Pioneer DVR-A04 problem.

[dvdr4gods]

[** Problem Description **]

When I burn on the system described below, the DVD's turn out only semi-readable.
Meaning, some files (for example, VTS_03_1.VOB) are unreadable to any set top player or
DVD-ROM drive. The DVD-R drive itself can read the disc perfectly.
I tried making a clean Windows 98 Installation instead, and burned then, which worked
perfectly - readable in any player/dvd-rom drive (Same image file, same burning program, same brand of media). so I reinstalled
Windows XP, reinstalled all my software (as described below) and again, burning won't work.
Any burning program reports 100% successfully completed, yet the files in question (always
the same files) are unreadable.
I even *replaced* my burner for a new one, but problem is still here.
Known facts:
A) Burner is OK
B) Media is OK
So what's causing the problem? :(


[** Software installed according to 'Add/Remove Software' **]

ACDSee
Adobe Acrobat 5.0
Audiogalaxy Sattelite
Cool Edit 2000
DAEMON Tools
DivX Codec 3.1alpha release
Download Accelerator Plus
FlashFXP
GEAR PRO "Professional Edition" 6.01
Getright
ICQ
Intel(R) PRO Ethernet Adapter and Software
LiveUpdate 1.6 (Symantec Corporation)
Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage
mIRC
Mjuice Compononets
Nero - Burning Rom
NVIDIA Windows 2000/XP Display Drivers
PicaView32
QuickTime
REALmagic Hollywood Plus
Realplayer Basic
StyleXP
Symantec Ghost
VERITAS RecordNow DX
VobSub v2.16
WinAce Archiver 2.0
Winamp
WinMX
WinRAR archiver
Winzip

[** Hardware installed according to 'Device Manager' **]

Display Adapters--> NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra

DVD/CD-ROM Drives--> PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1212
VIRTUAL DAEMON TOOLS SCSI CdRom Device

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers--> Intel(r) 82801BA Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel

Network Adapters--> Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Intel(R) PRO/100+ PCI Aadapter

Processors--> Intel(r) Pentium(r)III Processor

SCSI and RAID controllers--> STEALTH SCSI Controller

Sound, video and game controllers--> Audio Codecs
Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
Game Port for Creative
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices
Video Codecs

System Devices--> ACPI Fixed Feature Button
Direct memory access controller
Intel(R) 82801BA LPC Interface Controller - 2400
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443
Intel(R) 82801BA/CA PCI Bridge - 244E
Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
Intel(R) 82815 Processor to AGP Controller - 1131
Intel(R) 82815 Processor to I/O controller - 1130
ISAPNP Read Data Port
Microcode Update Device
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
Motherboard Resources
Motherboard Resources
Numeric data processor
PCI bus
Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
Programmable interrupt controller
System board
System CMOS/real time clock
System timer
Terminal Server Device Redirector


[** Processes running according to 'Task Manager' **]

EXPLORER.EXE
SVCHOST.EXE
SVCHOST.EXE
StyleXPService.exe
SVCHOST.EXE
SVCHOST.EXE
Icq.exe
CTFMON.EXE
LSASS.EXE
SERVICES.EXE
WINLOGON.EXE
CSRSS.EXE
NVSVC32.EXE
MDM.EXE
SMSS.EXE
GEARSEC.EXE
ALG.EXE
DAEMON.EXE
SPOOLSV.EXE
wuauclt.exe

[sarahjh69]

windows XP is s@#t for burning anything
use windows ME like everyone else

[TRILIGHT]

I have to disagree with you wholeheartedly, Sarah. The 9x code is flawed in more ways than one. I have the 104 drive myself on XP and have never had a problem.

[Artur]

Hello, maybe the problem is in the dvd discs that you use.
Did you already tried anyother dvd brand?
I have an Pioneer 104 and i use Nero dvd burner and all dvds i birned worked ok ( try only the brnds recomended by Pioneer ).
I tried dvd Infiniti and they work in perfection. ( But i only burn it at 1 time for now, not tried 2 times yet )
Best regards.

[tjh011]

Originally posted by sarahjh69
windows XP is s@#t for burning anything
use windows ME like everyone else

Ha Ha
Windows ME is the most buggy, worthless OS Microsoft has released. Way less stable than even 98.

[arcman]

Originally posted by tjh011


Ha Ha
Windows ME is the most buggy, worthless OS Microsoft has released. Way less stable than even 98.

I have to disagree and strongly... For me WinME was the saviour of the day :) I had endless problems with 98 even all available bug fixes installed. One day I just had enough and installed ME. Now I can use more than 2 programs simultaneously without worries and if the max uptime with 98 was 2 days - well now it is more like 2 weeks. On the other hand on my laptop I had to go back to Win98. Win2000 and ME were nightmares on that... Friend of me was able to use ME for one day and had to reboot 10 times, went for XP and everything is fine...

What I am trying to say is that it seems that it has something to do with the position of the sun and moon when you first power up your computer to determine which OS is suitable for it :)

And remember if it works don't fix it...