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AJT
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18. May 2005 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a five-minute AVI that I'm trying to put on DVD. I followed bbmayo's step-by-step instructions here http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/AVItoDVD.html.

Everything went perfectly until about three minutes into the final step, running DVD Decrypter to write to the DVD, when an error message popped up, saying "Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format." I checked the disc, and all of the files seemed to be on it, so I popped it in a DVD player. The movie started fine but froze after about five seconds.

A brief internet search for people with the same problem suggested that it might have just been a bad disc, so I tried another disc and got the same error message. Again, the movie will play for about five seconds and freeze.

Here is the log for DVD Decrypter --

I 11:46:17 DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
I 11:46:17 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 11:46:17 Initialising SPTI...
I 11:46:17 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 11:46:18 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW!
I 11:47:13 Operation Started!
I 11:47:13 Source File: C:\MOVIE.ISO
I 11:47:13 Source File Sectors: 120,632 (MODE1/2048)
I 11:47:13 Source File Size: 247,054,336 bytes
I 11:47:13 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink
I 11:47:13 Destination Device: [0:1:0] DVDRW DRW-3S163 BSG2 (E:) (ATA)
I 11:47:13 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MXL RG02) (Speeds: 4x)
I 11:47:13 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496
I 11:47:13 Write Mode: DVD
I 11:47:13 Write Type: SAO
I 11:47:13 Write Speed: 4x
I 11:47:13 Link Size: Auto
I 11:47:13 Test Mode: No
I 11:47:13 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 11:47:13 Filling Buffer...
I 11:47:14 Writing LeadIn...
I 11:48:05 Writing Image...
W 11:51:26 Failed to Write Sectors 1632 - 1663 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:26 Retrying (1 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (2 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (3 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (4 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (5 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (6 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (7 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (8 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (9 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (10 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (11 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (12 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (13 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (14 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (15 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (16 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (17 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (18 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (19 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
W 11:51:27 Retrying (20 of 20)...
W 11:51:27 Retry Failed! - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
E 11:51:38 Failed to Write Sectors 1632 - 1663 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
I 11:51:38 Synchronising Cache...
E 11:51:38 Failed to Write Image!
E 11:51:38 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:04:25
I 11:51:38 Average Write Rate: 15 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 328 KB/s (0.2x)


Any suggestions?
AJT
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18. May 2005 @ 11:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OK, so I downloaded Nero Burning ROM and used that to write the files in Video_TS to the disc, and everything works fine.

But if anyone knows what the problem was with DVD Decypter, I'd be grateful.
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