RecordNow Max

[The_Flash]

I've recently had some difficulty burning the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders back in RecordNow. I've done it before w/o any problems and the last two discs I tried terminated with errors. Everything about the structure seemed in order, and after I created an image and burned it back it played fine. I assumed it was something I had done wrong on the last two rips. But now, I have a DVD-5 that I made a backup of with SmartRipper and RecordNow still terminates with the same error. I know I can make images w/ IfoEdit & ImgTool, as well as DVDDecrypter. I'm just wondering what's up with RecordNow. Ideas or suggestions appreciated, thanks. (I do have the latest PxEngine installed)

[Equinoxe]

I'm having the same problems.. record now says "scanning" then terminated with errors? wierd.. only seems to have happened since i installed the latest PX Engine update...

Eq

[klona]

Check ther log file for a bit more of information (not too much more...)

I had same troubles with recordnow max, and never understood why. I use gear DVD pro when this happend with recordnow, and gear check the video_ts and files ang give me no error.

but in my case, it was onlt on authored movies, mainly ifoedited ones, never on a directDVD5 copy.

[sumotherdude]

I had the same problems and seem to notice, in my case, I experienced the errors any time I was burning more than 4 GB to a disc. For the longest time I thought my burner was dying but then I switched over to Nero and everything was fine...

[The_Flash]

Originally posted by Equinoxe
...only seems to have happened since i installed the latest PX Engine update...
Eq

I agree. I wondered about this as well.

Yes, the saga continued this weekend as I tried to backup a few more discs. Most HK DVDs are DVD-5, and all three that I tried terminated with errors. Like I said, I don't mind making the images but I would really like to know what is going on here.

115 - |01| Job 1 - RecType:2 Mode:1 FSType:3
06 - |01| Job 1 Round 1 Started - 1 Recorder(s)
124 - |01| Job 1 Scanning
319 - |01| Job 1 Error: Drive Host:1 ID:0 (E:) - Pioneer DVD-RW
DVR-103 Stopped because of job error -1
207 - |01| Job 1 Round 1 Terminated - 0 Good Disc(s), 1 Bad Disc(s)
312 - |01| Job 1 Terminated with errors <<<<<<< 0 Good Disc(s),
1 Bad Disc(s) >>>>>>>

(I removed the time & dates to make it easier to read)

[Commander XJL]

Have you tried turning of the check video_ts structure in options under data disk?

[The_Flash]

Yes. That pretty much defeats the purpose of using this program (or PrimoDVD) to burn though.

I tried PrimoDVD with the same PxEngine and it errored just like RecordNow Max. This leads me to believe that it may be the engine update after all.

I did notice that there is a new one available now for August...v.342
Have to try this out and see if all is normal again.

http://www.veritas.com/us/products/recordnow/drivers/

[marcusp]

I don't really know if it comes from the PxEngine, because for my problem (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31474) which is very similar to yours, I've tested my writers on 2 computers and each version of PxEngine was different whereas each time I get coasters !!!

For my computer, there was RNM 4.10 with PxEngine: 1.1.336 (july update), and on the other one, RNM 4.0 with PxEngine 1.1.327 (old update). You can check your current version in the about box (last 3 numbers) or in the properties of px.dll in windows\system32 for Win2k/XP.
I've not tested the August update for the moment, maybe tonight, but DVD+R are not enough cheap for me to make a lot of tests :(

I'm suspecting Daemon Tools 3.16, which was the only common prog between these 2 computers. It does not seem to like my attempts to burn the DVD+R...
I've also removed CDRWin and Blinwrite Suite 4.0.5 on my computer, but they were not on the other computers.

Can you tell me if you have also Daemon Tools 3.16 installed on your computer ?

I've successfully burned several DVD+R yesterday with the lastest release of Nero (5.5.9.6) whereas it was impossible before.

For the moment I don't see another explanation.

[marcusp]

I've just made another try with RNM (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31474) and one more time, the burning was not a success. So I'm not convinced that recent PxEngines are guilty, but RNM is !
Everything is burning without a glitch with Nero, so the problem seems to come only from RNM and not from my writer.

[The_Flash]

I don't have Daemon tools installed. I don't have CDRWin installed, and I will NEVER try to burn a DVD with Nero ever again :(
I should have a new DVD-5 to try on Tuesday to see if the new update has fixed anything.

[Equinoxe]

new update didn't fix the issue here :( oh well i have figured out you can just make a .gi image.. but that sucks i just want to burn it without making a image first.. arh

[fourtyfour]

servus...

make an image with ifoedit and burn this image with primodvd.

I think the problem is the size of the ifo files.

this ifo file seems to big for primodvd.

but with the image-burning method everything works fine.

[The_Flash]

Well I just copied two DVD-5s with RecordNow Max w/o having to make an image. The only difference is that I removed Adaptec's ASPI layer and replaced it with Nero's "wnaspi32.dll" in my system32 folder. I did not install Nero, however. I ran the updated PxEngine on RecordNow and everything worked fine, including the DVD-Rs it created. Don't know guys, goodluck to the rest of you though.

[marcusp]

Really good news :) have you tried to burn a DVD(video) without making an image ? It'd avoid me to make some other coasters if it works in this case too.
TIA.

[The_Flash]

Originally posted by The_Flash
...I just copied two DVD-5s with RecordNow Max w/o having to make an image.


I just burned the VIDEO_TS & AUDIO_TS as a data disc. Kept "Recognize the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS per the DVD specification" turned on, too. So I can finally skip the image creation step.

I wasn't having problems burning images with the program, nor were the discs that I burned from created images faulty. If that is your particular case you may want to look into other areas for the source of your problem.

[marcusp]

OK I just thought you were making copies on the fly...thx anyway

[mikewillnot]

On occasion I've been able to make the problem go away by adding in some small files from the original rip that weren't needed in the reauthored set. That doesn't always work, though, as they sometimes make the set too big. I tried the aspi switch, with no luck. I discovered that my machine has about 40 various aspi files on it, though. That makes me wonder. I don't understand what that's all about, or how to clean it up. Any thoughts? This RecordNow "terminated with errors" problem is driving me nuts.

[The_Flash]

Wow, my old thread resurrected from the dead. I havn't tried it in a while actually. I now have RecordNow Max v4.50 and I always make an img. with ImgTool Classic as a failsafe. An extra step, but after all the re-authoring, etc., a few minutes isn't worth old headaches.

[mikewillnot]

So, an attempt to burn a movie set directly with RNM produces the error. I myself have converted that set to an .img (imgtool), and burned with DVDdecrypter, successfully. This introduces two changes: the .img conversion, and the new burner software. You're saying that the same .img file can be burned with RNM successfully, no? Curious. I wonder what happens differently when RNM burns the file set vs when it burns the .img which contains the same file set.

[The_Flash]

Not sure what the differences are, I'm far from being a techie. But yes, RNM will burn your .img file too.

[mikewillnot]

I knew it could burn .img in general; I was just wondering about an image file based on a fileset that it wouldn't burn. I'll give that a test this weekend.

[The_Flash]

Yeah, that should work fine. That's how I got around the problem a few months ago when it wouldn't burn the directories directly.

[mikewillnot]

I've now tested the problem more. The error message in this thread is generated by RNM before the burn actually commences. If the same problem file set is converted to an .img using imgtool, it can then be burnt fine with either DVDdecrypter or RNM. I asked RNM support about the problem, and they recommendation was, in RNM 4.5: in Advanced, UNCHECK "Recognize the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders per the DVD spec." See HERE (http://supportforum.stompinc.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=5770#post5770) for the ongoing conversation. I have had no success with that method to date, not even with filesets that burn fine when converted to images.