Power Calibration Failed (When Burning)

[smitro]

I have a user that gets the following error message when burning.


Power Calibration Failed (534:-2147216295:0).


Strangely enough this problem doesn't occur when using an external DVD burner. This user has been able to burn in the past using the built in drive, but is now no longer able to. This is on a laptop.

This error message I'm told comes up after about 3% of the process.

Any ideas?

[Ken Berry]

I am afraid I have to advise you that the one thing that is likely NOT to be the problem here is Video Studio. If you do a Google search for 'Power Calibration Failed' you will see that it is a well known problem across a range of burners, discs and programs. But there is no one solution. It appears to be hardware related, and at the extreme end can indicate your burner is dying. Not as bad as that, a firmware update for the driver might be called for. In some cases, the burner does not like the brand of discs you are using. And another possibility is that you are trying to burn the discs at too high a speed. So you could try reducing the speed significantly e.g. if you are using 8x or 12x blanks, burn at 4x; if the discs are rated at 16x or higher than burn at 6x or 8x.

[Accolades]

Best option is to burn to hard Drive as ISO file then burn the iso file to DVD after?

[Ken Berry]

That is of course a good possibility, but depending on the exact nature of the problem, trying to burn using another program but the same burner, may just produce exactly the same problem.

[zelopes]

I am afraid I have to advise you that the one thing that is likely NOT to be the problem here is Video Studio. If you do a Google search for 'Power Calibration Failed' you will see that it is a well known problem across a range of burners, discs and programs. But there is no one solution. It appears to be hardware related, and at the extreme end can indicate your burner is dying. Not as bad as that, a firmware update for the driver might be called for. In some cases, the burner does not like the brand of discs you are using. And another possibility is that you are trying to burn the discs at too high a speed. So you could try reducing the speed significantly e.g. if you are using 8x or 12x blanks, burn at 4x; if the discs are rated at 16x or higher than burn at 6x or 8x.

Hi Ken,

I succeeded on converting all my VHS tapes into digital format, thanks to VS Pro X2 and to a group of great coaches such as yourself and others, and I must confess, I'm impressed with the extremely good quality of the converted files, using the MPEG format.

At this point, I thought I had passed the biggest hurdle, never having done this type of conversions before, but I may have been too optimistic...

When I tried to burn the first converted file to disc, I came across this nefarious error message:

Power Calibration Failed (534:-2147216295:0)

An old story, as I can see, but since this thread dates from 2008, I'm hopeful that there may have been new developments on this issue or you may have learned of a more specific or more likely cause for the problem.

I wonder if you could please provide any further help?

I have tried different ways and different files, even small ones, but no difference, the message always comes up just before the final burn to disc takes place.

I am using the DVD burner on my Lenovo T61 laptop running on Windows 7. The burner is a Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-842 RB01 and after checking, Windows tells me that my DVD drive is using the most updated driver software. A physical check of the drive with PC Doctor for Windows also reports all tests Passed.

Obviously, I feel a little disgruntled after going through all those pains until finally reaching a way to achieve the conversions, just to land on this quite unspecific error message. After searching Google and this forum for many hours, I'm no more enlightened on my way to a solution than before I started.

Please help, if you can, please!

Thanks.

[Ken Berry]

Zé -- have you tried using another program as suggested above???

[zelopes]

Zé -- have you tried using another program as suggested above???

Thank you for your IMMEDIATE reply!

This I still did not try. I do have a ISO image in my hard drive, created during one of the attempts at burning the disc, where I chose to create an .iso image of the file.

How would I go from there, though? Using the available features of Windows 7? How?

P.S. - Aside from the issue as it certainly is, just allow me to ask you how you did get to that form of my name (Zé) even including the "hard to come by" accented "é" in English keypads!!!!???????? You're absolutely right, I just wonder how on earth you got there...

[zelopes]

Ken,

Meanwhile, I did try to burn the .iso file I mentioned above and the process seemed to go smoothly until the very end, after which a message appeared, indicating the disc was being finalized. Less than a minute after this message appeared, the process ended abruptly and a box popped up with the following:

There was a problem burning this disc.

There was an error burning this disc. The disc might no longer be usable.

[...]

I may try to use a new disc and be back to report the results.

[zelopes]

Inserted a new disc in the drive and a few seconds after the disc burning progress bar started this message came out:

There was a problem burning this disc

The write speed for the recordable disc is either too fast or too slow for your CD or DVD burner. Insert a recordable disc that has a different write speed and then try again.

Actually, the first disc I used had been used before in those failed attempts at burning the video using VideStudio. This second disc was a brand new one. Why the process, besides failing in both instances, showed a slightly different behaviour between themselves and thus gave origin to different messages, I have no idea.

However, I must point out that the discs I'm using are Memorex DVD+R DL type with a stated spedd of 2.4X, just in case this helps some...

[zelopes]

One more update.

This time I tried to use a different DVD. It's a DVD-R 4.7 GB 16X speed from Staples. It seems to have worked fine during the burning process. But now that I have it in the DVD the question is, what do I do with it? I could not figure out how to use it.

Like I said, the hardest part may not have been the conversion phase...

Your help, as always, will be greatly appreciated.

[Ron P.]

Ok, so far you seem to have a problem with DVD brand compatibility with your burner. It didn't like the brand and/or the size (DL vs SL). DL discs seem to be more difficult to burn. I personally stay away from them. Home movies and slideshows would tend to get rather boring much past 30-40 minutes.

Did you burn the ISO file to the DVD as a data disc? If so not much you can do with it, other than you have it backed up. To utilize an ISO file, you need to have software that can copy DVDs, and use that function. An ISO file is a DVD just in file format.

VS's DVD authoring program will not burn an ISO file. DVD MovieFactory does have a utility that can. There are others out there that can burn DVDs from ISO files. If done correctly, you should be able to put the DVD into a DVD player and view it.

[zelopes]

Hi Ron,

As Ken may have gone to sleep (being in Australia) isn¡¦t it one more marvel of the Internet to have the ability of getting round-the-clock help from good souls like you guys!

Thank you for your help. I do greatly appreciate it.

You got it¡K I burnt it as a data disc. Ignorance did it! Does Windows Movie Maker have the ability of burning the ISO file as well?

There is still one more experiment I can try before taking any other decision and that is to try and burn a smaller file that fits the regular 4.7 GB discs and use one of them to see if VS manages to burn it. If this also fails, I would be inclined to go out and buy an external DVD burner. They seem not to be too expensive nowadays. What would you say? Would you have any recommendation on a particular brand/model to either buy or avoid?

Thanks again.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

Earlier versions of Video Studio came with a Disc Image Recorder
If you don¡¦t own one then there is a free program called DVD Shrink
This will burn your Disc Image ISO file as a DVD.

There is a section for Free Stuff on the forum.
http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?t=12931

DVD Shrink
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/DVD_Shrink

Hope this Helps

Not used it myself , but just giving it a run now.

[zelopes]

Hi Trevor, Ron, Ken:

Everything helps. Thank you for the links. I will work on them soon.
Meanwhile¡K

I have just finished my last attempt at burning a 1.23 GB video file into a DVD-R, just to gauge the behavior of VideStudio with a relatively small file and a regular DVD.

My hopes were unfounded¡K Now the message changed, though. But at exactly the same point, when the line for ¡§Total Progress¡¨ had the caption of ¡§Output disc¡K¡¨ and was fully green at 99%; and the line for ¡§Detailed Progress¡¨ showed the caption ¡§Finalizing VOB¡¨ and was also at 99%, this message popped out:

Corel VideoStudio has stopped working
A problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

The only option provided was to ¡§Close Program¡¨. And that's what I did.

Now, I think, I may actually be getting to end of the rope. I feel that I¡¦m running out of options. I¡¦m, really leaning more and more towards the external burner alternative unless, of course, your expertise and your extreme kindness can still provide any other avenues to be explored.

If this ends up being the final option would you guys have any recommendations as to what would be worth to consider and what to avoid?

Thank you all for your great assistance and great patience.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

I agree with the comments regarding the disc compatibility.
You should be able to google your dvd burner to find the manufactures compatibility tables.

I purchase all my disc via the internet, using a Ritek dye type or Taiyo Yuden a little more expensive, but if they work, well worth it.
It really depends on where you are as to availability, I¡¦m in the UK with many outlets.
I always use DVD ¡V R types
Never had any problems, now that¡¦s the kiss of death.

As for burners, a TDK and a Liteon have worked for me.
A little difficult to recommend as I don¡¦t use that many to compare.

I am about to try my Litoen to burn Duel Layer Discs for the first time., as far as I know they are DVD + R.
First I need some discs, a make called ARITA uses the Ritek dye, so I will be heading that way, any recommendations gratefully accepted.