Can't burn to dvd

[Chapin]

Hi Hope somebody can help?

I have videostudio 8 and the upgrade 9, however, when going through the process to burn my dvd, I get the following message:

writer not connected or no media selected please re-try.

I have tried -R +R discs to no avail, I have had to use mysonic burning software that came with my writer to burn the dvd's.

I am using the following burner:

TEACDW-224E 70A LITEONIT drive, my guess is that this software may be incompatable with ULEAD V9......or do I need an updated drive?

No point me keeping this software if I can't use the menu builders etc.... any suggestions?

Thanks.

[Ken Berry]

Do you by chance have something like Nero's InCD loaded? If so, that could cause a conflict over rights to your burner... I once had a problem similar to yours, but once I uninstalled InCD, the problem went away.

[THoff]

The Sonic software includes a Drive Letter Access (DLA) component, which as Ken mentioned may be causing the conflict. If it can't be shut down or temporarily disabled, you'll may have to uninstall it completely.

[Chapin]

Thanks Ken and THoff, I don't use nero, I use roxio, I have tried getting a path for the burner, installed that, but now I get doese not recognise windows XP, so yes there is a conflict somewhere, I guess i could rebuild my laptop and start again, but as i have 2 projects that require video, I am going to buy some new software so I can complete my projects before June.

Thanks.

[THoff]

I use Roxio as well, and I know from personal experience that the Drag-To-Disk utility causes a conflict. Luckily, there's an Exit command on the Drag-To-Disk menu that lets you shut the program down prior to burning a disk from UVS -- simply right-click on the Drag-To-Disk icon in the System Tray and select Exit.

[Chapin]

Hi All
After a few very frustrating days, I finally found a patch on this site, for Service pack 2, installed on my computer and as if by magic all is now well, for version 8, I haven't tried version 9 since my last attempt when everythinh hung, but will report back if all is well.

Must go back to my project.
Cheers

[Silumenya]

I've had some problems burning to disk. I'm using VS7. Yes I have SP2 loaded. Yes I have Nero as well.

I have two systems one has a Pioneer DVR106 the other DVR109. I've done the firmware upgrades, I have had problems with blank DVDs (princo - someone has said I would have better luck burning on paper plates) and now use Ritek (these are all single layer).

Since the disks issue, I've had many failures (anyone want a free coaster???). Just to put it all in perspective, the DVR106 had been problemless until princo. Now VS7 is causing problems.

Say I want to burn 3 copies of a "home video" using the US7 utility; The first disk will burn okay and play okay, the other 2 will fail. If I try copy the other disk to make copies 2 & 3 it comes up with errors - can't copy.

I can't really upgrade at this stage to VS9. All the other features of VS7 work fine. Any suggestions???