burning problem

kingken27 · 17th January 2003, 00:41

hi
i bought some dvd-r,s, brand is choice dvd-r 2speed
writer is pioneer a 05
burning with nero 5.5.9.14
tried burning at 1 and 2 speed
anyway ive been trying to burn movie only rips
there are no errors during the burning
when i play the movie on pc and standalone it will freeze at certain bits, it freezes at the same points when played on pc and stanalone
for example chapter 11 of the others
when it freezes on pc i get an error saying disc could be damaged when using power dvd
i suspect it could be disc compatability
any thoughts would be appreciated
thankyou

atreides93 · 17th January 2003, 01:12

i've never heard of that brand before. (choice). can you try it on a Pioneer or Apple branded disc? just verify that your writer works before trying out generic media.

gooki · 17th January 2003, 03:35

sounds like poor media.

as atreides93 suggested go out and by a good brand name DVD-R disc.

alternatively if you know it's not a media issue, get a DVD-RW disc and test on that until you are sure you have your DVD authoring sorted.

kingken27 · 17th January 2003, 08:38

i bought one of theses discs burned a movie and it worked fine
so i went bak and bought another 10 discs now it seems i must have been lucky with the first one
i have burned 10 verbatim 2 speed discs with no problems at all, this is why i think its the choice discs that are the problem

GMH · 17th January 2003, 10:37

I have found the Choice white topped 1x media to be more widely compatible across a combination of hardware than the 2x. Perhaps the 1x media has been refined a little more over time.

My discs were burnt on an A04, however - you may find the 05 behaves differently (I get on really well with the e-Proformance (sic) discs but a friend with the 05 gets coasters). My firmware and version of Nero is current, although the firmware in the recorder is what specifies the write strategy for the media - I know Pioneer recently rolled out firmware upgrades for the (A)04 and (A)05 drives to tackle compatibility issues with the new, higher speed media that is now more widely available.

You might like to check that you have the latest firmware for your recorder BUT I strongly advise you to look at some of the other forums on the net (like http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/index.php) because Pioneer have not certified - or have removed the certification - some of the more common high speed media due to inconsistent results. If this is an issue for you, you might like to consider a firmware version between what you've got now and the latest.

I think I should point out that part of the upgrade was regarding a reliability issue on the recorders themselves when using high speed media - even the (A)04 writing at 2x was affected due to thermal issues on the optics IIRC, so it's even more important on the 4x version in the 05 to make sure you're not going to damage your hardware in using higher speed media.

Details of this upgrade are laid out here (mainly for 03 and 04 users):

http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/support....tegory=support
"Important Update
Pioneer calls upon consumers to implement a simple firmware update to prevent potential recorder/writer malfunction when inserting new DVD-R/RW High Speed Media. This upgrade concerns the DVR-7000, DVR-A04 and the DVR-A03."

... and the actual downloads for all these models is available from here:

http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/support_...are#fdvdwriter

Good luck !

kingken27 · 17th January 2003, 16:38

thanks for taking the time to reply to my query
anyway ive went back and burned with verbatim again and works perfect so its the discs

17th January 2003, 00:41	#1 \| Link
kingken27 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: uk Posts: 8	burning problem hi i bought some dvd-r,s, brand is choice dvd-r 2speed writer is pioneer a 05 burning with nero 5.5.9.14 tried burning at 1 and 2 speed anyway ive been trying to burn movie only rips there are no errors during the burning when i play the movie on pc and standalone it will freeze at certain bits, it freezes at the same points when played on pc and stanalone for example chapter 11 of the others when it freezes on pc i get an error saying disc could be damaged when using power dvd i suspect it could be disc compatability any thoughts would be appreciated thankyou

17th January 2003, 01:12	#2 \| Link
atreides93 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 948	i've never heard of that brand before. (choice). can you try it on a Pioneer or Apple branded disc? just verify that your writer works before trying out generic media.

17th January 2003, 03:35	#3 \| Link
gooki Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 653	sounds like poor media. as atreides93 suggested go out and by a good brand name DVD-R disc. alternatively if you know it's not a media issue, get a DVD-RW disc and test on that until you are sure you have your DVD authoring sorted.

17th January 2003, 08:38	#4 \| Link
kingken27 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: uk Posts: 8	i bought one of theses discs burned a movie and it worked fine so i went bak and bought another 10 discs now it seems i must have been lucky with the first one i have burned 10 verbatim 2 speed discs with no problems at all, this is why i think its the choice discs that are the problem

17th January 2003, 10:37	#5 \| Link
GMH Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 14	I have found the Choice white topped 1x media to be more widely compatible across a combination of hardware than the 2x. Perhaps the 1x media has been refined a little more over time. My discs were burnt on an A04, however - you may find the 05 behaves differently (I get on really well with the e-Proformance (sic) discs but a friend with the 05 gets coasters). My firmware and version of Nero is current, although the firmware in the recorder is what specifies the write strategy for the media - I know Pioneer recently rolled out firmware upgrades for the (A)04 and (A)05 drives to tackle compatibility issues with the new, higher speed media that is now more widely available. You might like to check that you have the latest firmware for your recorder BUT I strongly advise you to look at some of the other forums on the net (like http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/index.php) because Pioneer have not certified - or have removed the certification - some of the more common high speed media due to inconsistent results. If this is an issue for you, you might like to consider a firmware version between what you've got now and the latest. I think I should point out that part of the upgrade was regarding a reliability issue on the recorders themselves when using high speed media - even the (A)04 writing at 2x was affected due to thermal issues on the optics IIRC, so it's even more important on the 4x version in the 05 to make sure you're not going to damage your hardware in using higher speed media. Details of this upgrade are laid out here (mainly for 03 and 04 users): http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/support....tegory=support "Important Update Pioneer calls upon consumers to implement a simple firmware update to prevent potential recorder/writer malfunction when inserting new DVD-R/RW High Speed Media. This upgrade concerns the DVR-7000, DVR-A04 and the DVR-A03." ... and the actual downloads for all these models is available from here: http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/support_...are#fdvdwriter Good luck !

17th January 2003, 16:38	#6 \| Link
kingken27 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: uk Posts: 8	thanks for taking the time to reply to my query anyway ive went back and burned with verbatim again and works perfect so its the discs