I have tried using both imgburn and dvd decrypter to back up Beautiful Somewhere but I get a message saying incompatible format. But when I tried a different movie it was fine. So I was just wondering what the problem could be. I also tried lowering the speed to 4x but the same thing happened. So if anybody could help, I'd really appreciate it. I have included the log from Img Burn below. I 22:17:29 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 22:17:29 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 22:17:29 Total Physical Memory: 2,062,884 KB - Available: 1,608,116 KB W 22:17:29 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 22:17:29 Initialising SPTI... I 22:17:29 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:17:29 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 22:18:19 Operation Started! I 22:18:19 Source File: C:\BEAUTIFULSOMEWHERE.ISO I 22:18:19 Source File Sectors: 2,196,529 (MODE1/2048) I 22:18:19 Source File Size: 4,498,491,392 bytes I 22:18:19 Source File Volume Identifier: BEAUTIFULSOMEWHERE I 22:18:19 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 22:18:19 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 22:18:19 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4084N KQ09 (E (ATA) I 22:18:19 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 8x) I 22:18:19 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 22:18:19 Write Mode: DVD I 22:18:19 Write Type: DAO I 22:18:19 Write Speed: MAX I 22:18:19 Link Size: Auto I 22:18:19 Test Mode: No I 22:18:19 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 22:18:19 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 22:18:21 Writing LeadIn... I 22:19:11 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 2196528) W 22:26:39 Failed to Write Sectors 1567648 - 1567679 - Unknown (Internal Target Failure) (0x44, 0x86) W 22:26:39 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:39 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 22:26:39 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:40 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 22:26:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:40 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 22:26:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:40 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 22:26:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:40 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 22:26:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:40 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 22:26:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:40 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 22:26:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 22:26:40 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 22:26:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 22:27:30 Failed to Write Sectors 1567648 - 1567679 - Unknown (Internal Target Failure) (0x44, 0x86) I 22:27:30 Synchronising Cache... E 22:27:31 Failed to Write Image! E 22:27:31 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:09:12 I 22:27:31 Average Write Rate: 6,283 KB/s (4.5x) - Maximum Write Rate: 9,789 KB/s (7.1x)
You are using good media but There does not seem to be any firmware updates for your writer. Notice that it does not show 16x for the Speeds line. You might try some slower media or a new burner.
what do you mean by slower media? Do you mean that I should try using different brand of disk to burn or did you mean something else?
Since there are no updates, new media (16x) will not be supported on your writer. 8x or 4x will work better and be cheaper. I have an older OEM burner and could burn faster, but why? It takes 15 min to burn a DVD-5 at 4x. If I burn at 8x it is 7 min and I save 7 min. After waiting an hour to encode the DVD, why save 7 mins. Also the chances of burning a poor quality (skipping freezing) backup are greater at 8x. The best media is Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim. I use Ritek R03 myself. http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmediadvdridsearch=RITEK...R03
alright....i guess there's not really a solution for this...i guess i'll try burning it on another disk besides verbatrim which i am currently using. thanks for the help.
Often when i have had burn errors 99% time it has been the discs, Philips stand out for me at least as the worst culprits. Never had a prob with verbatim before though *Sorry* Try diff discs adn if no joy the ripper, I suppose.
Ok, well i went out and bought some Fujifilm disc and the movie, I had trouble with, burned onto this disc. There was no problem. Other movies burn just fine with the Verbatrim disc but some movies just don't like the disc at all. Maybe I should just stick to fujifilm.
