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Installed in my 1.7GHz Pentium machine is a Memorex DVD burner, 16x,
double layer as well as a conventional CD burner. The operating system
is WinXP-pro w/SR-2. The Memorex DVD came with Nero6 "Memorex Suite".
My video capture card came with "DVD MovieFactory 4SE"
Prior to inserting blank media into the DVD burner, Windows Explorer
shows a DVD-RW icon label and lets me copy Quick Time and other files
into the DVD's directory in preparation for burning the files to blank
DVD media.
As soon as a I put a blank DVD disc into the Memorex DVD burner, the
icon changes to a conventional CD icon. The blank discs work just fine
in another DVD burner on another machine. The Memorex DVD burner will
burn conventional 760 MByte CD's, and it will playback many video discs,
although not all.
The regular CD-RW and the DVD-RW share the same IDE cable, but the
machine does not seem to confuse them.
There was one time when I was able to get the DVD burner to recognize
that it contained blank DVD media, but I've not been able to replicate
the event.
I do note that unlike the 700 MByte CD'sm one needs to "format" the bank
DVD before you can write to it. On my 1.7 GHz machine, if I put a blank
DVD into the Memorex DVD Burner and select the "format" option, it does
not recognize the blank media as a blank DVD. If you put empty DVD
media formated by Roxio software on another machine, the icon still
switches from DVD to CD, and when you click on properties, it does not
show that there is about 4 GByte of space available. When there is no
disc in the drive, the operating system recognizes that the drive is a
DVD RW but it also says, "MRW - write: no." I don't know if I need
"Mount Rainier" write. The 1.7 GHz machine also gives the option for
"InCD" formating, but the capability is no different that previously
indicated.
Can someone please recommend a book or web site that will explain what
is needed to get the Memorex DVD writer to write data files to blank DVD
media.
double layer as well as a conventional CD burner. The operating system
is WinXP-pro w/SR-2. The Memorex DVD came with Nero6 "Memorex Suite".
My video capture card came with "DVD MovieFactory 4SE"
Prior to inserting blank media into the DVD burner, Windows Explorer
shows a DVD-RW icon label and lets me copy Quick Time and other files
into the DVD's directory in preparation for burning the files to blank
DVD media.
As soon as a I put a blank DVD disc into the Memorex DVD burner, the
icon changes to a conventional CD icon. The blank discs work just fine
in another DVD burner on another machine. The Memorex DVD burner will
burn conventional 760 MByte CD's, and it will playback many video discs,
although not all.
The regular CD-RW and the DVD-RW share the same IDE cable, but the
machine does not seem to confuse them.
There was one time when I was able to get the DVD burner to recognize
that it contained blank DVD media, but I've not been able to replicate
the event.
I do note that unlike the 700 MByte CD'sm one needs to "format" the bank
DVD before you can write to it. On my 1.7 GHz machine, if I put a blank
DVD into the Memorex DVD Burner and select the "format" option, it does
not recognize the blank media as a blank DVD. If you put empty DVD
media formated by Roxio software on another machine, the icon still
switches from DVD to CD, and when you click on properties, it does not
show that there is about 4 GByte of space available. When there is no
disc in the drive, the operating system recognizes that the drive is a
DVD RW but it also says, "MRW - write: no." I don't know if I need
"Mount Rainier" write. The 1.7 GHz machine also gives the option for
"InCD" formating, but the capability is no different that previously
indicated.
Can someone please recommend a book or web site that will explain what
is needed to get the Memorex DVD writer to write data files to blank DVD
media.