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DVDA Drive Incompatability
Hope someone can help with this. I created a project in Vegas, took it to DVDA3, and went to burn it. I put in a blank DVD-R into the drive (Lite-On SOHW-812S)and it came back with an error: “can’t write to disc, incompatable format with this drive” It burned fine to a +R. This is the same drive that I usually burn only -R’s for the last year or so using Ulead VideoStudio 7,8,9, & DVD Workshop 2. It doesn’t make sense that every program will burn both formats, except Vegas 6
This is the content of the error:SFMMCX-(17)
atapi-(2)
Lite-On DVDDDRW SOHW 812S US01-(0)
Module sfmmcx.cpp Line 1795
The Drive is not ready
The disc can’t be written to. It is and incompatable format
Status: 00020202
Command: 2A 00 00 00 19 40 00 00 20 00
Sense: 02 30 05
Info: 00 00 00 00
Specific: 00 00 00
Extra: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -
8 Replies
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Now that the DVD has been prepared, try the actual “burn” process with some other program. Many people use DVDA to author and prepare the DVD and then use something like Nero or Record Now to do the actual burning.
Edward Troxel
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The problem is WHY should I have to do this, if DVDA is such a good program? Someone had told me before to burn it with DVD Workshop. Exactly how do I burn it in another program. Seeing that it is saved somewhere as a different extension, I am sure? Right?
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The biggest problem has always been that Sony is very slow at releasing updated drivers for new burners. As Edward said, most of us (myself included) use DVDA to “prepare” the files but another app (RecordNow for me) to do the actual burning.
Mike
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You are confusing the DVDA project file (.dar) with the files it prepares. These are two folders, VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS which can be burned onto a disc as data by any other program.
This “lack” doesn’t make DVDA not a good program, it means, as Mike said, that Sony take a while to release drivers for new burners.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
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Do you suppose that updating to 3.0b might remedy this problem?
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It might – definitely can’t hurt. I’ve seen a variety of things reported. For example, a particular model of drive may work for one person but not another indicating something in the two machines is different. Another reported problem is that it may burn +R but not -R (or the other way around). Then again, for some people it may work in all cases. Of course there’s always the drives that are not supported as well.
In my case, it seems that DVDA will burn to both of my drives so I haven’t had an issue of that nature. I HAVE burned at times using a different program (such as Record Now or Nero). I see no problem using a separate program. I look at it this way:
1) DVDA is good at preparing DVD content. Let it handle all of that.
2) A burning program is good a burning. Let it handle all of that.Edward Troxel
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I like using nero because it gives an indication that the material has been verified – something that DVDA does not do. Nero also seems to burn a bit faster. I have never really timed it so that observation could be incorrect.
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I tried using nero, but when I used the video.ts file and played it, everything that was part of the menu system was changed to chapters. I used DVD Shrink and just copied the +r to a -r. Got tired of trying to figuring it out!
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