dvd will not play with imgburn

[reitsma]

Had a problem burning DVD's, now I use imgburn, which works fine but DVD will not play in DVD player (states: -no disc-), only playable on computer.

Do believe I burn in 'region free' but where can I check this? Other things that can go wrong?

Thanx.

[AGJ]

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[reitsma]

windows 7 64 bit, HP notebook with onboard DVD writer, problem occurs with all DVD, no problems are logged. The DVD just don't work on my DVD player.

I now use DVD fab to make an iso file and burn this with easy2go on a DVD, works fine than.

[Racem22]

Everything in DVDFab is logged basically. They're located in C:\Users\Your Username\My Documents\DVDFab\Log\ in Windows Vista/7 and in the Documents & Settings folder in Windows XP. If there's nothing wrong thats fine I just figured it would help you out in the future to know where the logs are.

[reitsma]

No reports on failures from imgburn nor dvdfab, the dvd is properly burned but just not playable in any dvd player.

Use same hardwareburner to burn .iso file on same type DVD=playable in DVD, so I guess imgburn is the faulty party.

[Racem22]

Well if you want help from us then post the logs as specified in the posts above. I doubt imgburn is the problem.

[GregiBoy]

Well, part of the problem is that you haven't posted the logs and that HP & Notebook drives are notorious for problems & incompatability.

[reitsma]

I 10:25:01 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started!
I 10:25:01 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600)
I 10:25:01 Total Physical Memory: 6*287*564 KB - Available: 4*974*104 KB
W 10:25:01 Drive E:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.
I 10:25:01 Initialising SPTI...
I 10:25:01 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 10:25:01 -> Drive 1 - Info: hp DVD RW AD-7586H KH03 (F (SATA)
I 10:25:01 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 10:25:01 Operation Started!
I 10:25:01 Building Image Tree...
I 10:25:01 Checking Directory Depth...
I 10:25:01 Calculating Totals...
I 10:25:01 Preparing Image...
I 10:25:02 Checking Path Length...
I 10:25:02 Contents: 9 Files, 2 Folders
I 10:25:02 Content Type: DVD Video
I 10:25:02 Data Type: MODE1/2048
I 10:25:02 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)
I 10:25:02 Volume Label: PUBLIC_ENEMIES
I 10:25:02 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled
I 10:25:02 Region Code: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
I 10:25:02 TV System: PAL
I 10:25:02 Size: 4*494*761*984 bytes
I 10:25:02 Sectors: 2*194*708
I 10:25:02 Image Size: 4*495*376*384 bytes
I 10:25:02 Image Sectors: 2*195*008
I 10:25:02 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00
I 10:25:02 Operation Started!
I 10:25:02 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==-
I 10:25:02 Source File Sectors: 2*195*008 (MODE1/2048)
I 10:25:02 Source File Size: 4*495*376*384 bytes
I 10:25:02 Source File Volume Identifier: PUBLIC_ENEMIES
I 10:25:02 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.1.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!
I 10:25:02 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn
I 10:25:02 Source File File System(s): ISO9660; UDF (1.02)
I 10:25:02 Destination Device: [1:0:0] hp DVD RW AD-7586H KH03 (F (SATA)
I 10:25:02 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: RITEK-F16-01) (Speeds: 2,4x; 4x; 6x; 8x)
I 10:25:02 Destination Media Sectors: 2*295*104
I 10:25:02 Write Mode: DVD
I 10:25:02 Write Type: DAO
I 10:25:02 Write Speed: MAX
I 10:25:02 DVD+R Reserve Track: No
I 10:25:02 Link Size: Auto
I 10:25:02 Lock Volume: Yes
I 10:25:02 Test Mode: No
I 10:25:02 OPC: No
I 10:25:02 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 10:25:02 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 11*080 KB/s (8x)
I 10:25:05 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)
I 10:25:06 Writing LeadIn...
I 10:25:32 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2195007)
I 10:25:32 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2195007)
W 10:32:21 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 852960)
W 10:32:41 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...
I 10:32:57 Writing Sectors...
I 10:38:47 Synchronising Cache...
I 10:38:52 Closing Track...
I 10:38:53 Finalising Disc...
I 10:39:33 Exporting Graph Data...
I 10:39:33 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Laurens\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\hp_DVD_RW_AD-7586H_KH03_8-AUGUST-2010_10-25_RITEK-F16-01_MAX.ibg
I 10:39:33 Export Successfully Completed!
I 10:39:33 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:14:31
I 10:39:33 Average Write Rate: 5*522 KB/s (4.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11*127 KB/s (8.0x)
I 10:39:33 Close Request Acknowledged
I 10:39:33 Closing Down...
I 10:39:42 Shutting down SPTI...
I 10:39:42 ImgBurn closed!

[reitsma]

DVDFab 7.0.9.3 (2010/08/08 16:12:40)

0m 00.37s: option dvd2dvd 1 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1
0m 37.83s: detected dvd
0m 37.89s: drive F
0m 37.89s: dvd type 1
0m 37.89s: volume label PUBLIC_ENEMIES
0m 38.01s: got copyright 1 e5
0m 39.15s: got udf/iso
0m 41.54s: got discinfo
0m 41.55s: pathplayer enabled
0m 57.56s: got dvdinfo
176m 27.47s: detected dvd
176m 27.47s: drive F
176m 27.47s: dvd type 0
176m 27.47s: volume label
190m 54.28s: detected dvd
190m 54.28s: drive F
190m 54.28s: dvd type 0
190m 54.28s: volume label
191m 35.04s: detected dvd
191m 35.10s: drive F
191m 35.10s: dvd type 1
191m 35.10s: volume label PUBLIC_ENEMIES

[GregiBoy]

Well, there are two things you should be looking at for a start.

The Ritek blanks are crap. Do yourself a favour and buy some Verbatims and you have eliminated one problem area.

Also, you are burning at MAX speed which is also a no no. Set your burn speed to either half the rated speed of your burner or blank media whichever is the LESSER as a start point.

Also, as pointed out before, internal drives in portables always seem to cause probles, notably HP.

[maineman]

Perhaps an additional problem, something to consider anyway.
You have the following error:
10:25:01 Drive E:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

Since you are ripping to an .ISO file a FAT32 hdd is a problem and restricted to about 4 GB for a single file size

What is the location of your temporary directory?
What is your e: drive?...is this just your windows partition?
or is this an additional drive or partition that you're ripping to?

[reitsma]

All I know is that I use 'standard' settings in dvd fab, iso goes to C: my documents/dvdfab/iso

e: drive is a partition on the HDD from HP tools.

I have put the settings to x4 speed but still it burns at full speed... Why i don't know

[Barny Rubble]

If your burning with Imgburn you need to open Imgburn first and select mode at the top then select write.

Once in write mode select 4x for the write speed and from there on it sticks.

Close Imgburn and reopen it, go back to write mode and you should see it is still on 4x.

Once DVDfab is ready to burn using Imgburn it will pop up with a window saying do you want to burn at 4x, this closes by itself after 20 seconds or so or u can just click on yes, and select never ask again if you wish.

Hope this helps.

[signals]

The HP support/restore partition is often FAT32 (it is on my dv8t), a bad place for temp or ISO files, as maineman pointed out.

All I know is that I use 'standard' settings in dvd fab, iso goes to C: my documents/dvdfab/iso

e: drive is a partition on the HDD from HP tools.

I have put the settings to x4 speed but still it burns at full speed... Why i don't know