Nero giving Illegal Disc error, please help!

**Chewy** · 18 May 2006, 08:54 AM

disks and the burner are both getting old, ?????????
I would try a different disk and one of your disks in a different burner

there's also an outside chance your roxio software is conflicting with nero?

there's quite a bit of stuff running in the background

**Change** · 18 May 2006, 10:32 AM

I don't have any other discs to try or I would... I've used about half of this bundle in the last month or so, and no problems. Now, I get consistent errors over the last two weeks. I haven't installed any new software programs... Roxio never conflicted with Nero burning DVD's before. I can burn CD's through Nero no problem... I just don't get it.

I'll have to pick up some new DVD's tomorrow and see if they'll burn or not.

**Chewy** · 18 May 2006, 12:22 PM

I'd try one of those disks in another burner, yours may be dying

**Change** · 18 May 2006, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Chewy

I'd try one of those disks in another burner, yours may be dying

I certainly hope not. I haven't even had this burner for 18 months. I've burned less than 100 discs with it. Why would it die so soon? I mean, other than it's a piece of crap SONY?

**Chewy** · 18 May 2006, 01:26 PM

did you mess with your cables lately? I just noticed the optical drives seem to be on the primary ide? I prefer my dvd burner to be master not slave.

**smkymntgrl** · 18 May 2006, 01:30 PM

I bought a new pc late November last year, it has an internal DL lightscribe burner. I really haven't used it much at all as I have an external that I use 90% of the time. Probably haven't burn't 25 discs with it, usually just read with it. I've had problems with it lately and it turns out that the laser is bad in it. It didn't even last 6 months! At least it's still under warranty!

**Change** · 18 May 2006, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by Chewy

did you mess with your cables lately? I just noticed the optical drives seem to be on the primary ide? I prefer my dvd burner to be master not slave.

No. I run a recording studio, and I burn with the Plextor way more than I use the SONY. So I have the SONY as the slave. It's never posed a problem before.

**Chewy** · 18 May 2006, 11:40 PM

I have used several Plex premium drives (16x,32x,48x,52x) sometimes paired as standalone masters in raid machines, I still don't put a hard drive on the secondary and opticals on primary. After I was doing some digital extraction of karaoke disks (hidden cdg video files in subtracks) and tested a new nec 3520 against my plex premium 52x, I found dvd burners to be superior to plex premiums. Of course I would never buy a rebadged liteon.

cd speeds(300KB/s X 52x/2) 8MB/s
dvd speeds 16x 22MB/s

**Change** · 19 May 2006, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Chewy

I have used several Plex premium drives (16x,32x,48x,52x) sometimes paired as standalone masters in raid machines, I still don't put a hard drive on the secondary and opticals on primary. After I was doing some digital extraction of karaoke disks (hidden cdg video files in subtracks) and tested a new nec 3520 against my plex premium 52x, I found dvd burners to be superior to plex premiums. Of course I would never buy a rebadged liteon.

cd speeds(300KB/s X 52x/2) 8MB/s
dvd speeds 16x 22MB/s

For me, it has nothing to do with speed, yet everything to do with burn quality.

As an audio engineer, I have to supply Red Book masters for clients, and that means the least amount of errors as possible. The plextor Premium is the best burner known for error output. I average less than 3.0 C1 errors per second on 99% of my burns. The DVD burner averages almost 5.0 C1 errors per second. Almost double the amount of errors.

While both are acceptable in Terms of Redbook standard compliance, I much rather prefer the plextor drive. Not to mention I've never gotten a C2 error from it, and I've gotten plenty from the Sony.

**Chewy** · 19 May 2006, 07:03 AM

You must use made in japan blanks. Wait till you get to test a good dvd burner

**Change** · 20 May 2006, 12:54 PM

Ok. Regardless... The audio world considers Plextor Premium as the elite burning drive for Redbook Mastering. As far as I've seen, the error output is far less than any other drive I've come accross so far. Mind you, I've only been working in recording studios for 6 years now... but as per my experience, it's the tops, at a minimal price.

**Change** · 21 May 2006, 08:24 AM

Interestingly enough, Roxio will let me burn the same files Nero wouldn't, on the same media that Nero wouldn't....

Is it possible this is a compatibility problem with the latest version of Nero and my drive? Or is it possible that the firmware for my drive no longer recognizes my old media type, and Nero has a problem burning it when Roxio doesn't?

I'm slightly confused now.

**Chewy** · 21 May 2006, 08:34 AM

devfilter will show how roxio sabatoges nero

Free busTRACE Utilities

http://www.bustrace.com/downloads/free_utilities.htm

**Change** · 21 May 2006, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Chewy

devfilter will show how roxio sabatoges nero

http://www.bustrace.com/downloads/free_utilities.htm

Thanks.

I'm not sure what any of that means, so I'll copy to clipboard and post it.

----------------------------------------------------
Filter Driver Load Order http://www.bustrace.com
----------------------------------------------------
Upper Class Filter: pwd_2k
Upper Class Filter: Cdralw2k
Upper Device Filter: redbook
Device Object: SONY DVD RW DRU-710A
Lower Class Filter: Cdr4_xp
Lower Class Filter: MxlW2k
Lower Class Filter: pfc
Lower Class Filter: ASAPIW2k
Lower Class Filter: Pfc
Lower Class Filter: PxHelp20
Lower Device Filter: imapi
Driver Name: pwd_2k.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: Win2000 Framework for Packet Write Driver
File Version: 6.1.1.7 [6.1.1.7]
Product Name: Drag-to-Disc
Product Version: 6.1.1.7 [6.1.1.7]
Company Name: Roxio
Driver Name: cdralw2k.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: CDRAL for Windows 2000 Kernel Driver
File Version: 6.1.1.7 [6.1.1.7]
Product Name: Drag-to-Disc
Product Version: 6.1.1.7 [6.1.1.7]
Company Name: Roxio
Driver Name: redbook.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: Redbook Audio Filter Driver
File Version: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) [5.1.2600.2180]
Product Name: MicrosoftÂ® WindowsÂ® Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180 [5.1.2600.2180]
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
Driver Name: cdr4_xp.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: CDR4_XP CDR Helper
File Version: 6.1.1.7 [6.1.1.7]
Product Name: Drag-to-Disc
Product Version: 6.1.1.7 [6.1.1.7]
Company Name: Roxio
Driver Name: mxlw2k.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: MusicMatch Access Layer KMD
File Version: 1.1.0.121 [1.1.0.121]
Product Name: MusicMatch Access Layer
Product Version: 1.1.0.121 [1.1.0.121]
Company Name: MusicMatch, Inc.
Driver Name: pfc.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: Padus(R) ASPI Shell
File Version: 2, 5, 0, 204 [2.5.0.204]
Product Name: Padus(R) ASPI Shell
Product Version: 2, 5, 0, 204 [2.5.0.204]
Company Name: Padus, Inc.
Driver Name: asapiw2k.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: ASAPI
File Version: 6, 0, 2, 27 [6.0.2.27]
Product Name: asapi
Product Version: 6, 0, 2, 0 [6.0.2.0]
Company Name: Pinnacle Systems GmbH
Driver Name: pfc.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: Padus(R) ASPI Shell
File Version: 2, 5, 0, 204 [2.5.0.204]
Product Name: Padus(R) ASPI Shell
Product Version: 2, 5, 0, 204 [2.5.0.204]
Company Name: Padus, Inc.
Driver Name: pxhelp20.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: Px Engine Device Driver for Windows 2000/XP
File Version: 2.02.62a [2.2.62.0]
Product Name: PxHelp20
Product Version: [2.0.0.0]
Company Name: Sonic Solutions
Driver Name: imapi.sys
File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers
File Description: IMAPI Kernel Driver
File Version: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) [5.1.2600.2180]
Product Name: MicrosoftÂ® WindowsÂ® Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180 [5.1.2600.2180]
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation

Can you help me decipher that, Chewy? Thanks.

Nero giving Illegal Disc error, please help!

Nero giving Illegal Disc error, please help!

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