DVD Duplication Problem

[sunshynevideo]

Hopefully someone can tell me what it wrong here

I am using VS7 and really have had no problems. Program has run perfect for me without any flaws.

I created a DVD-R DVD that plays perfect on all dvd players.

I need to replicate this disk in my DVD Replication tower. However it fails to write the last 2 bytes and disks become frisbees.

I know that the DVD Replication tower works great as I have done other replications of a single dvd just fine.

Below are all the specs of everything

The properties of the movie are as follows:
NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 Bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Field Order B
(DVD-NTSC), 4:3
Video data rate: 4000 kbps
Audio data rate: 224 kbps
MPEG audio layer 2, 48 KHz, Stereo

Duration Length of movie is Just a hair under 132 minutes

My Configurattion of the Tower is as follows

Wytron DVD-399 Controller Card
9 Sony DVD Writers
1 Sony DVD Reader
550 Watt Power Supply

My DVD Media all says 4.7 GB and 120 minutes.... I can burn ok from computer to DVD but cannot burn duplicates in the tower.


When burning in the tower the lcd display shows that the disc created with VS7 shows 2830 and everything seems to work good until it gets to the end - The memory buffer goes to 0 and then it errors out and shows that only 2828 was written to the disk and not the 2830. The blank DVD disc is now a coaster.

Since the size of the completed movie is fine I am wondering if it is giving this error because the disc is only supposed to be 120 minutes long and yet I have 131 and a few seconds of video???

Can anyone advise what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can offer.

[GeorgeW]

When burning in the tower the lcd display shows that the disc created with VS7 shows 2830 and everything seems to work good until it gets to the end - The memory buffer goes to 0 and then it errors out and shows that only 2828 was written to the disk and not the 2830. The blank DVD disc is now a coaster.

What does the 2830 represent

It can't be bytes, because based on your numbers, you should be looking at a disc with over 4GB on it

[sunshynevideo]

What does the 2830 represent

It can't be bytes, because based on your numbers, you should be looking at a disc with over 4GB on it

According to the book that number does represent MB

[GeorgeW]

Can you rt-click on your dvd and show its properties -- how much space does it take up?

[sunshynevideo]

Can you rt-click on your dvd and show its properties -- how much space does it take up?

Just checked the size of the disk and it shows 2.8 GB - 1 Hour 31 Minutes 38 Seconds.

[GeorgeW]

Duration Length of movie is Just a hair under 132 minutes

Since the size of the completed movie is fine I am wondering if it is giving this error because the disc is only supposed to be 120 minutes long and yet I have 131 and a few seconds of video???

oh, that's not how long you were saying it was...
(You probably wanted to say 92min , or 1hr 32min instead of 132 minutes)


Did the original burn finalize the disc

[sunshynevideo]

Duration Length of movie is Just a hair under 132 minutes

Since the size of the completed movie is fine I am wondering if it is giving this error because the disc is only supposed to be 120 minutes long and yet I have 131 and a few seconds of video???

oh, that's not how long you were saying it was...
(You probably wanted to say 92min , or 1hr 32min instead of 132 minutes)


Did the original burn finalize the disc

As far as I can see yes it was closed or finalized

[GeorgeW]

I need to replicate this disk in my DVD Replication tower. However it fails to write the last 2 bytes and disks become frisbees.

So we know it's not 2 bytes, but it is probably 2MB.

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Since the size of the completed movie is fine I am wondering if it is giving this error because the disc is only supposed to be 120 minutes long and yet I have 131 and a few seconds of video???

So this is not the issue since you are well under 120 minutes (and the playing time should be irrelevent anyway).

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I know that the DVD Replication tower works great as I have done other replications of a single dvd just fine.

fyi, in the world of dvd creation, what you are doing is Duplicating discs -- not Replicating them. Duplicating is burning copies, Replication is the act of Stamping (from a master image).

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Some things to check...

1) Are there any firmware updates for your Sony Burners
2) Have you used the same media for Duplicating discs before
3) Is the source dvd the same type as the target discs (i.e. same brand, and same format ±R/RW)
4) Is there a firmware update for your duplicating machine
5) Does your Duplicator have a builtin hard drive -- if so, copy the source dvd to the builtin HD, and try to work from that...

[sunshynevideo]

Some things to check...

1) Are there any firmware updates for your Sony Burners
2) Have you used the same media for Duplicating discs before
3) Is the source dvd the same type as the target discs (i.e. same brand, and same format ±R/RW)
4) Is there a firmware update for your duplicating machine
5) Does your Duplicator have a builtin hard drive -- if so, copy the source dvd to the builtin HD, and try to work from that...

1)Sony Burners are upto date
2)yes same media has been used b4
3)Yes on both
4)Latest update
5)Duplicator does have hard drive so will try that option as well and see what happens

Thanks