Problems with DVD/CD Writer

True North · 19th October 2006

I have been working off of a new computer for the 5 or 6 months and as of yesterday I started to encounter a problem with writing to CD-R disks. I first noticed the problem yesterday when I printed 5 songs to a CD-R, when I went to play the disk in my Car it only played through to about 2 minutes of the first song.

Although I could see no physical issues with the Disk I assumed that there must be something wrong with the disk. Last night I tried burning another CD and the same problem occured, I beleive it allowed me to play through to the 3rd song. Just for $hits and giggles I tried once more and the same problem persists.

Any ideas on what might be going wrong.

BTW - I am using Windows Media player to write the discs

doctah · 19th October 2006

I had a similar problem once. I bought a pack of 100 cdrs from compusa (...VERY cheap house brand...not even on a spindle - just in shrink wrap). I was making coasters left and right. Had to burn @ like 4x to get a good disc.

Learned my lesson; tossed the rest and bought a better brand.

True North · 19th October 2006

Interesting, so you are saying that it could be the CD's - I thought that after trying to burn four in a row that it had to be something else.

I am nearing the bottom 10% of my current spindle - I thought that perhaps the bottom 10% might have some wear tear that I can't see.

Thanks for the opinion, I am going to try a fresh CD today

sabin hicks · 21st October 2006

Mix and match with not only different brands, but different types of CDs from each brand. One could work awesomely on a certain CD burner, whereas another CD burner would 'prefer' a different CD.

theblue1 · 21st October 2006

Definitely try another brand or two before you decide your burner is fedrecked...

I burn a lot of DVDs at 1x speed (dedicated 'set-top' DVD recorder) and there's a CompUSA right around the corner. Some of their branded discs are very unreliable, in my experience. It's been a while since I bought a spindle of generics at CompUSA but I had at least one spindle of CDRs I simply threw out. I figured they weren't worth even trying to give away. Not ALL of CompUSA's discs have proved unrelaible for me, though. But there's clearly little in the way of QC. (Mind you that's burning at 1X in a dedicated machine. Since those discs tend to be 8x or slower I haven't used them in my relatively new 16x DVD-R drive.)

The dman · 21st October 2006

If you want good media out of the brickand mortar stores buy "Made in Japan" cd's or dvd's, these are Ty Yuden's. Sony and Fujis dvd's are usually ty's, but not always so check the label for MIJ. You can check the media brand with Nero's info tool.

quincyg · 21st October 2006

maxell always gives me problems. could be an incompatability between drive and computer too. plextor and pioneer have been very good for me. i had an issue where retrospect did not support my dvd drive and i had to swap it. so it could be media, drive, or software. in that order.

19th October 2006	#1
True North Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada) Posts: 3,213 Thread Starter	Problems with DVD/CD Writer I have been working off of a new computer for the 5 or 6 months and as of yesterday I started to encounter a problem with writing to CD-R disks. I first noticed the problem yesterday when I printed 5 songs to a CD-R, when I went to play the disk in my Car it only played through to about 2 minutes of the first song. Although I could see no physical issues with the Disk I assumed that there must be something wrong with the disk. Last night I tried burning another CD and the same problem occured, I beleive it allowed me to play through to the 3rd song. Just for $hits and giggles I tried once more and the same problem persists. Any ideas on what might be going wrong. BTW - I am using Windows Media player to write the discs __________________ "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" - Beck, Loser "I do use compressors/limiters but not for controlling dynamics, I use EQ for that!" Jp22 (damn I miss him) "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." -- Will Durant, historian (1885-1981) "I try to get a boom out of the bass drum, in one of my albums, my CD, boom, I try to get that big boom, I could not get a big boom, I paid bucks, and could not get the boom" - Recording Expert, Tad Donley

21st October 2006	#5
theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,095	Definitely try another brand or two before you decide your burner is fedrecked... I burn a lot of DVDs at 1x speed (dedicated 'set-top' DVD recorder) and there's a CompUSA right around the corner. Some of their branded discs are very unreliable, in my experience. It's been a while since I bought a spindle of generics at CompUSA but I had at least one spindle of CDRs I simply threw out. I figured they weren't worth even trying to give away. Not ALL of CompUSA's discs have proved unrelaible for me, though. But there's clearly little in the way of QC. (Mind you that's burning at 1X in a dedicated machine. Since those discs tend to be 8x or slower I haven't used them in my relatively new 16x DVD-R drive.) __________________ day job \| A Year of Songs \| music and social stuff \| mutant pop on facebook \| roots acoustic on facebook

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doctah Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 151	I had a similar problem once. I bought a pack of 100 cdrs from compusa (...VERY cheap house brand...not even on a spindle - just in shrink wrap). I was making coasters left and right. Had to burn @ like 4x to get a good disc. Learned my lesson; tossed the rest and bought a better brand.

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sabin hicks Gear interested Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 12	Mix and match with not only different brands, but different types of CDs from each brand. One could work awesomely on a certain CD burner, whereas another CD burner would 'prefer' a different CD.

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The dman Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,844	If you want good media out of the brickand mortar stores buy "Made in Japan" cd's or dvd's, these are Ty Yuden's. Sony and Fujis dvd's are usually ty's, but not always so check the label for MIJ. You can check the media brand with Nero's info tool.

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quincyg Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,154	maxell always gives me problems. could be an incompatability between drive and computer too. plextor and pioneer have been very good for me. i had an issue where retrospect did not support my dvd drive and i had to swap it. so it could be media, drive, or software. in that order.