HELP!!! DVD Burning Issue at DVinfo.net

Barry Rivadue · July 29th, 2004, 09:22 PM

Hi, I'm on an extremely tight deadline and I've successfully burned DVDs on DVD+R using the TDK indiDVD burner, which supposedly burns every format. After rendering through DVD Architect, I couldn't get the burner to do DVD-R or DVD + RW. Why? The messages I got included "wrong parameters" or "wrong or invalid format" or whatever. For the record I'm using Memorex discs. Why can't I burn those formats on the indiDVD? Why only DVD+R? Do I change settings or what?

Thanks alot for any speedy response.

Barry Rivadue · July 29th, 2004, 10:08 PM

Another thought-- could it be as simple a thing as another brand being somehow more compatible, even though the DVD+R worked with this one brand? This doesn't make any sense at all, really.

David Kennett · July 30th, 2004, 09:45 AM

Memorex is a marketer, and quality varies. My cheap Princo disks are consistently more compatable than a batch of Memorex I had.

On the other hand, the error messages seem to indicate a problem with MPG encoding and authoring. Did you burn directly from authoring pgm, or did you create ISO file or AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders? Many parameters have to be right - or it's not a video DVD!

Barry Rivadue · July 30th, 2004, 09:53 AM

Given that the DVD+R burned just great straight from the authoring program, I assume the DVD-R would too. I might just check another brand though. Thanks for the input!

Barry Rivadue · July 30th, 2004, 12:22 PM

Crisis resolved! Since it's a TDK burner I tried out a TDK DVD-R, and whammo bammo--no problem!

A valuable lesson in the unpredictable nature of disc brands.

July 29th, 2004, 09:22 PM	#1
Barry Rivadue Major Player Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 508	HELP!!! DVD Burning Issue Hi, I'm on an extremely tight deadline and I've successfully burned DVDs on DVD+R using the TDK indiDVD burner, which supposedly burns every format. After rendering through DVD Architect, I couldn't get the burner to do DVD-R or DVD + RW. Why? The messages I got included "wrong parameters" or "wrong or invalid format" or whatever. For the record I'm using Memorex discs. Why can't I burn those formats on the indiDVD? Why only DVD+R? Do I change settings or what? Thanks alot for any speedy response.

July 30th, 2004, 09:45 AM	#3
David Kennett Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Ridgeville, Ohio Posts: 407	Memorex is a marketer, and quality varies. My cheap Princo disks are consistently more compatable than a batch of Memorex I had. On the other hand, the error messages seem to indicate a problem with MPG encoding and authoring. Did you burn directly from authoring pgm, or did you create ISO file or AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders? Many parameters have to be right - or it's not a video DVD! __________________ Dave

July 29th, 2004, 10:08 PM	#2
Barry Rivadue Major Player Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 508	Another thought-- could it be as simple a thing as another brand being somehow more compatible, even though the DVD+R worked with this one brand? This doesn't make any sense at all, really.

July 30th, 2004, 09:53 AM	#4
Barry Rivadue Major Player Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 508	Given that the DVD+R burned just great straight from the authoring program, I assume the DVD-R would too. I might just check another brand though. Thanks for the input!

July 30th, 2004, 12:22 PM	#5
Barry Rivadue Major Player Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 508	Crisis resolved! Since it's a TDK burner I tried out a TDK DVD-R, and whammo bammo--no problem! A valuable lesson in the unpredictable nature of disc brands.