[Codi]

I created a picture slideshow with music and transitions and burned it to a DVD. I need to make 30 copies of this DVD. I have done around 10 so far and when I opened a new pack of DVD's, they won't copy. I get an error report. I tried 3 DVD's and all did the same. The only diference I can find is the first 10 are done on a DVD that says 8x and the DVD's that won't accept a burn are marked "up to 16x". Other than that, they are the same. Could this be the problem? Should I be looking for something else? I am using a SONIC DVD burn program and it has worked well so far.

[mred91316]

Codi,
You may have some a case of DVD defects. I would take them back where you bought them for a refund. I had the some problem with some blank DVD's I bought from Big Lots. They exchanged them with no problems and the new one I exchanged them for worked like a charm.

[clwilcox33]

Don't use generic Disks, get Memorex, Sony, (name brand) etc. disks. The rest are just coasters.

[CFunK]

With 3 duds my vote is a bad batch.

[Codi]

So it has nothing to do with the 8x and 16 x designation (what ever that means)?

[clwilcox33]

It would only make a difference if the newer disks were the 8x ones and you were trying to burn them at too fast of a speed. Since you're newer ones are 16x, they "should" have been fine, but I'm betting the quality of the disks themselves are low. What brand are they?

[Randy S]

It's possible you're running out of buffer at the higher burn rate? This seems to be more of a problem with lots of smaller files as opposed to a few large ones. You might try slowing down the burn speed to 6x or 8x. For the version of Sonic that I have, it's under Tools/Options/General/Advanced. It's worth a shot.

[my camaro loves my money]

May be an odd comment but did u make sure your computer can burn both dvd-r and dvd+r. u may have burned the first 10 on dvd-r for example and then bought dvd+r for your next batch. If this isn't the problem then maybe you just got a bad batch of dvd's which is most likely refundable.

[Codi]

MY CAMARO is the winner (I think). After trying a new batch of DVD's, and quality types I might add, the young (knowledgable) lady at Staples believes I did my original burn (master) on a +R DVD and was trying to copy it to a -R DVD. Now I don't have the slightest idea what a + or - is but she gave me a new batch of +R to try. So, I guess my DVD burner is a DVD-RW-8x-+R? All new to me.

[clwilcox33]

lol, good call My Camaro. I hadn't considered that off hand.