I have an assload of music and movies on my hard drive, and want to free up some space. So I bought a 50 pack of DVD-Rs at Wally World. Can I move my music files over as data and use the full 4.7 GB of space on a DVD-R?

Yes.

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Well, I tried to do it by right clicking the file and doing "send to", but it didn't work. What am I doing wrong?

use a DVD burning software such as NERO or SONIC

Nero is the best software ever made... I've used it for about 6 years now and have tried different things at others houses/school/work.. nero is by farrrrrrr superior to all.

+1 For Nero, I use it to burn music video cds all the time. Its able to do just about anything you could want, and it's super easy to use. I got it on Limewire.

i love the iAudio X5... oh wait off topic.

I have an assload of music and movies on my hard drive, and want to free up some space. So I bought a 50 pack of DVD-Rs at Wally World. Can I move my music files over as data and use the full 4.7 GB of space on a DVD-R?


what kinda fucking question is that?!?!?!?!!? no and im serious

Well, I have Nero, I've just never used it.

OK, so I downloaded some movies, they are .avi files... Nero won't let me burn them. What am I doing wrong?

OK, so I downloaded some movies, they are .avi files... Nero won't let me burn them. What am I doing wrong?

avi files are typically compressed with popular codecs such as divx, 3ivx, etc. MOST dvd players do NOT play them. However, they are starting to become popular. You can however convert the avi files to vcd, svcd, or my newest favorite KVCD.

Now if you want to burn the avi files as an iso cd just to use as data as you stated above make sure you tell nero that and not to burn as a video cd or svcd.

avi files are typically compressed with popular codecs such as divx, 3ivx, etc. MOST dvd players do NOT play them. However, they are starting to become popular. You can however convert the avi files to vcd, svcd, or my newest favorite KVCD.

Now if you want to burn the avi files as an iso cd just to use as data as you stated above make sure you tell nero that and not to burn as a video cd or svcd.

Man, I'm Nero inept... I can't get it to do shit. I can't burn data, I can't burn DVD MP3s, anything. WTF?

which vers of Nero are you using, anything 5.0 or might be 6.0 and below wont burn from a DVD-burner

just use "mkisofs" or "cdrecord".
why fuck around with payware that sucks when you could use something free that works better?

You don't even need a mouse to use it!

which vers of Nero are you using, anything 5.0 or might be 6.0 and below wont burn from a DVD-burner

I'm using the Nero that came with the computer, which came with a DVD burner... You'd think it would all just work. I have been trying to use Nero StartSmart.

I'm using the Nero that came with the computer, which came with a DVD burner... You'd think it would all just work. I have been trying to use Nero StartSmart.

Go into the program.. hit file>new.. then select the dvd version of iso i guess

OK, I can't get it to burn DVDs for anything. It says DVD R/RW on the front of the motherfucking drive, so what's the goddamn problem?

Ok, I have Nero 6.6, so hopefully your version is close enough that this will make sense.

Instead of using Nero SmartStart, go to the program group and start 'Nero Burning Rom.' You'll get this screen:
http://theforumlounge.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1694&stc=1&d=1149777838

From there you can choose what type of disc you want. In your case you want to make sure that DVD is selected in the drop down box on the upper left corner and DVD-ROM(iso) is highlighted just underneath that. From there you can simply click 'New.' You'll then get this screen:
http://theforumlounge.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1695&stc=1&d=1149778019

From there you can drag and drop the files you want onto the disc and then click on the burn button and you're all set.

Hope that helps.

OK, I can't get it to burn DVDs for anything. It says DVD R/RW on the front of the motherfucking drive, so what's the goddamn problem?^ user error. Also known as ID ten . t or ID10.t ;)

lol. sorry, I just had to. :)

Are you able to burn regular CD-R's?

Are you getting any kind of error messages? What are they? etc. Is there anything that prevents you from walking through the entire process?

Basically, you should be able to add files to a list that will be burned onto the DVD. After you are done adding files, you should see a "finished", "continue", or "next" button. Click it. This should bring up a screen with a few more options including "burn speed" and the like. You should now see a button titled "start", "start burning", "burn", or something similar. Click it. As soon as it is done burning it will eject the DVD.

Let us know dude.

Are you able to burn regular CD-R's?

Yep. I was able to successfully burn an MP3 format CD-R using Nero. Usually, I just burn music CDs using Windows Media Player.

Are you getting any kind of error messages? What are they?

Yep. Illegal disc.

Basically, you should be able to add files to a list that will be burned onto the DVD. After you are done adding files, you should see a "finished", "continue", or "next" button. Click it. This should bring up a screen with a few more options including "burn speed" and the like. You should now see a button titled "start", "start burning", "burn", or something similar. Click it. As soon as it is done burning it will eject the DVD.

Let us know dude.

That's what I've been doing, and it hasn't worked. I don't know what the problem is.

2:09:04 PM #22 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 8914
---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ----
Media Type: 0, Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050
Book Type: DVD-R (2), Part Version: 2.0x (5), Extended Part Version: 2.1 (33)
Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h)
Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable
Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track
Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW)
End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 0 h
End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h (LBN: FFFD0000 h, 4193920 MB)
Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist
Start sector number of the current Border-Out: 0 h
Start sector number of the next Border-In: 0 h
Media Specific [16..63]:
00 60 00 10 20 30 40 50 - 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00 .`...0@P...!....
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

2:09:06 PM #23 SPTI -1046 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 290
E: CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1046)
Sense Key: 0x02 (KEY_NOT_READY)
Sense Code: 0x30
Sense Qual: 0x05
CDB Data: 0x2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00
Sense Area: 0x70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 05
Buffer x05490000: Len x10000
0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

2:09:06 PM #24 CDR -1046 File Writer.cpp, Line 302
Illegal disc
E: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S

2:09:06 PM #25 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 228
all writers idle, stopping conversion

2:09:06 PM #26 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 222
conversion idle, stopping reader

2:09:06 PM #27 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3182
EndDAO: Last written address was -1

2:09:06 PM #28 Phase 133 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1730
Writing short lead-out

2:09:06 PM #29 SPTI -1176 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 290
E: CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1176)
Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST)
Sense Code: 0x72
Sense Qual: 0x04
CDB Data: 0x5B 01 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00
Sense Area: 0x70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 72 04

2:09:06 PM #30 CDR -1176 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 167
Session fixation error
E: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S

2:09:06 PM #31 TRANSFER -24 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 167
Could not perform end of Disc-at-once

2:09:06 PM #32 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1730
Burn process failed at 4x (5,540 KB/s)


Existing drivers:
File 'Drivers\ADPU160M.SYS': Ver=v3.60a (Lab01_N(johnstra).010529-2218), size=101888 bytes, created 8/18/2001 12:07:32 AM
File 'Drivers\CDRALW2K.SYS': Ver=7.1.0.188 , size=24832 bytes, created 11/10/2004 8:30:18 PM
File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.27a, size=20576 bytes, created 1/26/2005 3:03:00 AM (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K)

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)

OK, I even upgraded to Nero 7... Everytime I try to burn a DVD-R, it says illegal disc.

OK, I just burned a regular CD-R with Nero, it worked fine. It's something to do with the DVD function.

I just did a destructive recovery too, just to reset everything to where it should be.

dvd data disk ftw.

i backed up all my music... hard drive crashed... holy shit i had it all backed up. that never happends as planned.

I just use hard drives. I backed up my iBook backup last night, I've decided every 2-3wks I'ma do a full backup. Much easier to just make an image and save it to a drive, letting it run unattended for an hour or two, than to swap out disks every 10mins or whatever.

hmmm. you have one farked up machine. Ever get it to work?

Yeah, it burns DVD+R just fine, they are going to send me a new drive under warranty.

Kewl!