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films disappearing of dvd's after a few weeks!
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nwestwood
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10. December 2005 @ 06:47 |
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hi, i have been backing up my dvd's for a few months now, last week i put on a dvd backup in the car which i had backed weeks before only to find it would not play and the dvd player said no disc! now i have watched this dvd when i first backed it up and it played fine, but now it is like the disc is empty. my pc can't read the disc. i only use grade A media no cheap rubbish and burn with nero or alcohol 120%. after i tried a few more backups and there is a few that will not play and can't be read in my pc dvd-rom, all of which played without problems when first backed up. anyone had the same problem if so what is causing it?
many thanks,
Neil.
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sytyguy
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10. December 2005 @ 08:30 |
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What kind of "grade A media" exactly are you talking about? Because, this kind of problem is usually associated with bad media, or too fast of a burn speed.
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Rich
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nwestwood
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10. December 2005 @ 08:44 |
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the media i have been using is 'pio-data' DVD-R 8x and have being burning at 8x. would the burner cause the problem, i use a 'nec dvd rw nd-3520' but have now swapped to a 'pioneer DVD-RW dvr-110d'
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Neil.
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sytyguy
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10. December 2005 @ 09:13 |
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Any idea what the "media code" is, I.E. RITEKG04,RITEKG05,TYG02....etc?
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Rich
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10. December 2005 @ 13:18 |
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@ nwestwood hi @)
must say i have never heard of pio-data
as sytyguy has said, it looks like bad media to me as well
lets get a true id of your disc by clicking the link in my sig, download DVDIdentifier, run your disc through it and post your findings
then we can take it from there
 gif by ireland
we cant help if you wont help yourself This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 10. December 2005 @ 13:23
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andmerr
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10. December 2005 @ 13:44 |
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nwestwood
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10. December 2005 @ 13:49 |
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hi, thanks for the help so far, just downloaded dvd identifier and the disc's are RITEK G05, the guys i had these disc's from did say they where the best for movie backups. hope this helps.
many thanks,
Neil.
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nwestwood
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10. December 2005 @ 13:54 |
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gear79
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10. December 2005 @ 14:16 |
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1rst. sig compiled by phantom69 |
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10. December 2005 @ 14:20 |
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@ nwestwood :)
i use RITEK pretty much exclusively, (see sig)
those you have are RITEKG05-R 1-8X speed, burn them at 4x max for error free backups
never had a problem of any of mine degradeing
gif by ireland
we cant help if you wont help yourself This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 10. December 2005 @ 14:27
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sytyguy
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10. December 2005 @ 14:31 |
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Yep, gotta agree with gurnard, also. I've burnt several hundred with that media and NEVER a coaster.
Maybe it is time to upgrade you firmware, if you haven't, although it sounds like your burner might be going bad.
Here's a link to get the latest firmware for you burner.
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_search.php
HTH,
Rich
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11. December 2005 @ 11:13 |
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Hi,
I had the same problem. Turned out to be a bad burner. Replaced it and no probs. Most likely was that the laser was not crystallizing the gel layer enough and on play the reading laser changed the resulting data to garbage. Hope this helps. BTW, I use a Plextor 708A burner at 4x and no problems.I also use Ritek G05 -r discs.
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nwestwood
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12. December 2005 @ 04:50 |
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many thanks to all that help with my problem. like i said i have now switched to a pionner burner, hopefully this will stop the dvd-r's going bad!
many thanks,
Neil.
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