Hybrid_From_Hell Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 HELP ! I recently swapped my CD rom and CD RW for a DVD ROM and DVD RW Now the fun has started. I bought them they came with no software, connected them up and windows XO loaded the drivers. They both read and play, but heres the problem. I Have tried Nero 7 DVD Software, it will NOT copy a DVD its says "error Copying" and hangs I have tried U Lead DVD Facrtoey - same problem, just hangs when it seems all is going ok. Any ideas, this is doing my head in. I have even tried copying a simple word document to a DVD RW, it won't with Nero making a Data disk. or even using XP software Any ideas please before I give my PC Flying lessons ? Are DVD RWs generally iffy for copywork ? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 XO must be the version before XP? I had a thread on here a few months back about DVD software, if you search you might find it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonPearson Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 HELP !I recently swapped my CD rom and CD RW for a DVD ROM and DVD RW Now the fun has started. I bought them they came with no software, connected them up and windows XO loaded the drivers. They both read and play, but heres the problem. I Have tried Nero 7 DVD Software, it will NOT copy a DVD its says "error Copying" and hangs I have tried U Lead DVD Facrtoey - same problem, just hangs when it seems all is going ok. Any ideas, this is doing my head in. I have even tried copying a simple word document to a DVD RW, it won't with Nero making a Data disk. or even using XP software Any ideas please before I give my PC Flying lessons ? Are DVD RWs generally iffy for copywork ? Nige Google for "Mac The Ripper".. works first time, every time, no problems. Oh, but of course, you need to get a proper computer to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Simpkins Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Here are a couple of links that might help explain your problems. DVD copying issues could be either copy protection on the source DVD, or the DVD is larger that the destination DVD, see here:- http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/5540 Your problem with copying files to a DVD RW could be the wrong DVD format for your drive, see here:- http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardwa...tsExplained.asp Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but I thought I'd start with the basic stuff first. Unfortunately, burning DVDs is not quite as straightforward as burning CDs. Hope this helps, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nige, Try DVDShrink and DVD Decrypter, if the first doesn't work the second will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 Ok, Much beer, and work......... Uninstalled Nero, seems to be having a complete hissy fit My Windows XO "Click on file and send to CDRW" type link works, but now won't copy, ballon comes up saying "Files to copy" when I then follow the route it just plains fails But. Ulead DVDDVD Movie Factory, now lets me Copy a simple data file to CD or DVD Copy a music CD to a CD But I have a DVD I am trying to copy and still no go. I have dropped the speed to 2x on a DVD RW Had a look at the DVD I am trying to copy, its not copyrighted but WTF are "VOB" files ???? Fridge, The software you mention is it freebie ? Nige Had enough of Piggin PCs for 1 day thank you very much, but it is now "Sort of working" ish Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nige What drivers are you using? Are they the "standard" ones installed by XP when you first turned it on after fitting the DVD? If so then try downloading the correct drivers from the DVD drive manufacturers website, unistall the DVD drive and re-install with the correct drivers. This will give you the best possible chance IMHO. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nige, yes it's free. DVDShrink is particularly useful as it re-encodes DVD's from commercial (dual-layer) to fit onto a "normal" 4.7Gb DVD. .VOB files are sections of data from the DVD, the software will know what to do with 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nige,Try DVDShrink and DVD Decrypter, if the first doesn't work the second will. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr DVD Decrypter is no longer available as free download Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 In that case, you have mail B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Make sure you are using the right media DVD-R is not the same as DVD+R DVD-RAM is different to DVD-RW ISTR too. Use the info tool supplied with Nero to find out what your drive will actually read and write. My current favourite is TDK DVD-R - available in packs of 25 from HMV etc for a tenner. There are cheaper, but that media is 90% reliable for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyplugger Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Echo MogLite, make sure you have correct format discs, +R or -R for the rewriter. NB: DVDshrink needs Nero to burn. (full licence code for Nero too, IIRC) Another (free) program to back up DVD discs is '1 Click DVD Copy' but is quite limited and you will need a program called 'DVD 4 3' to remove the encryption. Perfect for backing up you own DVD collection. Personally find DVDShrink much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangover Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 If you are copying from disc to disc, you need to have both drives on seperate ide cables, so the dvd rom on the same cable as your hdd ( primary ide cable, unless using sata cable ) and the dvd rw on the secondary ide cable. Can recomend dvd shrink, i found most copying errors are re clycic redundancy errors, meaning it is having trouble reading the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hangover - the bit about IDE cables isn't really true these days with Buffer Under-run protection on drives, and I've found it's almost as fast to let the software copy it to HDD before burning back to the other drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltwt1981 Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Nige I have a DVD RW on a USB connection. If you want to use it you are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangover Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hangover - the bit about IDE cables isn't really true these days with Buffer Under-run protection on drives, and I've found it's almost as fast to let the software copy it to HDD before burning back to the other drive. True, but if you are copying a copy from drive to drive it can cause reading errors, most copying will be done to hdd first as you said for shrinking or decrypting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonPearson Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Bleeding 'eck, I've never seen so much fuss over copying a simple DVD. Just pop over here Nige and we'll do it in a jiffy using my Apple Mac! Mac The Ripper is a free download also... as is most Mac software these days. And unlike that Windoze cr@p it all works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Mac The Ripper is a free download also... as is most Mac software these days. And unlike that Windoze cr@p it all works! Perhaps they have trouble selling it? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuko Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr DVD Decrypter is no longer available as free downloadNige Nige, DVD Decrypt has changed owners. Due to that, it has a new name "Imgburn". Image Burn can be downloaded here Still free, basically, the same program...... Todd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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