I've tried all different programs to back up smallville season 5 and none of them seems to work on my dvdplayer. I've been backing up movies for sometime now and now i'm having trouble on this one. I've tried anydvd + clonedvd & 1click dvd & dvdfab platinum.. all of these are updated versions. I haven't tried dvdshrink with this one yet.. too long of a process. Also, my DMA is on. any suggestions anyone? has anyone backed up this episode? Oh yeah... I tried removing the title and menus that seems to work but I would like to add those in..
you did everything! you did what you could and know about DMA and keeping things up to date..... but did you know: there are plenty of reasons why certain dvds won't play in other players: 1. burning speeds: burn at 4x so there will be less writing errors (rule of thumb is to burn at half the rated speed of the disk--8X disk burn at 4x). 2. read manual for your stand alone player and use the disks that will play in your player. If your player is less than 2 yrs old then it should play the + or - R disks! I said SHOULD that's why you read the manual. 3. try booktyping your drive to DVd-ROM so it will make your +R disks more compatible to players. Read this: http://k-probe.com/bitsetting-booktype-faq.php 4. make sure that there are no finger prints or scratches on your disk that make it hard for the player to read the disk! 5. use good quality media (rule of thumb....buy the ones that are Made in Japan.) Verbatim is a top notch disk and is the only exception to this rule....some Verbatims are made in Taiwan and they are top notch! 6. and don't burn too close to the outer edge of the disk ..... which will make the disk unreadable! but using good media you will be able to burn close to the edge better than lesser quality media. Just in case I only burn no closer than 4400MB, so if you can set your programs to that, all the better! follow these little tips of the trade and you'll have better success! good luck. also read this: http://www.cdfreaks.com/print/article/113 why the +R media is better than the -R media I hope this helps, it did for me!
ihoe: i was on k-probe and was reading you can booktype an already burned dvd.but could not find how to. hope you can assit
I don't think you can booktype an already burned DVD unless you fool the drive itself as reading all burned DVDs as DVD-ROMs! I don't have that knowledge. maybe you can start a new thread about booktyping a burned DVD in the ADVANCED forum.
