Doesn't anyone use the guides before posting "how-to" questions?

A search guide, Hmmm...good idea Pete! I think a lot more people might use it if they knew how. Great idea!

CUDOS my friend :>)

 

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Big "O",

Check this out - I'll be using it a lot !

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html

Enjoy -

NEWBIES, Take notice -


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Oh MY Lord! LMAO! Thats awesome Pete. LOL Me too if you don't mind ;>)

 

Pete,

I think your post was condescending, rude, and totally uncalled for. I don't "know all about" anything, and no one possibly can. This is not limited to DVD forums. Why does the US pay farmers not to farm when we can feed the world 3 times over, yet people starve to death still today?

1. Newbies are always accused of not searching. This may have been the case before I came hear, but I have not seen much of it going on in the short time I've been here.

2. I "searched" for info, found, several guides AND threads, thre first being a free version of TPMGP<sp> that would do what my project required. I didn't understand it. (See "newbie" next to my name)

3. I then went to a program (I don't recall the name now) but it required I install some sort of Microsoft Jargon crap which I reluctantly installed. That was a complete disaster, so I got rid of the Microsoft programming crap, and will never go against my belief that anyting made, or required by MS is purely evil. This proves I went far and above what an average newbie would do BEFORE asking for help.

4. One person said, "hell just use Nero recode, add the files, and it's so simple", he does it all the time. Well I tried that, didn't work, so I was pointed to Nero's site for an upgrade of NVE. I did that, but my OEM version only upgraded me to version 2 not 3.

5. I used the zapper program that Orange suggested because I had previously used easycd/Roxio before, and *FROM READING THE THREADS* I was told Nero and Roxio didn't like each other. I also know that Nero likes to take control of your burner, but not as much as Roxio, so I have stuck with nero per everyone's advice, and FROM READING THE THREADS. Of course, evil MS media player wants a piece of the action too.

6. My last burn gave me an I/O error which from WHAT I HAVE READ, is usually a MEDIA PROBLEM or burner problem. This was precicesly why I switched media from RW to -R, because of other errors. This is the first I/O error I got, and the changes I made are listed in my previous post.

7. The Santa program I have not tried mostly because it seems from WHAT I READ, it has some problems, so FROM WHAT I READ, people seem to prefer NERO, but only slightly as an overall APP.

8. If you are less than 70 years old, Please respect your elders. That is more of a valuable lesson anyone can learn.

9. I simply asked if you would recommend a PARTICULAR guide or APP that you preferred thinking maybe you had had success burning a similar project as mine.

10. The best way to ridicule someone is to do your research and not make snide blanket comments with ill informed preconceived notions about the author of the post.

11. Have a good day sir.

 

I thought not. It seemed clear to me through this thread and others, you needed a bit of help. I attempted to show you what had worked for me BUT for some reason, you've decided to get just a bit "testy" didn't you . . . ?

You're on a slippery slope here lad . . . In another thread you professed to know quite a bit that we found out in short order you didn't know . . . fess up now, don't go getting "uppity" . . .

Very cute that . . . The youth of today believing that you can be anything you want behind the anonymity of the Internet. One thing you didn't take into consideration is that the true adults have learned how to spell and how to grammatically construct a sentence. Your sentence structure is indicative of someone (and I'm being really generous, you may thank me later) at most in his or her late teens. If you are more than 22 I believe you have sufficient grounds for a lawsuit against your teachers for permitting you to go out into the world so poorly equipped as you apparently are –

and, BTB, as educated adults, I am referring to those over 30 with at least a HS diploma. None would have made such "slips" as you've managed to do thus far. Back to school junior, and here . . . (tosses him a towel . . ) you'll need it . . .

Oooppps, we just slid down that slope I mentioned - -

Now you're getting all "lippy," and with your record too ? - You have already, in so short a time too, indicated your age through sentence structure, paraphrasing and wording.

Let's see, your age . . . through observation . . .

I'll go easy, just one post, OK ? Yea, I knew it would be alright. Just to show what your 70+ years of life's education has bestowed upon you . . .

Let's see how our perceived elder gentleman appears in another guise . . .









http://forums.afterdawn.com/search/forum_search_results.cfm?requesttimeout=180&#results

(heh, heh good one - sounds similar BUT the word was - "That threw me," - Even someone out of HS would have known that one . . You go girl, you go . . .

Let's see, the level of educational skills dropped to about 10th grade . . .

No pple, I didn't miss the part where he / she was using "DVDEncrypter" (I let that slide . . . I'm still looking for the "recode function" (Lol)

Naaaahhh, I said I was only going to do that one BUT anyone who knows how to use a "search" function can find more –

It's time we called an end to these childish games. As said in your time and jargon, Don't "play" me Nihilator –

You want to get along ? By yourself. Don't make things up. We're here on our free time to be straight with each other. Don't waste my time by blowing smoke up my skirt . .

Here's your chance,

Peace ?

 

Please point to where I "professed to know quite a bit." Additionally, it was not clear in the search features that "newbies," or all users for that matter, were required to construct grammatically correct sentences (notice the exclusion of "that are" which would be a needless repetition of the verb "to be") free of spelling errors. Is that a rule of the forum?
If forum should be pluralized, please let me change that to "fori." Do you really think you can actually ban somebody from entering this site, or any other site? Could you even imagine how much I couldn't care less? Yes, it is "couldn't;" however, people tend to say they "could care less" which, in effect, really means there is ample room for more caring (please note proper use of the semi-colon as kids today no longer can pronounce the word, let alone use it properly).

In between "paraphrasing" and the word "and," a comma is needed to make the sentence free of punctuation errors. However, you already comma spliced the entire sentence, so there really is no need to fix it.

I am a peaceful old man. You sir, attacked my very first post to the fori, and have continued to test my patience by attacking me when I am only asking for help.

"Now get out of here before I taunt you a second time."

 

Nihilator,

If you're going to quote Monty Python, you should get it right.

Sir Galahad: Is there someone else up there we could talk to?
French Soldier: No, now go away before I taunt you a second time.

I guess it's back to the books for you, again.

Jim

 

HOW TO TURN $6 INTO $6,000!!!!!!

READING THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

My mother's ashamed she ever squirted out a scumbag like me.

 

Hi Pete

I think the plural of 'forum' is 'fora'
'forum' -- noun -- neuter.

Best wishes.
eugeardee

 

Hi scubapete i started to use your guide again because i wanted to see if my computer would burn now. Well i started and it was faster than before but i got to the very end where you use dvd decrypter to burn it and it tells me that my disc needs to be formated i click yes to format it and then while its erasing everything off the disc i get an error saying

I/O Error!

Device: [1:1:0] Sony DVD RW DRU-530A 2.1g (F (ATA)

ScsiStatus:0x02
Interpretation: Check Condition

CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00
Interpretation: Write (10)- Sectors: 0-31

Sense Area: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 10 00 00 00 00
Interpretation: Medium Not Formatted

 

I'm guessing the disc was not empty? The first thing I would do is start with a brand new dvd disk, that wasn't formatted by another app. In other words, use a disc that was never ever used before. If that solves the problem, then you've narrowed down the issue, and the guru's can help from there. You should be able to write to RW and erase, but sometimes programs like Roxio, Nero, countless others will format the disc in a way that only that App. can recognize. Roxio did this many times to me.
Good luck.

 

Welcome aboard "Nihilator 2,"

So pleasantly refreshing to see an adult called in to the aid of a child who has gotten in water just a tad too deep.

As you see, our little friend took undo offence at a lesson offered to enhance his knowledge here online.

Pretending to be a senior gentlemen wasn't as successful as he / she imagined it might be . . .

The children of today truly believe that they can be anything they wish on the Internet. All is equal there. Neither age nor education matter, it is a shame that pretending you are something you are not can lead to exposure . . . It's a lesson that they were not expecting, sitting so securely behind their bedroom door, away from prying parent's eyes, a balloon they did not expect would, "Pop."

One can only hope and pray that they will listen long enough to avoid some of the pitfalls we've had to extricate ourselves from at differing times of our lives . . . As I'm sure you well know, "Those not learning from history . . . . . . ." I pray they will learn.

Cheers,

JPD721, I'm a Holy Grail fan myself BUT
that post wasn't from our "child" Nihilator, nahhh, it was from the counterpart. I honestly doubt our "original" Nihilator would appriaciate nor be able to quote from MP. Not now at any rate but In time perhaps, in time -


But then again . . . .

It would seem that our "adolescent" Nihilator hasn't used his towel yet . . . regaling us again with his unsupported expertise. Please elucidate upon Nero's and Roxio's "special formats" if you don't mind. Pple are here to learn. If you have something to teach, teach. If you wish to muddy up the threads by demonstrating your lack of knowledge, Please remove yourself from this forum post to the Safety Valve where pple may post about anything and members are free to respond. The very vast majority of the pple in this forum are here to acquire honest and precise information, not the ramblings of a child pretending to be knowledgeable about that which he is not -

The Safety Valve -
http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/17

At least by posting there you won't unduly influnce pple who are interested in, and who expect bonafide help with their problems. You'll also be further enlightened by the comments which I'm more than sure you'll elicit.

Pete





mattdogg,

So sorry that someone has attempted to assume my persona, there are some who just LOVE to pretend - - - this is the real me

Let's check your DVDD. It seems the problem lies there.

Since you haven't mentioned which guide of mine you were using, may I assume that you were ripping compressing and encoding with DVD Shrink and all seemed to go alright ?

Continuing in the same stream, let's have you delete your DVDD, reboot then download DVDD aqain and reinstall it OK ?

Let's check the following which you should do with some regularity at any rate.

1. Let's check for up-to-date Firmware for your burner.

"OK, so what is this "Firmware" garbage?" Fair question. Firmware is a "tutor" who's job it is to eliminate any "bugs" found in your drive and to "introduce" your burner to all the different kinds of media to your burner is likely to run into and to tell your burner a little bit about it. What type of media it is and at what speed to burn it. As new media is introduced OR, as the Mfgrs of your burner find new ways to use it, new firmware updates OR "Flash upgrades" come out to "school" your burner, keeping it up-to-date. It's good to keep your burner up-to-date as it "tweaks" your burner and keeps it operating at peak performance.

Of major Importance - When dealing firmware, you must match your burner's exact model with the proper Firmware. Trying to "Flash" your burner with something "Close" won't do it. It must be the exact firmware for your drive. ("Flashing" is what the installation is referred to when you put the firmware into your drive.) Trying to "Flash" your drive with some other drive's firmware can ruin your drive.

At the bottom of the page look for "What's my firmware? - Try this little tool I found," Download this tool and check out your Firmware's health (up-to-date wise). You can probably get a current upgrade there also -

http://flashman.rpc-1.com/

Firmware page -

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php

Always check your burner's Mfgr's "Support" section to see if some newer Firmware is there -

Firmware, You can't burn without it -



Now we need to see if we have a working ASPI Layer.

"Yea right, and ASPI stands for Another Stupid Piece of Insanity, right ?" No, not quite, it stands for "Advanced SCSI Programming Interface". "Well that tells me nothing, what's it do ?" That's a much easier question to answer. It is kind of a "translator" allowing your software to talk your hardware in a manner that your hardware will understand. Let's imagine an Earthman trying to talk to a rock. Now, think of a sledgehammer as being the interface. With the interface in play, the Earthman can tell the rock to disperse into gravel no matter what planet the rock is from, OK ? Good, let's see if we have a sledgehammer -

2. Check for your ASPI Layer. If one isn't present, we'll need to get one and reinstall it, then reboot our PC to allow it to "settle in".

ASPI Checker -
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/su...oduct/EZ-SCSI_5.0&filekey=aspichk.exe&sess=no

Force 1.8 ASPI Layer -

http://forceaspi18.w.interia.pl/


Lastly, when did you last defrag your Hard Drive (HD) ? If you have to stop and think about the last time you did it, then it's way, way overdue. Here we go, (Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. When it opens, choose your HD, analyses it to see where we stand then if you need it (you probably will) choose Defragment.).

After you finish doing it now you might want to think about having "Scheduled Tasks" in your Control Panel do it for you on a daily basis.

A fragmented HD not only drastically slows down your system but it can cause all number of things to happen inside your PC, a messed up burn being one of them.

Once we've done that, our DVD burner should operate at peak efficiency )

Cheers,

Pete

Now let's see if everything will work together the way we want it to, OK ?

Give it a test run and let us know how you make out -

 

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I am not doing too badly with all this burning fun, Nephew is tired of answering questions but I have even found a really fun way to deal with my mistakes!
I live in an area full of drugs/crime/dealers etc. etc.

so during the nice weather I have a very large supply of five inch frisbe's to toss across the street!
Sorry retired at 42 and now I am bored at times,Nothing like a good laugh once in a while!

 

OK so I followed your steps bio orange. But when I hit backup and it says "select backup target." it says ISO image file and burnw ith decrypter. which should I pick? Also under select Image target I picked my burner and it said

"DVD shrink encounterd an error and cannot continue. The specified folderis invalid.
inncorect function."


So then I changed the backup target to "Hard disk folder." and under Select Target Foldeer for DVD output folders I picked my burner and got a message saying. " DVD Shrink encounterd an error and cannot continue. Failed to creat folder. Invalid function."


What am I doing wrong. I bought new blank DVD disks and still no luck.



EDIT: OK thx guys I finally figured it out!!

 

OK, 1st- I need to know if you're trying to burn with nero or Decrypter. If you're trying to burn with Decrypter you must uncheck enable burn with nero under edit>preferences>fileI/O. Then choose ISO file and burn with decrypter in the backup window. Also, did you choose your burner in decrypter under ISO write option before you even opened shrink?

2nd-If you're burning with Nero, then check enable burn with nero and choose your burner as your destination in the backup window. All this is listed in the guide.

3rd-you can't choose hard disc folder as destination and then choose your burner. You have told it to write to your HDD, so you must choose a folder for it's output.

4th-If you choose to burn to disc with decrypter or nero, you must choose a folder on your HDD for shrink to put it's temp files.

It sounds like you're telling it to write to the HDD and instead of choosing an output folder, you're choosing your burner or choosing ISO and burn with decrypter. This will result in the error you got.

 

Hmmm...you figured it out? Could you tell us what it was you were doing and what you did to correct it?

 

My firmware and ASPI Layer is up to date and all. Its just a few days ago i burned a dvd with no problem i used the guide on page 2 of this thread by scubapete and it worked great. The only problem was that one of my blank dvds had a error but i just used a new one and it was okay. I did the re- author and i just cut down everything except for the movie of course. But now i tried to do a full disc and everything is going slow like before. when im encoding it goes slow.


Also you dont have to press analysis if the compression settings pull up do you?

 

yah i just actually didn't fully read your guide, I am Dyslexic so sometimes reading isn't all that easy. BUt yah I was just messing up with the Target image file destination and the backup file. But yah thanks guys. your helped me a bunch. These forums are great and will for sure enjoy posting here.

 

Gee. I found the problem right off the bat. Pete, Roxio (easycd) and Nero, especially InCD WILL format a disk if you ask it to, and also if you do a full erase. What you don't seem to want to LEARN is that this is a format exclusive to the App. Even windows media player will hang when it encounters such discs.

Go ahead, give it a try. Format a dvd with Nero, and then try burning from DVD-Decryptor. Please post your error log.