size=416 KB (425,984 bytes)
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..File: 'VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUP' (VMGI), location={undefined}, size=12.0 KB (12,288 bytes)
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..File: 'VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO' (VTSI), location={undefined}, size=14.0 KB (14,336 bytes)
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..File: 'VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB' (VTSTT_VOBS), location={undefined}, size=153 MB (160,333,824 bytes)
[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..File: 'VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.BUP' (VTSI), location={undefined}, size=14.0 KB (14,336 bytes)
[16:38:57] DVDEngine **END: _DVDVideo - Fill FileSystemDescContainer
[16:38:57] DVDEngine END: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - GetDiscContent

[16:38:58] NeroAPI Burn process started at 4x (5,540 KB/s)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - CreateDisc
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **BEGIN: _DVDVideo - Create
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ****BEGIN: Create - VMGM_VOBS
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ******BEGIN: VMGM_VOBS - Process Create
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ********BEGIN: _VOBS - Process VOB
[16:38:58] NeroVision Analyze video stream
[16:38:58] NeroVision Seg. | frames | weight | volume
[16:38:58] NeroVision ------+---------+--------+--------
[16:38:58] NeroVision 0 | 1 | 2 | 2
[16:38:58] NeroVision ------+---------+--------+--------
[16:38:58] NeroVision total : 2
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **********BEGIN: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateSubpictureSource
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **********END: IDVDEngineManagerImpl - CreateSubpictureSource
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **********BEGIN: CSPU::Process()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...'Decoding SubPicture No.' is '0'
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..._nLines == 480
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...Found 'bottom half' in the bottom field at bit 6152, addr. is 769 (241)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...Detected 'top half' at 1, addr. is 2
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...Detected 'bottom half' at 1, addr. is 769
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...Lines processed: 480
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...processed 1 packs
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **********END: CSPU::Process()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...New VOB 1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..>VOB: VOBN=1, VOB_IDN=1, SA=0, VOB_V_S_PTM=33259
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...New CELL 1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ....>Cell: C_IDN=1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine BTNGR1_DSP_TY == 126179806
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ....|Cell: C_IDN=1, [0;54], VOBU_Ns=1, C_PBTM=0s.12
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..|VOB: VOBN=1, VOB_IDN=1, [0;54], C_Ns=1, VOB_V_S/E_PTM=33259/69295
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ********END: _VOBS - Process VOB
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ********BEGIN: VMGM_VOBS - INFORMATION after Create
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[16:38:58] DVDEngine General information:
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..size=55 (110 KB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..capacity=55 (110 KB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..max_capacity=524287 (1.00 GB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..VOB_Ns=1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..C_Ns=1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..VOBU_Ns=1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine VOB information:
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ...VOB: VOBN=1, VOB_IDN=1, [0;54], C_Ns=1, VOB_V_S/E_PTM=33259/69295
[16:38:58] DVDEngine .....Cell: C_IDN=1, [0;54], VOBU_Ns=1, C_PBTM=0s.12
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ********END: VMGM_VOBS - INFORMATION after Create
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ******END: VMGM_VOBS - Process Create
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ******BEGIN: VMGM_VOBS - Verify
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ******END: VMGM_VOBS - Verify
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..VMGM_VOBS: size=110 KB (112,640 bytes)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ****END: Create - VMGM_VOBS
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ****BEGIN: Create - VTSTT_VOBS#1
[16:38:58] NeroAPI Writing file to disc failed
[16:38:58] DVDEngine _BAOContext::OpenFile(): NeroBAOOpenFile() returned 3
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 1a23-0006-7135-2121-7059-0031
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Windows XP 5.1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine IA32
[16:38:58] DVDEngine WinAspi: -
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.74, size=164112 bytes, created 10/26/2004 11:35:32 AM
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Nero API version: 6.6.0.8
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Using interface version: 6.6.0.4
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Installed in: C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Application: ahead\NeroVision
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Recorder: <_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A> Version: 1.04 - HA 0 TA 0 - 6.6.0.8
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Drive buffer : 2048kB
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI
[16:38:58] DVDEngine === Scsi-Device-Map ===
[16:38:58] DVDEngine CdRomPeripheral : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On
[16:38:58] DVDEngine DiskPeripheral : WDC WD400BD-75JMC0 atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On
[16:38:58] DVDEngine === CDRom-Device-Map ===
[16:38:58] DVDEngine _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A D: CDRom0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine =======================
[16:38:58] DVDEngine AutoRun : 1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Excluded drive IDs:
[16:38:58] DVDEngine WriteBufferSize: 83886080 (0) Byte
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ShowDrvBufStat : 0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine BUFE : 0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Physical memory : 1014MB (1038412kB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Free physical memory: 571MB (585688kB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Memory in use : 43 %
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Uncached PFiles: 0x0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Use Inquiry : 1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Global Bus Type: default (0)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Check supported media : Disabled (0)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 8.7.2005
[16:38:58] DVDEngine NeroAPI
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #1 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 260
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Last possible write address on media: 2298495 (510:46.45, 4489MB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Last address to be written: -1 ( 0:00.-1, 0MB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #2 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 272
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #3 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2339
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Recorder: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A, Media type: DVD-R
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Disc Manufacturer: CMC MA - G. AF1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Disc Application Code: 64, Disc Physical Code: 193
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #4 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 438
[16:38:58] DVDEngine >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<<
[16:38:58] DVDEngine =========================================
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #5 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 5943
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Book Type counter: 500, Book Type selected in EEPROM, command version 2
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #6 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 5943
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Book Type counter: 500, Book Type selected in EEPROM, command version 2
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #7 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 2216
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Recording mode: Sequential Recording Mode for Multisession
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #8 Text 0 File Mmc.cpp, Line 21261
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Set BUFE: Buffer underrun protection -> ON
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #9 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 2362
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Start write address at LBA 0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine DVD high compatibility mode: No
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #10 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 8430

[16:38:58] DVDEngine ---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ----
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Book Type: DVD-R (2), Part Version: 5
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 26127F h
[16:38:58] DVDEngine End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h (LBN: FFFD0000 h, 4193920 MB)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Start sector number of the current Border-Out: 2FE10 h
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Start sector number of the next Border-In: 2FFA0 h
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Media Specific [16..63]:
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 00 02 FE 10 00 02 FF A0 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #11 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 5943
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Book Type counter: 500, Book Type selected in EEPROM, command version 2
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:57 PM #12 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 5943
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Book Type counter: 500, Book Type selected in EEPROM, command version 2
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #13 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 1005
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Estimated filesystem size: 544
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #14 Phase 36 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 276
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Burn process started at 4x (5,540 KB/s)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #15 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 1686
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Buffering files started
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #16 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 1407
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Buffering VIDEO_TS.VOB
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #17 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 2562
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Finished buffering file VIDEO_TS.VOB of size 112640 bytes (55 sectors)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #18 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 2629
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Finished writing file VIDEO_TS.VOB of size 112640 bytes (55 sectors)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #19 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 2642
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Buffering files finished successfully
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #20 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 675
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Reserved fragment at 0. Length: 656
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #21 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 1869
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Reserved start fragment at 0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #22 SCSI -1046 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1181
[16:38:58] DVDEngine SCSI Exec, HA 0, TA 0, LUN 0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Sense Code: 0x30
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Sense Qual: 0x05
[16:38:58] DVDEngine CDB Data: 0x53 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x30 0x05
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #23 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 679
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Error reserving fragment (0)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #24 Text 0 File BurnAtOnceRecorder.cpp, Line 3629
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Disc info:
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Partitions: 1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine #0: Start: 0, Size: 640
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine 4:38:58 PM #25 Phase 179 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 276
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Writing file to disc failed
[16:38:58] DVDEngine
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Existing drivers:
[16:38:58] DVDEngine File 'Drivers\ADPU160M.SYS': Ver=v3.60a (Lab01_N(johnstra).010529-2218), size=101888 bytes, created 8/17/2001 2:07:32 PM
[16:38:58] DVDEngine File 'Drivers\CDRALW2K.SYS': Ver=7.1.0.183 , size=24832 bytes, created 9/25/2004 1:32:40 AM
[16:38:58] DVDEngine File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.16a, size=20576 bytes, created 8/2/2004 2:03:00 AM (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine Registry Keys:
[16:38:58] DVDEngine HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine _Xcept (): Signalling Exception: 129 NeroBAOOpenFile() returned error condition _BAOContext::OpenFile()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ****END: Create - VTSTT_VOBS#1
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **END: _DVDVideo - Create
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ########################################################################################
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ERROR
[16:38:58] DVDEngine cause: 129 (neroapi_call_failed)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine source: NeroBAOOpenFile() returned error condition
[16:38:58] DVDEngine description: _BAOContext::OpenFile()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ########################################################################################
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - Clear
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - Clear
[16:38:58] DVDEngine END: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - CreateDisc
[16:38:58] NeroAPI Burn process failed at 4x (5,540 KB/s)
[16:38:58] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - EndDiscAccess
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..Flags=0
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **BEGIN: _MediaAccess::Release ()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ****BEGIN: _MediaAccess::~_MediaAccess ()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ****END: _MediaAccess::~_MediaAccess ()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine **END: _MediaAccess::Release ()
[16:38:58] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - EndDiscAccess
[16:38:58] DVDEngine BEGIN: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - RegisterCallback
[16:38:58] DVDEngine ..Session callback unregistered...
[16:38:58] DVDEngine END: IDVDSessionBaseImpl - RegisterCallback

So there it is. Hope I'm not an asshole for posting this. . .I don't expect anyone to read through every line, but I thought one of you more tech-savy types might know where to look for things, and skim it, or something. To my untrained eye, on this last post with the log, in the middle of the 16:38:58 section, is where I start seeing the words "error" and "fail" a lot.

You guys are saying maybe simply turning Norton off, disabling it, isn't enough, and it needs to be uninstalled? What about my Windows firewall, or my Linksys router? Any chance they could be interfering?

Well, I'll take a shot at that (don't yet know where it'll land though).

The first problem I saw was at [16:37:24] with a failed "Grab still image (AVStillSource)." 'Not sure what this means, but is Nero possibly trying to pull a framegrab of your video for a menu or something?

Next point of interest: "[16:38:53] Used disc space 0.15GB"
as well as "[16:38:57] DVDEngine ..Estimated size(overall)=153MB" and "..Estimated duration(overall)=55 sec." Is your video only a minute long, or is Nero reading it incorrectly?

Farther down I see "[16:38:58] NeroAPI Burn process failed at 4x (5,540 KB/s)," so it looks like it is using 4x speed... unsuccessfully. Since your discs are rated for 8x and your burner for 16x, can you set the speed to 8x and try again? Or maybe 1x? I realize this could be getting expensive with all of the coasters you're making.

That's what I deciphered from the log anyway. Maybe someone else will see something I missed (quite likely).

As for Norton, I don't know how much may still be active even when "disabled," so I can't offer much help there. Windows Firewall... I doubt it, but I could be wrong. Linksys router... (external via Ethernet, right?) shouldn't be a problem. Some guys keep their NLE system off of all networks, period, but I think that's just for extreme virus protection, which is very understandable. I have my system on a small home network with a dialup Internet connection through a separate firewall machine (running IPCop in case anybody wanted to know), but video is not my official job, so I'm willing to take a little bit more of a risk with my PC. Still, I don't think anything like that should be causing your burner to fail.

Other things to check: do you have DVD playback software installed? If not, some programs may be lacking an MPEG-2 decoder. This probably isn't the case, but it's worth mentioning. I think PowerDVD comes with Dell machines anyway.

Can you export your MPEG-2 files as elementary streams (separate video and audio files)? Maybe Nero would be happier with that.

Is there any way to get Nero to output a "DVD Folder" aka just create all of the VOB files and store them on the hard drive? If that is successful, try burning the resulting VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a data DVD (with Nero) and see what happens.

'Hope this helps! -- Jeremy

Thanks, Jeremy. I'll give it a try.

The movie I've been trying to burn is 3:43 long. . .don't know why it thinks it's 55 secs.

Yes, there was supposed to be a framegrab for the menu.

Norton actually seems to be catching stuff and helping me (I have Norton Internet Security, as well as just the Virus Scan), in a way that AVG never did when I used to have it. I'm kinda reluctant to just get rid of it.

Also, I don't edit for a living (at all), so I only have one computer.

I wanted to try doing separate streams, like you guys said. . .

I'm a little lost as to how to do that in Vegas, using the MainConcept encoder.

I guess I'd render the video as a "DVD NTSC Video Stream", and then do the audio as a .wav file?