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OT? CDR Burning Big-Time Problems
This may be OT for this NG, so I'm begging the indulgence of
knowledgeable people. I'm at my wits' end. I've been struggling with this for about 6 weeks now, and am in desperate need of advice. I'm running Win98SE, using a compatible Mitsumi drive, and the following has occurred with All of the following, All in the same way; ECDC 4.0, ECDC 5 Platinum (without and with current Roxio upgrades), Nero (current 5.X download version), and Stomp RecordNow Max (current download version). In every case, I can record audio CDs without any difficulty. Recently, after the purchase of a digital camera, I've started to try to record photo (data) CDs. In every attempt, the process appears to go normally through all the burn stages. Once complete, if I let the software verify, it fails. If I look at what's on the disc with Windows Explorer, it will show "Track01.cda" at 44 bytes, and that's all. A visual of the disc, however, clearly shows that an appropriate amount of space has been burned. I've tried every option I can find that seems reasonable while recording, including multisession, closing the CD, using the wizard, doing it manually, various files and folders (including many that were just data, not JPGs), and so on. As I've researched this, I've learned that Roxio/Adaptec doesn't play well with others, so I uninstalled these and erased every entry in the registry and ini folders that I could find that appeared related. No matter what I try, the results are always the same. We're approaching the definition of insanity here. I've come to the conclusion that the issue isn't the burning software, but something else, possibly in Windows itself, but I have no idea what it may be. I'm looking for any pointers that may help. Thanks, -- Mark |
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The *.cda indicates a music cd. Make sure you're really burning it as a data
cd, otherwise my guess is you'll have to re-install all the burning software. Mark Z. If I look at what's on the disc with Windows Explorer, it will show "Track01.cda" at 44 bytes, and that's all. "Andre" wrote in message om... Mark wrote in message uth.net... This may be OT for this NG, so I'm begging the indulgence of knowledgeable people. I'm at my wits' end. I've been struggling with this for about 6 weeks now, and am in desperate need of advice. I'm running Win98SE, using a compatible Mitsumi drive, and the following has occurred with All of the following, All in the same way; ECDC 4.0, ECDC 5 Platinum (without and with current Roxio upgrades), Nero (current 5.X download version), and Stomp RecordNow Max (current download version). In every case, I can record audio CDs without any difficulty. Recently, after the purchase of a digital camera, I've started to try to record photo (data) CDs. In every attempt, the process appears to go normally through all the burn stages. Once complete, if I let the software verify, it fails. If I look at what's on the disc with Windows Explorer, it will show "Track01.cda" at 44 bytes, and that's all. A visual of the disc, however, clearly shows that an appropriate amount of space has been burned. I've tried every option I can find that seems reasonable while recording, including multisession, closing the CD, using the wizard, doing it manually, various files and folders (including many that were just data, not JPGs), and so on. As I've researched this, I've learned that Roxio/Adaptec doesn't play well with others, so I uninstalled these and erased every entry in the registry and ini folders that I could find that appeared related. No matter what I try, the results are always the same. We're approaching the definition of insanity here. I've come to the conclusion that the issue isn't the burning software, but something else, possibly in Windows itself, but I have no idea what it may be. I'm looking for any pointers that may help. Does it burn an image OK with Norton Ghost ? (DOS) If it fails, the drive is faulty . This is the test I use . It sounds like something in the drive (possibly the write laser) may be bad . This would explain it reading OK . Try the drive in a known good machine - see what it does . -A Thanks, |
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says... Begin On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 16:26:15 -0400 Mark wrote in Message id: et: This may be OT for this NG, so I'm begging the indulgence of knowledgeable people. I'm at my wits' end. I've been struggling with this for about 6 weeks now, and am in desperate need of advice. I'm running Win98SE, using a compatible Mitsumi drive, What is the model # of the drive? CR-48X5TE Have you checked with Mitsumi for firmware updates for the drive itself? I hunted the site, but didn't find anything. For that matter, didn't find anything at all listed for this drive. Are you sure your drive is capable of creating Photo CDs? Well, it came with ECDC 4.0, which includes data and photo capabilities, so I assume it is. Check here for the latest firmware updates: http://www.mitsumi.com/enduser/1_drivers.html Thanks for the suggestions. -- Mark The truth as I perceive it to be. Your perception may be different. |
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You might also try a different brand of data CDR discs.
I prefer to use Verbatim whenever possible. Good Luck, Bill Jr "Mark" wrote in message th.net... In article , says... Try burning the CD's at a slower speed, in case there is some buffer over-run. I think I did try that once, but I will again just to be certain. It is also possible that the drive laser is starting to fail It may be able to read the disks but not burn them. I have seen this a number of times. That seems unlikely, since it burns audio CDs with no problems (as mentioned). If your machine is a very old type, it is possible that the processor is having difficulty with large sized file processing. This gets back to the buffer over-run problem again. It's a fairly new machine, running an AMD Athlon. Your best bet is to try another drive. Ouch! Thanks for the help. Jerry Greenberg http://www.zoom-one.com -- Mark The truth as I perceive it to be. Your perception may be different. |
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Do you have programs running in the background of Windows? Virus scanners,
schedulers, or anything else? Shut them all down before trying to burn large files. Even burners with buffer protection can screw up with these ruinning. Have you checked to make sure you don't have any spyware running you don't know about. Audio files are less likely to screw up since they burn in smaller chunks, but larger files can bite the big one if the system is interupted by a background program. Just a thought... "Mark" wrote in message th.net... In article , says... Try burning the CD's at a slower speed, in case there is some buffer over-run. I think I did try that once, but I will again just to be certain. It is also possible that the drive laser is starting to fail It may be able to read the disks but not burn them. I have seen this a number of times. That seems unlikely, since it burns audio CDs with no problems (as mentioned). If your machine is a very old type, it is possible that the processor is having difficulty with large sized file processing. This gets back to the buffer over-run problem again. It's a fairly new machine, running an AMD Athlon. Your best bet is to try another drive. Ouch! Thanks for the help. Jerry Greenberg http://www.zoom-one.com -- Mark The truth as I perceive it to be. Your perception may be different. |
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OT? CDR Burning Big-Time Problems
Mark wrote: This may be OT for this NG, so I'm begging the indulgence of knowledgeable people. I'm at my wits' end. I've been struggling with this for about 6 weeks now, and am in desperate need of advice. I'm running Win98SE, using a compatible Mitsumi drive, and the following has occurred with All of the following, All in the same way; ECDC 4.0, ECDC 5 Platinum (without and with current Roxio upgrades), Nero (current 5.X download version), and Stomp RecordNow Max (current download version). In every case, I can record audio CDs without any difficulty. Recently, after the purchase of a digital camera, I've started to try to record photo (data) CDs. In every attempt, the process appears to go normally through all the burn stages. Once complete, if I let the software verify, it fails. If I look at what's on the disc with Windows Explorer, it will show "Track01.cda" at 44 bytes Look at an audio disk in Windows Explorer - it will show TrackNN.cda, 44 bytes for each audio track. Your software has burned your data as audio, most likely because that's what you asked it to do. Sorry to be blunt, but RTFM. , and that's all. A visual of the disc, however, clearly shows that an appropriate amount of space has been burned. I've tried every option I can find that seems reasonable while recording, including multisession, closing the CD, using the wizard, doing it manually, various files and folders (including many that were just data, not JPGs), and so on. As I've researched this, I've learned that Roxio/Adaptec doesn't play well with others, so I uninstalled these and erased every entry in the registry and ini folders that I could find that appeared related. No matter what I try, the results are always the same. We're approaching the definition of insanity here. I've come to the conclusion that the issue isn't the burning software, but something else, possibly in Windows itself, but I have no idea what it may be. I'm looking for any pointers that may help. Thanks, |
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OT? CDR Burning Big-Time Problems
Mark wrote: In article , says... Mark wrote: This may be OT for this NG, so I'm begging the indulgence of knowledgeable people. I'm at my wits' end. I've been struggling with this for about 6 weeks now, and am in desperate need of advice. I'm running Win98SE, using a compatible Mitsumi drive, and the following has occurred with All of the following, All in the same way; ECDC 4.0, ECDC 5 Platinum (without and with current Roxio upgrades), Nero (current 5.X download version), and Stomp RecordNow Max (current download version). In every case, I can record audio CDs without any difficulty. Recently, after the purchase of a digital camera, I've started to try to record photo (data) CDs. In every attempt, the process appears to go normally through all the burn stages. Once complete, if I let the software verify, it fails. If I look at what's on the disc with Windows Explorer, it will show "Track01.cda" at 44 bytes Look at an audio disk in Windows Explorer - it will show TrackNN.cda, 44 bytes for each audio track. Your software has burned your data as audio, most likely because that's what you asked it to do. I appreciate the suggestion, but as I thought I'd made clear, I had Not asked it to burn audio, but rather either photo or data. Nonetheless, the fact the resulting disc has a single 44 byte *.cda file on it is incontrovertible evidence the disc was burned in CDDA audio format. You could confirm this for yourself by playing the disc in a standard audio CD player, but keep the volume *way* down as the noise will be most unpleasant and could damage your speakers. The audio player's display will show the disc has one track, and the track time will be approximately 7 seconds times the number of megabytes you burned. Either you are inadvertantly misconfiguring the software, the software is burning audio regardless of your instructions, or the drive is burning audio regardless of the software's instructions. I've never seen any instances of the latter two possibilities, so am unable to offer further suggestions. |
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