Burned DVD's won't play on any other drive

I have about a dozen DVD's I burned recently which contain video files, all
Windows Media Video/Audio format. All the burns were good, the disks were
all finalized, and all disks were checked with data verification in Nero 6
Ultra. I checked three of the disks at random on my other drive, a DVD only
drive, in the same system. They played just fine. That was a couple of
weeks ago.

Today I popped one of the disks in the DVD drive (not the drive they were
burned in) and Windows Media Player wouldn't play any of the files on the
disk. It hung up and froze my system. It reported the disk as damaged or
otherwise unplayable.

I opened Windows Explorer and tried clicking on one of the files in there.
My system was immediately frozen. I tried playing one of the files on the
disk using Divx and my machine was instantly frozen.

I took the disk out of the DVD drive and popped it into the DVD/RW drive it
was burned in, in the same system, and it played just fine. It would appear
that I now have about 53 GB of files I can only play on one drive. They
won't play on the DVD/CD-RW drive in my laptop either. This is not good.
Not good at all. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has happened?



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Most likely this is an example of a very low quality burn and a degrading
disc. Suggest you replace them immediately if the files are important.


"Kevin" wrote in message
.. .
I have about a dozen DVD's I burned recently which contain video files,
all
Windows Media Video/Audio format. All the burns were good, the disks were
all finalized, and all disks were checked with data verification in Nero 6
Ultra. I checked three of the disks at random on my other drive, a DVD
only
drive, in the same system. They played just fine. That was a couple of
weeks ago.

Today I popped one of the disks in the DVD drive (not the drive they were
burned in) and Windows Media Player wouldn't play any of the files on the
disk. It hung up and froze my system. It reported the disk as damaged or
otherwise unplayable.

I opened Windows Explorer and tried clicking on one of the files in there.
My system was immediately frozen. I tried playing one of the files on the
disk using Divx and my machine was instantly frozen.

I took the disk out of the DVD drive and popped it into the DVD/RW drive
it
was burned in, in the same system, and it played just fine. It would
appear
that I now have about 53 GB of files I can only play on one drive. They
won't play on the DVD/CD-RW drive in my laptop either. This is not good.
Not good at all. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has happened?



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Wait about two minutes after putting the dvd into the other machines. In
explorer click on view as a thumbnail. The good videos that work will turn
into a thumbnail picture. The videos that won't play will not turn into a
thumbnail picture. Wait about 10 minutes the disc may be borderline if you
wait long enough they might all show as thumbnails. Make sure there is no
fingerprints on the burned side of the disc if there is rub them off. If
they all show as thumbnails the disc is good and should play on all your
computers. If they all transfer to the hard drive the disc is also good.

"Kevin" wrote in message
.. .
I have about a dozen DVD's I burned recently which contain video files, all
Windows Media Video/Audio format. All the burns were good, the disks were
all finalized, and all disks were checked with data verification in Nero 6
Ultra. I checked three of the disks at random on my other drive, a DVD
only drive, in the same system. They played just fine. That was a couple
of weeks ago.

Today I popped one of the disks in the DVD drive (not the drive they were
burned in) and Windows Media Player wouldn't play any of the files on the
disk. It hung up and froze my system. It reported the disk as damaged or
otherwise unplayable.

I opened Windows Explorer and tried clicking on one of the files in there.
My system was immediately frozen. I tried playing one of the files on the
disk using Divx and my machine was instantly frozen.

I took the disk out of the DVD drive and popped it into the DVD/RW drive
it was burned in, in the same system, and it played just fine. It would
appear that I now have about 53 GB of files I can only play on one drive.
They won't play on the DVD/CD-RW drive in my laptop either. This is not
good. Not good at all. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has
happened?


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.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Kevin wrote:

I have about a dozen DVD's I burned recently which contain video files, all
Windows Media Video/Audio format. All the burns were good, the disks were
all finalized, and all disks were checked with data verification in Nero 6
Ultra. I checked three of the disks at random on my other drive, a DVD only
drive, in the same system. They played just fine. That was a couple of
weeks ago.

Today I popped one of the disks in the DVD drive (not the drive they were
burned in) and Windows Media Player wouldn't play any of the files on the
disk. It hung up and froze my system. It reported the disk as damaged or
otherwise unplayable.

I opened Windows Explorer and tried clicking on one of the files in there.
My system was immediately frozen. I tried playing one of the files on the
disk using Divx and my machine was instantly frozen.

I took the disk out of the DVD drive and popped it into the DVD/RW drive it
was burned in, in the same system, and it played just fine. It would appear
that I now have about 53 GB of files I can only play on one drive. They
won't play on the DVD/CD-RW drive in my laptop either. This is not good.
Not good at all. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has happened?

(How did you solve the Nero install problem?)

What's the brand of the discs? Are you using Office Depot brand? What's
the speed rating of the discs and what was the burn speed?
..

================================================== =
Mike Richter - the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB (UDF)
================================================== =

The slimiest lying friggin SOB Mike Richter has been for YEARS
blaming the UDF -- to weasel out the bugs of DirectCD:

------------------------------------------
UDF is a fragile format
UDF is an unreliable format

the format is very fragile and unreliable
The format is bad - it loses data
The fault is not with the software but with the format

There is an inherent problem in UDF
Packet writing is the same as UDF.

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software
- but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.
------------------------------------------

But then again:

======================
From: Mike Richter (the Slimiest Lying Friggin ****)
Date: 5/4/06
Subject: UDF Has just bit me in the bum

I have used UDF for many years, but yesterday I had my first
corruption. I am now wondering whether to bother with UDF

First, your problem is not with UDF
======================

-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

"smh" wrote in message
...
. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Kevin wrote:

I have about a dozen DVD's I burned recently which contain video files,
all
Windows Media Video/Audio format. All the burns were good, the disks
were
all finalized, and all disks were checked with data verification in Nero
6
Ultra. I checked three of the disks at random on my other drive, a DVD
only
drive, in the same system. They played just fine. That was a couple of
weeks ago.

Today I popped one of the disks in the DVD drive (not the drive they
were
burned in) and Windows Media Player wouldn't play any of the files on
the
disk. It hung up and froze my system. It reported the disk as damaged
or
otherwise unplayable.

I opened Windows Explorer and tried clicking on one of the files in
there.
My system was immediately frozen. I tried playing one of the files on
the
disk using Divx and my machine was instantly frozen.

I took the disk out of the DVD drive and popped it into the DVD/RW drive
it
was burned in, in the same system, and it played just fine. It would
appear
that I now have about 53 GB of files I can only play on one drive. They
won't play on the DVD/CD-RW drive in my laptop either. This is not
good.
Not good at all. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has happened?

(How did you solve the Nero install problem?)

I haven't. I still can't get Nero 6 Ultra to install on my laptop. Can't
figure out why for the life of me. It's installed and running fine on my
desktop, which is the system I used to burn the DVD's.

What's the brand of the discs? Are you using Office Depot brand? What's
the speed rating of the discs and what was the burn speed?

I'm using Imation branded disks. DVD-R 16X, 4.7 GB capacity (single layer,
single sided) blanks. Three of the 12 blanks were burned at 4X --- but the
other 9 burned at 16X. Those were the only speed options available in Nero
Burning Rom at the time of the burn(s). Of the hundreds of files, only a
handful were in a format other than Windows Media Video/Audio. I'll have to
look at all the disks again to see where these other file types (.avi, .mov,
and .mpeg) wound up. They may have been on the DVD's that burned at 4X.

.

================================================== =
Mike Richter - the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB (UDF)
================================================== =

The slimiest lying friggin SOB Mike Richter has been for YEARS
blaming the UDF -- to weasel out the bugs of DirectCD:

------------------------------------------
UDF is a fragile format
UDF is an unreliable format

the format is very fragile and unreliable
The format is bad - it loses data
The fault is not with the software but with the format

There is an inherent problem in UDF
Packet writing is the same as UDF.

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software
- but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.
------------------------------------------

But then again:

======================
From: Mike Richter (the Slimiest Lying Friggin ****)
Date: 5/4/06
Subject: UDF Has just bit me in the bum

I have used UDF for many years, but yesterday I had my first
corruption. I am now wondering whether to bother with UDF

First, your problem is not with UDF
======================

-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

"Dan G" wrote in message
. ..
Most likely this is an example of a very low quality burn and a degrading
disc. Suggest you replace them immediately if the files are important.

Brand new blanks. Imation branded, 16X DVD-R, 4.7 GB capacity.


"Kevin" wrote in message
.. .
I have about a dozen DVD's I burned recently which contain video files,
all
Windows Media Video/Audio format. All the burns were good, the disks
were
all finalized, and all disks were checked with data verification in Nero
6
Ultra. I checked three of the disks at random on my other drive, a DVD
only
drive, in the same system. They played just fine. That was a couple of
weeks ago.

Today I popped one of the disks in the DVD drive (not the drive they
were
burned in) and Windows Media Player wouldn't play any of the files on
the
disk. It hung up and froze my system. It reported the disk as damaged
or
otherwise unplayable.

I opened Windows Explorer and tried clicking on one of the files in
there.
My system was immediately frozen. I tried playing one of the files on
the
disk using Divx and my machine was instantly frozen.

I took the disk out of the DVD drive and popped it into the DVD/RW drive
it
was burned in, in the same system, and it played just fine. It would
appear
that I now have about 53 GB of files I can only play on one drive. They
won't play on the DVD/CD-RW drive in my laptop either. This is not
good.
Not good at all. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has happened?



--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

"Tony" JustPlainTony wrote in message
...
Wait about two minutes after putting the dvd into the other machines. In
explorer click on view as a thumbnail. The good videos that work will turn
into a thumbnail picture. The videos that won't play will not turn into a
thumbnail picture. Wait about 10 minutes the disc may be borderline if you
wait long enough they might all show as thumbnails. Make sure there is no
fingerprints on the burned side of the disc if there is rub them off. If
they all show as thumbnails the disc is good and should play on all your
computers. If they all transfer to the hard drive the disc is also good.

Good to know! I'm going to check the disks in a friends machine as well. I
usually wait until I see the drive activity light on the optical drive go
out before I open Windows Explorer or Media Player. I tried using Divx as
well and that did not work either. If the file did open in WMP or Divx, it
would play for about 10 seconds then totally freeze the system up.


"Kevin" wrote in message
.. .
I have about a dozen DVD's I burned recently which contain video files,
all
Windows Media Video/Audio format. All the burns were good, the disks
were
all finalized, and all disks were checked with data verification in Nero
6
Ultra. I checked three of the disks at random on my other drive, a DVD
only drive, in the same system. They played just fine. That was a
couple
of weeks ago.

Today I popped one of the disks in the DVD drive (not the drive they
were
burned in) and Windows Media Player wouldn't play any of the files on
the
disk. It hung up and froze my system. It reported the disk as damaged
or
otherwise unplayable.

I opened Windows Explorer and tried clicking on one of the files in
there.
My system was immediately frozen. I tried playing one of the files on
the
disk using Divx and my machine was instantly frozen.

I took the disk out of the DVD drive and popped it into the DVD/RW drive
it was burned in, in the same system, and it played just fine. It would
appear that I now have about 53 GB of files I can only play on one
drive.
They won't play on the DVD/CD-RW drive in my laptop either. This is not
good. Not good at all. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has
happened?


--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Kevin wrote:
"smh" wrote:

(How did you solve the Nero install problem?)

I haven't. I still can't get Nero 6 Ultra to install on my laptop. Can't
figure out why for the life of me. It's installed and running fine on my
desktop, which is the system I used to burn the DVD's.

Try run Nero CleanTool and terminate background programs, like
anti-virus.
http://ww2.nero.com/nero7/enu/General_CleanTool.html

What's the brand of the discs? Are you using Office Depot brand? What's
the speed rating of the discs and what was the burn speed?

I'm using Imation branded disks. DVD-R 16X, 4.7 GB capacity (single layer,
single sided) blanks. Three of the 12 blanks were burned at 4X --- but the
other 9 burned at 16X. Those were the only speed options available in Nero
Burning Rom at the time of the burn(s).

Think you may have burner/media incompatibility. Once burned Ridata 16x
at 4x 'successfully', but the disc was not even recognized. Burned
Verbatim 16x at 4x on the same burner and there was no recognition
problem (even though burn quality is less than that of 16x burn).
..

================================================== =
Mike Richter - the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB (UDF)
================================================== =

The slimiest lying friggin SOB Mike Richter has been for YEARS
blaming the UDF -- to weasel out the bugs of DirectCD:

------------------------------------------
UDF is a fragile format
UDF is an unreliable format

the format is very fragile and unreliable
The format is bad - it loses data
The fault is not with the software but with the format

There is an inherent problem in UDF
Packet writing is the same as UDF.

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software
- but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.
------------------------------------------

But then again:

======================
From: Mike Richter (the Slimiest Lying Friggin ****)
Date: 5/4/06
Subject: UDF Has just bit me in the bum

I have used UDF for many years, but yesterday I had my first
corruption. I am now wondering whether to bother with UDF

First, your problem is not with UDF
======================

-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

"smh" wrote in message
...
. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Kevin wrote:
"smh" wrote:

(How did you solve the Nero install problem?)

I haven't. I still can't get Nero 6 Ultra to install on my laptop.
Can't
figure out why for the life of me. It's installed and running fine on my
desktop, which is the system I used to burn the DVD's.

Try run Nero CleanTool and terminate background programs, like
anti-virus.
http://ww2.nero.com/nero7/enu/General_CleanTool.html

Thanks for the link. I was thinking about that this afternoon.


What's the brand of the discs? Are you using Office Depot brand? What's
the speed rating of the discs and what was the burn speed?

I'm using Imation branded disks. DVD-R 16X, 4.7 GB capacity (single
layer,
single sided) blanks. Three of the 12 blanks were burned at 4X --- but
the
other 9 burned at 16X. Those were the only speed options available in
Nero
Burning Rom at the time of the burn(s).

Think you may have burner/media incompatibility. Once burned Ridata 16x
at 4x 'successfully', but the disc was not even recognized. Burned
Verbatim 16x at 4x on the same burner and there was no recognition
problem (even though burn quality is less than that of 16x burn).

Crap. That would suck. And would make me hunt around for compatible media,
when just about any blank should work. Remember when this was all supposed
to be simple and easy? Just stick a disk in your burner and the next thing
you know . . . you're done! It's issues like this that make me break out in
a cold sweat when I read about Blu Ray and HD formats. At this rate it will
be a miracle if we can actually burn a disk at all.

.

================================================== =
Mike Richter - the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB (UDF)
================================================== =

The slimiest lying friggin SOB Mike Richter has been for YEARS
blaming the UDF -- to weasel out the bugs of DirectCD:

------------------------------------------
UDF is a fragile format
UDF is an unreliable format

the format is very fragile and unreliable
The format is bad - it loses data
The fault is not with the software but with the format

There is an inherent problem in UDF
Packet writing is the same as UDF.

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software
- but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.
------------------------------------------

But then again:

======================
From: Mike Richter (the Slimiest Lying Friggin ****)
Date: 5/4/06
Subject: UDF Has just bit me in the bum

I have used UDF for many years, but yesterday I had my first
corruption. I am now wondering whether to bother with UDF

First, your problem is not with UDF
======================

-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Kevin wrote:
"smh" wrote:

(How did you solve the Nero install problem?)

I haven't. I still can't get Nero 6 Ultra to install on my laptop.
Can't
figure out why for the life of me. It's installed and running fine on my
desktop, which is the system I used to burn the DVD's.

Try run Nero CleanTool and terminate background programs, like
anti-virus.
http://ww2.nero.com/nero7/enu/General_CleanTool.html

Thanks for the link. I was thinking about that this afternoon.

You are welcome and hope it fixes the install problem.


What's the brand of the discs? Are you using Office Depot brand? What's
the speed rating of the discs and what was the burn speed?

I'm using Imation branded disks. DVD-R 16X, 4.7 GB capacity (single
layer,
single sided) blanks. Three of the 12 blanks were burned at 4X --- but
the
other 9 burned at 16X. Those were the only speed options available in
Nero
Burning Rom at the time of the burn(s).

Think you may have burner/media incompatibility. Once burned Ridata 16x
at 4x 'successfully', but the disc was not even recognized. Burned
Verbatim 16x at 4x on the same burner and there was no recognition
problem (even though burn quality is less than that of 16x burn).

Crap. That would suck. And would make me hunt around for compatible media,
when just about any blank should work. Remember when this was all supposed
to be simple and easy? Just stick a disk in your burner and the next thing
you know . . . you're done! It's issues like this that make me break out in
a cold sweat when I read about Blu Ray and HD formats. At this rate it will
be a miracle if we can actually burn a disk at all.

If you don't want the hassle, just use Verbatim dvd. They are often on
sale with rebates at Newegg.com.


.
================================================== =
Mike Richter - the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB (UDF)
================================================== =

The slimiest lying friggin SOB Mike Richter has been for YEARS
blaming the UDF -- to weasel out the bugs of DirectCD:

------------------------------------------
UDF is a fragile format
UDF is an unreliable format

the format is very fragile and unreliable
The format is bad - it loses data
The fault is not with the software but with the format

There is an inherent problem in UDF
Packet writing is the same as UDF.

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software
- but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.
------------------------------------------

But then again:

======================
From: Mike Richter (the Slimiest Lying Friggin ****)
Date: 5/4/06
Subject: UDF Has just bit me in the bum

I have used UDF for many years, but yesterday I had my first
corruption. I am now wondering whether to bother with UDF

First, your problem is not with UDF
======================

-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)