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Hardware / Can't burn
« on: May 13, 2009, 10:57:14 AM »
[quote name=\'guestolo\' post=\'462291\' date=\'May 9 2009, 03:57 PM\']Do you have a DVD lens cleaner kit?
If you do, try running it thru the burner, see if you have any luck afterwards[/quote]
[font=\"Times New Roman\"]No, but I'll try to get one this upcoming weekend. I've deleted burning software as an attempt to fix this, but I'm sure that there are still drivers and registry commands hanging around here and there. I'm able to burn mp3's, on new media (Sony CD RW), but on playback, on any source, it's hanging or skipping a moment here and there. Still can't burn DVDs.
One thing I'm noticing is that under my burner's properties' autoplay tab for "DVD Movie", under "select action to perform", in addition to the regular program options to run, I'm seeing two strange options:
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using <need provider>
and...
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using <need provider>
For "Music CD", it's option is only that latter choice. For Music Files, Pictures, Video Files, and Mixed Content, there are no options avaliable. It's blank. I don't have PowerDVD installed yet... wanted to try to fix these bugs... so can understand no option for "Video files". Maybe my program associations are all messed up??
I have my autoplay set to "Prompt me each time to choose an option", so it's no big deal. Just curious what those options there are tho, or even how to delete them.
Nevertheless, I've ordered a new burner. A [/font][font=\"Times New Roman\"]Pioneer DVR-113KG 20x Dual Layer DVD RW with Lightscribe and Nero-8[/font][font=\"Times New Roman\"]. Only $39 bucks with shipping... hope it's a decent one! Because I paid for Cyberlink's Power2Go 6, PowerDVD 9, and PowerProducer 5, I probably won't use the Nero though.
So, my plans are...
Try the cleaner as you've suggested. Then try the new burner when it arrives. If that has trouble, I have my docs, photos, music, and important programs backed up on an external hard drive so I'll do a clean install of my Windows Media Center. I have a very important job interview the 19th, so who knows when I'll get to it, but I'll let you know how it goes. If you have any other suggestions, I'm all ears
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If you do, try running it thru the burner, see if you have any luck afterwards[/quote]
[font=\"Times New Roman\"]No, but I'll try to get one this upcoming weekend. I've deleted burning software as an attempt to fix this, but I'm sure that there are still drivers and registry commands hanging around here and there. I'm able to burn mp3's, on new media (Sony CD RW), but on playback, on any source, it's hanging or skipping a moment here and there. Still can't burn DVDs.
One thing I'm noticing is that under my burner's properties' autoplay tab for "DVD Movie", under "select action to perform", in addition to the regular program options to run, I'm seeing two strange options:
() (could be an elongated zero)
using <need provider>
and...
()DZ
using <need provider>
For "Music CD", it's option is only that latter choice. For Music Files, Pictures, Video Files, and Mixed Content, there are no options avaliable. It's blank. I don't have PowerDVD installed yet... wanted to try to fix these bugs... so can understand no option for "Video files". Maybe my program associations are all messed up??
I have my autoplay set to "Prompt me each time to choose an option", so it's no big deal. Just curious what those options there are tho, or even how to delete them.
Nevertheless, I've ordered a new burner. A [/font][font=\"Times New Roman\"]Pioneer DVR-113KG 20x Dual Layer DVD RW with Lightscribe and Nero-8[/font][font=\"Times New Roman\"]. Only $39 bucks with shipping... hope it's a decent one! Because I paid for Cyberlink's Power2Go 6, PowerDVD 9, and PowerProducer 5, I probably won't use the Nero though.
So, my plans are...
Try the cleaner as you've suggested. Then try the new burner when it arrives. If that has trouble, I have my docs, photos, music, and important programs backed up on an external hard drive so I'll do a clean install of my Windows Media Center. I have a very important job interview the 19th, so who knows when I'll get to it, but I'll let you know how it goes. If you have any other suggestions, I'm all ears
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