burned dvd's not being read

any body know why after i burned a dvd, my dvd player in my comp doesn't play?

i'm using philips dvd+r. It plays on my girlfriend's dvd player in her laptop, in the ps2, and in my friend's dvd player in his computer. helpp!!!!

the dvd burner is a lite-on dvdrw ldw-811s, and my dvd player is an aopen 16x dvd-rom/amh

that's all i know! please help!

btw...it doesn't dvds in dvd format nor dvds with just data in it, such as documents

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Last edited by kikassboy; 29-04-2004 at 07:27.

Hi there kikassboy,

When you start backing up DVD’s your asking to do something very hard, it needs the most resources and “Good Stuff” as far as your media is concerned -

1. * Cheap media freezes, skips, stutters, pixelats, partially jams, may be rejected and lest we forget, our old standby, giving you the old just refuses to be recognized routine :-(

Besides "Freezing", "skips" and pixelations, many times you’ll get a “cyclic redundancy error” or an "I/O error". This message can mean that your discs are scratched or dirty, it can also mean that your burner won’t accept your “cheap” media :-(

Inexpensive media or even average media is great for text, Data, Spreadsheets, .Jpg and .Gif pictures and is good even for MP3 music BUT for DVD backups - BLAaaaaaT! It SUCKTH in an extremely Big-th way !

2. A good grade media is needed for DVD reproduction !
“Branded” Ritek G04's or Branded Verbatim are what we’re looking for OR any media boasting “Advanced AZO Metal Dye”, this indicates a superior dye application, while they are sometimes a bit “pricey” they are acceptable.
Prices online from Meritline.com have gotten Ritek G04 down below a dollar a disc -
Question - If you make coasters out of 3 cheap or even average discs and good copies from 3 Branded Verbatim discs or 3 “Branded” Ritek G04 discs - which ones then will you say are too expensive ? The 3 “Cheapo’s with no movie backup OR , the 3 recommended discs with a perfect backup on each disc ?

Bear in mind, Memorex, Fuji, Sony, TDK, Orange Pack and others are quite good for your MP3 music, picture archives, Spread sheets, Data and your text backups and archives, they just don’t work well for DVD backups. Even DataSafe G04’s made by Ritek have been reported as inferior quality.
Remember, for DVD backups, purchasing inexpensive media or even average media is a gamble, some people win, the majority of people lose, varying amounts but, they still lose :-(

Let's try the right media for the job - just buy a 5 pack of what we recommend that will settle it once and for all - Don’t cheat though, buy the EXACT media we recommended -

Using good grade media can guarantee you one thing to an absolute certainty, it surely cannot hurt.

Cheers and “Happy Burning,

Pete

see, the wierd thing is, the computer just doesn't recognize it. it says no cd is in the drive. however, if i try to put a finding nemo dvd in it, it works fine. i tried putting the other dvds i burned in other computers, and they read it just fine. what could be wrong?

Dirty laser.
Knackered DVD Drive.
How old is it?
Does it support DVD+R?
and the list goes on
From what I can tell your drive should read the disc without any problems. What is the exact model/firmware of your Aopen. If unsure use nero info tool.
See if there is a newer firmware for your Aopen drive.
Does it read any burnt DVD+R discs?
Does it read any burnt DVD-R discs?

I've had too much experience with poor media mucking up, not being seen by the drive is common. How costly is it to try ?

A dirty laser doesn't sound correct, it couldn't read your other disc if it was that.

The costly alternative is it could be a trashed drive.

Try running this tool to check your drive, your discs and compatibility -
http://www.dvdinfopro.com/

Pete

well, i figured it out...

found some forums on the aopen website...seems like this is a really common problem, and they came out with a patch to solve it. the onlly thing i really had to figure out was how to get into ms dos mode because that's the only way it would install. XP isn't msdos based so u can't do it directly. But i figured it out by using a floppy disc and making it a msdos bootup disk and another disc with the install directions. it still says that i have a cdrom drive, but it play dvds no problem now

ok i use memorex dvd's and have shitty results...what do we recomend for dvd backups verbatium?

Saying "i use memorex dvd's" doesn't help.
Find out why by reading this.

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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:RICOHJPN-R01-002]
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Disc Type : [DVD+R]
Manufacturer ID : [RICOHJPN]
Media Type ID : [R01]
Product Revision : [002]
Disc Application Code : [General Purpose]
Recording Speeds : [2.4x - 4x]
Blank Disc Capacity : [Not Supported By Method 2]
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[DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com]
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i forgot to mention that before :-P

Nice tool that - Thank you Ssseth.



Hi all, I'm back to add some additional thoughts,

You might just want to check my link to the DVD Info tool -
http://www.dvdinfopro.com/ As posted above -
It does the same functions and quite a few more BUT in some cases neither of them works (he, he) - see below :-(


[21:05:47] DVD Identifier V3.2
[21:05:47] Initializing ASPI/SPTI Drive Interface
[21:05:47] SPTI Drive Interface Successfully Initialized
[21:05:47] 2 Supported Drives Found (Out Of 6 Available Drives)
[21:05:47] Internet Version Check Postponed Since Last Check Happened Less Than 1 Hour Ago
[21:05:58] DVD+R/+RW Medium Detected. Starting Identification...
[21:05:58] ** Initiating ADIP Retrieval Method 1 (Original ADIP)
[21:05:58] ADIP Read M1 Failed : Illegal request - Invalid field in CDB [05/24/00]
[21:05:58] ADIP Read Method 1 Not Supported [21:05:58] ** Initiating ADIP Retrieval Method 2 (Copy Of ADIP)
[21:05:58] ADIP Read M2 Failed : Illegal request - Invalid field in CDB [05/24/00]
[21:05:58] ADIP Read Method 2 Requires A Written DVD+R/+RW Disc
[21:05:58] Disc Identification Did Not Complete Successfully

Not to worry, I came up dead with DVD Info Tool also :-(


Trying not get caught in the "Name Game" and to answer dd83’s previous post, let me clarify my answer, I recommend branded Verbatim OR branded Ritex G04's - I have also found (an has been reported to us in another forum) Media Boasting "Advanced AZO Metal Dye”, this indicates a superior dye application, while they are sometimes a bit “pricey” they are acceptable. You'll find I haven't even mentioned DataSafe by Verbatim as I received poor reports about them. (I'm none too happy about that because I was just given 100 of them for a Birthday present :-(

Media is a very real concern and as was just pointed out by Ssseth, the manufacture ring industries have pulled a rather large fluffy blanket over us so we're not quite sure what we’re purchasing. Should we even bother ? Yes, we have too. This is most important for those of us backing up DVD's.

To cut it short, I'd like to give you a final reason to be picky as to what you're buying. I call it A time thing ?
One thing I haven't addressed is the life of a backup made on an "el cheapo" disc. Points of fact, inferior discs have a tendency to "Break down" in time. I have had 25 to 30 backups that have refused to play after being stored for a year or more. I test all of my backups when they are burnt to be totally sure that there are no problems. "In olden times," before I knew any better, the Maxell and TDK discs (and any thing that was on sale) was what I used to use before I switched to Ritek and Verbatim, it is the cheap stuff that I have been experiencing trouble with. I noticed that backup DVD's I had been using refused to play in my standalone player and on my PC. VOB files wouldn't play either and other discs that I backed up about the same time would "Jam" part way through the movie. After switching to Verbatim and Ritek s, mostly the Ritek's because the price was right, I've not had 1 go "Flat" in almost 2 years. I still have some backups done on the cheap stuff and as time wears on I lose a few more as I attempt to check them. I say to you, why did a backup play fine in "01"and "02" then "fail" in "03 ?? Some that were done in "01" never made it till "02" and others done about the same time and "Failed" in "04"? All of the backups from "02" and "03", done on the "good Stuff" work fine today - not a single failure !

As always, you have a choice -

I have posted this in the past but only came onto this study as of 04/27/04 to support my theory. I am concerned that their time line is too short but am willing to consider it myself. Please, make up your own mind :P)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=513486

Thank you all for your time,

cheers,

Pete

thank you and i never had a problem with the prices just where to get the i prefer store over online cuz of the wait but best buy and compusa only have "cheapos" so i'll stick to mertline or whatever that site was theur cheap too in my opinion