Re: Can't read dual layer discs

[Steve Lett]

Just an update for anyone who might be following...

I've managed to burn 4 .avi files compiled for Video DVD using DeVeDe (nice tool, works perfectly and suits the need for me) onto a 4.7Gb DVD+R.  All is well, titles function, it plays clean all the way through...
So I tried again to put 8 of them onto an 8Gb DVD+R DL (dual layer media), it fails.  This is the goal b/c these are video files, and there are 8 in a season.  Therefore a whole season will fit nicely on an 8Gb DL disc.

System cannot read the disc.  In a standalone DVD player, the same.  Player will sense the disc, spin it up, and tries to mount it, then fails with the error ...No Disc...

So while the hardware and software SEEM functional in terms of the 4.7Gb discs, I'm having no luck at all with the 8Gb discs and troubleshooting this is burning more coasters than I care to at $2 a disc...

Sure would like to find an answer to this one.
Thanks!
 

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@...>
> To: k3b-user@...
> Subject: Re: [K3b-user] Can't read dual layer discs
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:55:36 +0100
>
>
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:28:27 -0600
> "Steve Lett" <jeepnut@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Steve,
>
> > Thanks Brad, kind of you to wish us well on the move.  It's been a
>
> I know how stressful it is;  We moved not that long ago.  Two children
> under, both under five years old, makes it even more stressful.
>
> > bit of a pain but we're in... Just got the PC all set back-up and
>
> Good; The important stuff first.   :-)
>
> > I did the check as suggested and it was NOT enabled for image only.
> > Good news/bad news...
>
> Well, there goes the easy option.   :-(
>
> > On a side note I have to ask... if a standalone DVD player is 2 years
> > old for instance, will it play the dual-layer discs? I'm thinking it
>
> Probably, but I wouldn't like to give odds on it.
>
> > should.  Aren't many of the movies we rent actually dual layer
>
> I think so, yes.
>
> TBH, I don't really follow the technology closely enough to be sure,
> but I /think/ domestic players have always been capable of reading dual
> layer disks.  However, it's only recently that the writing technology
> has become cheap enough for the "average Joe".
>
> > media?  I've seen a lot of rentals that have not only a 4:3 ratio
> > version of the movie but also the 16:9 ratio version.  Doesn't that
>
> I've not noticed both aspect ratios on one disk.
>
> > much data require a dual-layer disc? In any case the disc I burned
>
> Depends on how it's achieved;  One could be a simple crop of the other,
> which could be done in software, and not need a second data stream.
>
> > I'll post back those results.
>
> It's always good to find out what the problem was.  Too often I see a
> post on lists saying "Got a problem with XYZ", then comes a follow up
> "Never mind, got it sorted" but they don't say what the issue was.  No
> help to anyone else.   :-(
>
> > If anyone has any new ideas....
>
> ATM, I think it's just you, me and Marc in here.
>
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