AlanHo Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I made a couple of videos over the holiday period which I burned onto DVD's to show friends on the lounge TV. As usual, I used Nero to burn the DVD-R discs and they worked fine.Some friends requested copies - so today I retired to the study and loaded Nero to make disc copies - but got an error message. See screen shot below. Nero decided the home made source DVD I was copying was more than 20 GB and would not fit onto the 4.7 GB blank DVD. Windows Explorer confirmed my source disc was 4.7 GB with 412 MB of files. I can copy CD's no problem - but DVD's do not work.I have uninstalled Nero, cleaned the registry of all residual traces and reinstalled from scratch - same result. I have uninstalled my DVD ROM and DVD burner drives and let Windows reinstall them without it solving the problem. After much head scratching and playing about, I eventually tried copying a commercial video and it worked fine - it is just my home made DVD's that are a problem. I have managed to produce the videos required by friends by burning them to the DVD's using the video file stored on the computer hard drive - again using Nero - so the burner seems to be OK.Anyone any idea why it will not copy a disc though....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 You sure it was a blank disk that you put in? The message says that the file is 20mb not 20GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Have you selected the correct recorder (DVD Writer) ?maybe set the compiler to Record DVD even though you are not using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Have you selected the correct recorder (DVD Writer) ?maybe set the compiler to Record DVD even though you are not using it.I have selected the correct recorderIt was quite definitely a blank DVD-R disc I put in - in fact I also tried a blank DVD+R disc and got the same result. You will see that Nero gives the disc size and confirms it is empty.Surely 20,378,859,008 bytes is more than 20 MB...? I am no great shakes at computer abbreviations but I thought it represents 20 GB.You will also note that it shows the destination DVD as being 4,707,319,808 bytes or 4.7 GB - about right for a single layer DVD I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Surely 20,378,859,008 bytes is more than 20 MB...? I am no great shakes at computer abbreviations but I thought it represents 20 GB.From what I can see it looks like a file of over 20 GB is attempting to be written to a 4.7 GB DVD!A curiosity I also noticed is that DVD RAM is shown, I thought this wasn't very popular with home users? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Surely 20,378,859,008 bytes is more than 20 MB...? I am no great shakes at computer abbreviations but I thought it represents 20 GB.Yes you are right... I'll go and stand in the corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Surely 20,378,859,008 bytes is more than 20 MB...? I am no great shakes at computer abbreviations but I thought it represents 20 GB.From what I can see it looks like a file of over 20 GB is attempting to be written to a 4.7 GB DVD!A curiosity I also noticed is that DVD RAM is shown, I thought this wasn't very popular with home users?I have an LG burner which will write to DVD RAM - I use RAM discs for some back-up storage and for transferring videos between my computer and the Panasonic DVD recorder connected to my TV.I cannot see how it is possible for there to be a 20 GB file on the source DVD - it is a standard single layer DVD-R limited to 4.7 GB of storage. That is what I am finding so strange.As I mentioned in the original post - I can burn a video to a DVD up to about 4.4 GB in size - but cannot then copy this home made DVD. I find it weird - but there must be a logical reason lurking somewhere on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 You can try making an ISO Image of your current disk, and then burning the image. I realize this is an extra step, but it's all I can think of.Unfortunatley, DVD Decrypter would have been perfect for this, but is no longer available due to copyright laws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 DVD Decrypter is available.So is DVD Shrink.These links are offered for information only. What you do with them is entirely up to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 I have an LG burner which will write to DVD RAM - I use RAM discs for some back-up storage and for transferring videos between my computer and the Panasonic DVD recorder connected to my TV.That explains it then.I haven't known anyone use DVD RAM hence my query!I cannot see how it is possible for there to be a 20 GB file on the source DVD - it is a standard single layer DVD-R limited to 4.7 GB of storage. That is what I am finding so strange.Yes I see what you mean.Unfortunately, since I don't use DVD RAM, I have no idea what is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 PROBLEM SOLVEDI eventually decided that I had a duff DVD RAM or DVD ROM drive - but which?So I bought a new DVD burner on the basis that it could be substituted for either drive. I first swapped out my DVD ROM drive and the problem was resolved.I now have two burners that both work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Type of disc in recorder ......... (empty)It looks like Nero is not recognizing the disc you are using ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 PROBLEM SOLVEDI eventually decided that I had a duff DVD RAM or DVD ROM drive - but which?So I bought a new DVD burner on the basis that it could be substituted for either drive. I first swapped out my DVD ROM drive and the problem was resolved.I now have two burners that both work.Don't ya just love technology! :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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