I think i have a bad dvd burner

Every time I try to burn a DVD I get this error.







I was reading around and someone said; "Sounds like a bum drive. Invoke warranty replacement, or get a new one if it's out of warranty." and they had the same error as I did when they were burning.
If any one knows what this error means please tell me so I can buy/replace whatever is wrong.



PS: I think I might buy an external DVD Burner today and a different type of DVD

have you tried a different kind of DVD or CD? either manufacturer or burn speeds?

probably a bad drive... but there is still a chance its a compatability issue

brady said:

have you tried a different kind of DVD or CD? either manufacturer or burn speeds?

probably a bad drive... but there is still a chance its a compatability issue

I'm trying a different brand of DVD right now and I set the burn speeds to 4x, but on the DVD case it says 16x i'm not sure if I should burn that fast people say there is a better chance of an error.

yeah I would definately try at a lower to medium speed. Most burners/media are compatible, but there are a couple still out there.

brady said:

yeah I would definately try at a lower to medium speed. Most burners/media are compatible, but there are a couple still out there.

I'll post after it finishes if it works and do you know of a good external DVD burner that won't cost too much? I'm in the US if you need to know.

this plextor gets good reviews:

Plextor PX-880U 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS

brady said:

this plextor gets good reviews:

Plextor PX-880U 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS

Is this one External? and thanks!

SledgeDG said:

I agree with brady
Unable to recover the TOC is usually a less then optimal cd burner in combination with a not/only merely compatible disc.
The problem is not only finding a brand that matches your burner. Depending on where/what you buy you don't have always the same blanks in the same package. I had more than once Disks from 2 or 3 different manufacturers in one 50-pack.
So I guess it's going to be a new burner in the long run.
I didn't find a matching driver update on LG's page which would have been something else to try

Thanks for the information I was using Sony DVD's I thought they would work. I thought wrong..


Edit --

Just finished with the new DVD

Code:

DVD Flick error log
Version 1.3.0.7 build 738
Windows 6.1 build 7600
*** Project info
EncodeProf 2
Threads 4
OverScan 0, 3
TargetRate 0
TargetFormat 1
TargetSize 4
CreateISO 0
CustRate 0
EnableBurn 1
EraseRW 1
HalfRes 0
LoopPlayb 1
AutoPlayMenu 1
MenuTemplt Orange LED
VolumeMod 100
WhenPlayed 0
*** Warnings given
EnsureEmptyDiscInserted | 
*** Titles
0 - The Town
    ChaptCount -1
    ChaptInt 15
    ChaptSource 1
    TargetAR 1
    ThumbIndex 749
*** Project sources
    K:\jesse\Ipod\Movies\The Town.avi
    Stream 0 (2)
        Dur 7487.21
        StartT 0
        Compr mpeg4
        BitR 0
        720x304 29.97 FPS
        PAR 1
        SAR 2.368421
    Stream 1 (1)
        Dur 7487.21
        StartT 0
        Compr mp3
        BitR 128
        Chnnls 2
        SRate 48000
        Delay -160
*** dvdflick.log
1:24:45 PM: DVD Flick 1.3.0.7 build 738
1:24:45 PM: Calculating stream sizes...
1:24:45 PM:     Disc space used : 4493031 KB
1:24:45 PM:     Average bitrate : 4719 Kbit/s
1:24:45 PM:     Total duration  : 2:04:47 hours
1:24:45 PM: 1 title(s).
1:24:45 PM: Using Normal encoding profile.
1:24:45 PM: NTSC target format.
1:24:45 PM: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz                                                                                                                                                                                                                
1:24:45 PM: Threadcount: 4
1:24:45 PM: Encoding video...
1:24:45 PM:     Title 0, source 0
1:24:45 PM:         Source         : K:\jesse\Ipod\Movies\The Town.avi
1:24:45 PM:         Properties     : 720x304, 2.37:1, 29.97 FPS, mpeg4, 7487.21 seconds
1:24:45 PM:         Target BitRate : 4719 Kbit\s
1:24:45 PM:         Re-encoding
1:24:45 PM:          -i "K:\jesse\Ipod\Movies\The Town.avi" -vcodec mpeg2video -s 720x360 -padtop 60 -padbottom 60 -r 29.97 -g 14 -bufsize 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 -aspect 16:9 -minrate 4669k -maxrate 4669k -b 4669k -preme 1 -precmp 2 -subcmp 8 -mbcmp 8 -cmp 1 -sws_flags lanczos+accurate_rnd -mbd 2 -sc_threshold -3000 -dc 8 -an -threads 4 -fflags +genpts -f mpeg2video -shortest -map 0:0 "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\0.0.m2v"
2:05:08 PM: Combining video sources...
2:05:08 PM:         Concatenating video...
2:05:08 PM: Encoding audio...
2:05:08 PM:     Title 0, track 0, source 0 of 0
2:05:08 PM:         Source     : K:\jesse\Ipod\Movies\The Town.avi
2:05:08 PM:         Properties : 2 channels, 48000 Hz, mp3, 7487.21 seconds
2:05:08 PM:         Recompressing to 192 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
2:05:08 PM:          -i "K:\jesse\Ipod\Movies\The Town.avi" -i "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\0.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -threads 4 -async 0 -shortest "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\0.0.0.ac3"
2:08:28 PM:         Fixing delay of -160 ms
2:08:28 PM:         -start -160 "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\0.0.0.ac3"
2:08:32 PM: Combining audio sources...
2:08:32 PM:         Concatenating audio...
2:08:32 PM:             Title 0, track 0
2:08:32 PM: Combining sources...
2:08:32 PM:         Multiplexing audio and video
2:08:32 PM:             Title 0
2:08:32 PM:             -f 8 --vbr -o "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\title0.mpg" "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\0.0.m2v"  "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\0.0.ac3"
2:12:01 PM:         Cleaning up...
2:12:01 PM: Adding subtitles...
2:12:02 PM: Authoring DVD...
2:12:02 PM:     Opening menu template
2:12:02 PM:     Generating menu images
2:12:02 PM:     Generating menu files
2:12:06 PM: 53 from dvdflick: File not found

*** 0.0.0_log.txt
192.000000
Sampling Frec=48000
TotalFrames=233877
Bytesperframe= 768.0000
Filesize=179617536
FrameDuration= 32.0000
Framespersecond= 31.2500
Duration=02:04:44.064
Channels mode=2/0: L+R
LFE=LFE: Not present
[Target info]
StartFrame=5
EndFrame=233876
NotFixedDelay=  0.0000
Duration=02:04:43.904
====== PROCESSING LOG ======================
Seeking....
Done.
Processing....
Number of written frames = 233872
Number of Errors= 0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** bmp2png.txt
D:\Program Files\DVD Flick\bin\bmp2png.exe -X -0 -E "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\rootmenu_b1.bmp" -O "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\rootmenu_b1.png"

Reading rootmenu_b1.bm 
Read OK rootmenu_b1.bm 
Writing rootmenu_b1.pn .........................
Writing rootmenu_b1.pn ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
OK      rootmenu_b1.pn 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
*** ffmpeg_audio_title0_track0_source0.txt
710kB time=7368.96 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s    
size=  173193kB time=7389.57 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s    
size=  173676kB time=7410.18 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s    
size=  174166kB time=7431.07 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s    
size=  174641kB time=7451.36 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s    
size=  175100kB time=7470.91 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s    
size=  175408kB time=7484.06 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s    

video:0kB audio:175408kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** ffmpeg_menu0_-1.txt
, rgb24, 720x480, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Output #0, mpeg2video, to 'C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\rootmenu_0.m2v':
    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], q=1-4, 8000 kb/s, 90k tbn, 29.970 tbc
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame=    4 fps=  0 q=1.0 Lsize=      74kB time=0.10 bitrate=6083.8kbits/s    

video:74kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** ffmpeg_menu1_-1.txt
, rgb24, 720x480, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Output #0, mpeg2video, to 'C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\New folder\rootmenu_1.m2v':
    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], q=1-4, 8000 kb/s, 90k tbn, 29.970 tbc
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame=    4 fps=  0 q=1.0 Lsize=      74kB time=0.10 bitrate=6083.8kbits/s    

video:74kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** ffmpeg_video_title0_source0.txt
328kB time=7480.34 bitrate=4668.9kbits/s    
frame=224233 fps= 93 q=2.0 size= 4264214kB time=7481.87 bitrate=4668.9kbits/s    
frame=224293 fps= 93 q=2.0 size= 4265344kB time=7483.88 bitrate=4668.9kbits/s    
frame=224366 fps= 93 q=2.0 size= 4266732kB time=7486.31 bitrate=4668.9kbits/s    
frame=224391 fps= 93 q=2.0 Lsize= 4267208kB time=7487.15 bitrate=4668.9kbits/s    

video:4267208kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** mplex_menu0_-1.txt
s
   INFO: [] No. B Frames    :        0 avg. size     0 bytes
   INFO: [] Average bit-rate :  4562800 bits/sec
   INFO: [] Peak bit-rate    :        0  bits/sec
   INFO: [] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
   INFO: [] AUDIO_STATISTICS: bd
   INFO: [] Audio stream length 39424 bytes.
   INFO: [] Frames         :       77
   INFO: [] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
   INFO: [] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** mplex_menu1_-1.txt
s
   INFO: [] No. B Frames    :        0 avg. size     0 bytes
   INFO: [] Average bit-rate :  4562800 bits/sec
   INFO: [] Peak bit-rate    :        0  bits/sec
   INFO: [] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
   INFO: [] AUDIO_STATISTICS: bd
   INFO: [] Audio stream length 39424 bytes.
   INFO: [] Frames         :       77
   INFO: [] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
   INFO: [] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** mplex_title0.txt
 :   208297 avg. size 18747 bytes
   INFO: [] No. B Frames    :        0 avg. size     0 bytes
   INFO: [] Average bit-rate :  4668800 bits/sec
   INFO: [] Peak bit-rate    :  9089600  bits/sec
   INFO: [] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 134306
   INFO: [] AUDIO_STATISTICS: bd
   INFO: [] Audio stream length 179613696 bytes.
   INFO: [] Frames         :   233872
   INFO: [] BUFFERING min 67 Buf max 4483
   INFO: [] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*** spumux_menu0_-1.txt
DVDAuthor::spumux, version 0.6.14-GfD.
Build options: gnugetopt iconv freetype
Send bugs to <gfd@boraxsoft.de>

STAT: 0:00:00.000 
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: Constructing blank img
INFO: Pickbuttongroups, success with 1 groups, useimg=1
INFO: Found EOF in .sub file.
INFO: Max_sub_size=970
INFO: 1 subtitles added, 0 subtitles skipped, stream: 32, offset: 0.13
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
*** Project destination folder
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    bmp2png.txt    332
    dvdflick.log    2806
    errorlog.txt    14307
    ffmpeg_audio_title0_track0_source0.txt    24270
    ffmpeg_menu0_-1.txt    1843
    ffmpeg_menu1_-1.txt    1843
    ffmpeg_video_title0_source0.txt    389039
    mplex_menu0_-1.txt    2829
    mplex_menu1_-1.txt    2829
    mplex_title0.txt    2771
    rootmenu_0.xml    371
    rootmenu_0d.mpg    94208
    rootmenu_1.mpg    90112
    rootmenu_1.xml    367
    rootmenu_b0.png    1039010
    rootmenu_b1.png    1039010
    rootmenu_h0.png    347495
    rootmenu_h1.png    347495
    rootmenu_s0.png    347495
    rootmenu_s1.png    347495
    spumux.bat    268
    spumux_menu0_-1.txt    386
    title0.mpg    4647919616
*** Drives
A - not ready
    C -  - 2
    FS NTFS
    AvailSpace 312191
    FreeSpace 312191
    TotalSize 453866
    D - Program Files - 2
    FS NTFS
    AvailSpace 180768
    FreeSpace 180768
    TotalSize 200000
E - not ready
F - not ready
G - not ready
    H -  - 1
    FS FAT32
    AvailSpace 2893
    FreeSpace 2893
    TotalSize 3772
I - not ready
J - not ready
    K - My Files - 2
    FS NTFS
    AvailSpace 226376
    FreeSpace 226376
    TotalSize 300000

how big is the file you're trying to burn to disk? From what i can see in that log, it can't find a drive large enough. Was the disk you put in a R/W disk with things already written to it?