Help! DVD burning problem...

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby hillybilly » Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:28 pm

The DVD-R discs are Verbatim make btw.

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Alhaurincraig » Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:06 pm

Sounds like your drive is dodgy m8, they're easy & cheap enough to replace

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Chunky Monky » Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:00 am

I'm wondering if this is a Driver issue, you could check to see if there is a more up to date driver than the one you currently have.

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby hillybilly » Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:53 pm

Thanks for that suggestion. I used Device Doctor to run a scan...but no, apparently not.

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Alhaurincraig » Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:35 pm

There are seperate lasers for CD & DVD. If it burns CD's ok then the drivers & are fine, the DVD side of the laser is faulty.

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Chunky Monky » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:18 pm

I had this problem with a laptop about four years ago, in the end I bought an external
CD DVD writer. I bought a Liteon which accepts any type of disk (but not blu-ray) it is
brilliant and has not spat out a disk yet. It just plugs into a usb socket. It cost me about £40 but are now about half that price now.

The model below is a similar model.

http://goo.gl/hQG9P

Maybe this would get you out of a fix for now.

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby hillybilly » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:54 pm

Thanks all. I am not really "in a fix" - I was just trying to do what everyone else seems able to do :lolno: and also not have to wait another month until I can get my hands on the DVD I want (and maybe save myself 10 quid in the process...).
No worries, I shall just have to be patient and not be so tight :wink:

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Chunky Monky » Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:11 pm

...... until the next film comes along! :shock:

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Alhaurincraig » Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:17 am

Connect your laptop to the tv & watch your films that way, mucho easier

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby markwilding » Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:52 am

These days most people don't bother recording to a dvd disc in dvd format. To me your best bet would be to buy a cheap stand alone normal dvd (you know the ones that go under the TV) for 30 quid and copy your downloads to a USB stick without having to convert them...In the end in will be cheaper too
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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Alhaurincraig » Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:27 pm

markwilding wrote:Most people These days don't bother recording to a dvd disc in dvd format. To me your best bet would be to buy a cheap stand alone normal dvd (you know the ones that go under the TV) for 30 quid and copy your downloads to a USB stick without having to convert them...In the end in will be cheaper too
Best idea so far

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Chunky Monky » Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:23 pm

Alhaurincraig wrote:Connect your laptop to the tv & watch your films that way, mucho easier
I do this, it works a treat.

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby morlandg » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:40 am

Chunky Monky wrote:
Alhaurincraig wrote:Connect your laptop to the tv & watch your films that way, mucho easier
I do this, it works a treat.
Until the screen saver or the power saver kicks in and the PC screen goes off or starts the screen saver!
BTW - please don't reply with "then switch them off then!" :thumbdown:
but perhaps more like - "then switch them off then by doing this....."!! :thumbup:

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Enrique » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:59 am

You cannot be serious morlandg :!: :!: ..........but if you are please post OS version...........

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby morlandg » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:23 pm

Enrique wrote:You cannot be serious morlandg :!: :!: ..........but if you are please post OS version...........

:D
Thanks JM. Actually I was thinking about the other OPs that might need to know how to do it! :wink:

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Re: Help! DVD burning problem...

Postby Chunky Monky » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:24 pm

morlandg Until the screen saver or the power saver kicks in and the PC screen goes off or starts the screen saver!
I have a screen saver and never had this problem. Using XP.


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