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ripcorner
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10. December 2009 @ 12:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I use AnyDVD and Shrink to legitimately backup my purchased Children movies that my 3yr old likes to play with (in addition to watching them).

All of the sudden out-of-nowhere I'm getting "PLAY PROHIBITED, CHECK DISC" on all burned discs.

Please forgive me if this has been covered somewhere under a different title, I did search.

I know this might be a simple fix, please bare with me - I'm still learning (actually a lot thanks to this forum)
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10. December 2009 @ 14:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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"PLAY PROHIBITED, CHECK DISC
I assume this message is displayed on a standalone DVD player.

If you take a previously burned disk, that never showed this behaviour and play it, does the message appear.

Do the bad disks play ok on the PC?
ripcorner
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10. December 2009 @ 19:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you for responding, yes on stand-a-loan players the dvd's do not work.

HOLY COW. now Check this out::

If I rip using Shrink, and try to burn using Nero or BurnAwae Free, now I get "Burn process failed (Invalid Address For Write.)" All the time.

If I rip using DVDfab, the dvd burns but I get "PLAY PROHIBITED"

I looked at Device Manager and both dvd drives are "Region 1", which to my knowledge the US IS region 1.

I'm pulling my hair out here with a 3yr old wanting to watch certain movies
ripcorner
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10. December 2009 @ 19:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by attar:
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If you take a previously burned disk, that never showed this behaviour and play it, does the message appear.
yes, previously burned discs all play
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10. December 2009 @ 19:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Rip one of your old original DVD disks (which you have ripped in the past and it burned and worked ok) and burn it again.

If there is no problem, then you suspect that it is the newer DVD rips that are the problem.

If there is a problem (but the burned disk plays on the PC) it might be that the media is marginal and you either update the burner firmware and try again or switch to a known good brand of disk - and the only two are Verbatim and Taiyo-Yuden.
ripcorner
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11. December 2009 @ 07:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Previous DVDs used do not work now.
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I'm on the same 100 disc spindle of Phillips DVD+R blanks that I've been using for two years (so if 75-80 of the 100 never had a problem, I'm assuming the last 20 wont either), but however I did also try Memorex and same problems still.

I think it has to be the drive.
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11. December 2009 @ 11:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Do the latest burned disks play on the PC?
ripcorner
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11. December 2009 @ 15:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by attar:
Do the latest burned disks play on the PC?
yes without problem
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11. December 2009 @ 16:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Do the latest burned disks play on the PC?

yes without problem
If the burned disk plays ok on the PC, but fails on the standalone, I would suspect the media.
I had that problem with Ritek disks.
Try some Verbatim brand disks.
If your standalone lists them, I would use DVD-R in preference to the +R.
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Joleca
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16. December 2009 @ 09:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just a suggestion that might help as well..

Since you're using AnyDVD + DVD Shrink (same as I do).. don't use DVD Shrink to rip with AnyDVD just running in the background... Most of the newer discs now have some kind of "Structural Protection" that still seems to baffle DVD Shrink..

The folks at Slysoft (who make AnyDVD) recommend using the built-in AnyDVD ripper (right click on the fox icon and rip to HDD).. Then instead of opening the disc in DVD Shrink, have it open the files (just point it to the directory AnyDVD created when it ripped).. Then, business as usual and you might find this solves your problem..

Any I would most certainly agree with attar and switch to Verbatim discs...

Good Luck




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