Quote: I have the same problem with IcopyDVD2. It goes through all the motions of copying and burning, ejects and when slid back in, no disc is detected. They don't work in any other computers or DVD players either. I tried both -R and +R Sony's and Verbatim AZO's and all I have is 5 coasters so far.
Quote:Granted, I'm using cheap media, but I hate to spend any more money to get new disks (I'm broke!) Other than that, any ideas what the problem may be? Also, I tried that Diskidentifier and had no luck. Kept getting an error message that said "Disc Identification Did Not Complete Successfully" on both the blank disk and the problem disk.
The only other option is to try a different proggy.
Using DVD Shrink with DVD Decrypter may help, it's not so picky as to the media - you can reduce the size of the movie to arounf 4200MB so that you're writing away from the discs edge -
There's nothing much that you can do for crappy media - As has been said, if you have a car with a flat tire and no spare - a washing and a wax job won't hurt but you really need a tire :)
I don't know how much it will help but here's
"Uncle" ScubaPete's, Last Ditch Stopgap Fixes (Not Recommended):
1. * There's a little sometimes fix. It's to compress your DVD to somewhere around 4.2GB even (4200MB). For instance when using DVD Shrink, open it and click "Edit", then click "Preferences" on this page we're going to select "DVD Target Size" as custom and set the size as 4200MB. By reducing the amount to be burned you can stay away from the edges where the dye tends to be uneven and the discs may even be brittle.
2. You can reduce the numbers of errors while burning cheapo media by burning at a reduced speed. It takes longer but what the heck, you're saving money. Since you're compressing more it might be wise to burn just the movie, the less you burn the better the quality sooo, movie only, please.[/Ii]
Try to clean your DVD discs just before inserting, use a disc cleaner or isopropanol Alcohol and a soft cotton cloth and rub-a-dub, dub :-)
GOOD LUCK :)
The recommendations for the media have already been posted as has been the the guide for DVD Shrink -
There's something very strange going on mcmurry's CPU if he can't even get a disc identifier to work properly. I don't understand what all the fuss about ICOPYDVDs2 is ... even with landfill grade media, I can at least get it to playback on my DVD writer. The problem is that it just won't play anywhere else unless I use decent media. When I first got ICOPYDVDs2, I had a problem getting it going but a call to the merchant that I purchased it from, got me straightened out ... My biggest complaint is that ICOPYDVDs2 won't copy copies ... DVD Decrypter with DVD Shrink will ...
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hey Catfreak
Well how about letting us in on what tips the merchant gave you to get this thing running, cause so far I can't seem to get a finalized disc that can be read by anything!
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