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Looked up my burners info using Belarc. _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A Found some website that said it will burn using DVD+R DL. So I went out and bought a few and they won't burn. Now I am thinking that the recorder doesn't recognize that kind of media. I can't find the original website that I first went to and don't have any info about my DVD Burner from when I bought it. Just wondering if anyone knew what kind of media I could use with this burner. TIA
zachary720--DVD+R DL means DVD's using the + format and which are double layer (can be recorded on two layers of a single sided DVD DL disk, thus increasing the capacity of data possible).
I would think your new player/recorder would play and record both single layer and double layer DVD's, but only if the disks are + format. Unfortunately DVD's come in two incompatible formats, + and -. I do not think one is better than the other, but they are incompatible.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
Many recorders and players now will accept both + and - formats, but it seems yours does not unless you get an accessory driver which according to this article should be available now
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Revi...rticleId=12314 .
You may also be interested in this article
http://www.nec.co.uk/DVD_RW_ND3520.aspx
(P.S. DVD recorders should play and record CD's, also, and you do not have to worry about the + and -.)
Where do you see on those sites about an accessory driver?Quote:
unless you get an accessory driver which according to this article should be available now
Well I did purchase the DVD+R DL blank media and tried to burn to it with no luck. I was trying to burn some videos of family that were sent to me in email. The files are saved on my PC and was told if I burn them all together they would play as a whole movie they made/with titles and captions etc, and I could possibly play them on the DVD connected to my TV. Which if it didn't wouldn't be a problem. When I tried to burn them using nero I can add all the files but when I go to the next page the burn button is greyed out. I haven't tried to save them as data files because I didn't want to waste the DVD media for that. There are alot of videos and taking up alot of space on my HD thats why I wanted to burn them to DVD. Thanks.
What software are you using to burn dvd's with? That may have something to do with it, though I can't see why, unless it's windows built in software because that won't even burn regular dvds.
I have Nero.
I saw after I looked back at your last post that you had indicated you're using Nero. :o
Is this the only optical drive you have? Have you updated Nero lately?
zachary720--First link, second paragraph in my post above. "While the new NEC model is capable of writing DVD media at 16X, the drive cannot write -R double layer media for now although a new firmware upgrade will be available to support this media type in the future." I would not know if NEC followed through on that.Quote:
Where do you see on those sites about an accessory driver?
I understand you checked that you are using + blank DVD's.
Does that mean you can burn one file, but not subsequent ones?Quote:
When I tried to burn them using nero I can add all the files but when I go to the next page the burn button is greyed out.
It could be you have set the burning process to "close" the DVD after a single file is burned. This would prevent any further burning.
PhotoladyQuote:
Is this the only optical drive you have? Have you updated Nero lately?
No we have a reg cd-burner installed also. And no I haven't checked for updates for Nero. When I open Nero Express it says 6. I will check for updates.
WelshQuote:
Does that mean you can burn one file, but not subsequent ones?
No what I do is this...open up Nero Express and choose DVD video. Then I add the video and audio files that I want to burn and add them to be burned. Then there is a next button which I click. On the next page it has my burner listed and a place to name the DVD. Below that has the speeds and to verify after burning. It's on that page that the burn button on bottom right is greyed out. So I can't get it to start burning.
Yeah I made sure I bought the + media. Now I bought 3 of them. Should I try the others to see if they work?Quote:
I understand you checked that you are using + blank DVD's.
zachary720--How long ago did you buy the burner? Have you been successfully burning regular DVD's using it?Quote:
Yeah I made sure I bought the + media. Now I bought 3 of them. Should I try the others to see if they work?
I hate to see you waste more DL DVD's. But I cannot offer any more help.
You might see if any Tech Support is available from this site
http://support.necam.com/Optical/ND3520A.asp .
I see NEC now says the drive is +/-.
When you go to burn them, are you making sure that the dvd drive is in the drop down box at the top right of Nero? Because I have two drives also, if I don't check to make sure it's set to burn to which ever drive I'm using at the time, I get an error message.
NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A
Yes it will burn DL dvds, and Nero if you select the right configuration, will burn them.
I use that burner and nero to burn DLs at times.
No where near my desktop, so I can not tell you how to do it step by step.
TrainQuote:
Yes it will burn DL dvds, and Nero if you select the right configuration, will burn them.
Well I am going into Nero Express and choosing DVD Video and tried it there. Not sure where else to try it. When you get a chance Train maybe you can explain where to go in Nero.
Photolady, yes I made sure that the correct one was listed.Quote:
When you go to burn them, are you making sure that the dvd drive is in the drop down box at the top right of Nero?
I haven't tried the other new blank DVD's I have yet. I am kinda not wanting to open all of them if they aren't going to work.
Welsh, I wanna say probably had the DVD burner for a year now. And no I haven't burned anything else with it. I never had the need to burn something on DVD til now. All other things I have been using my reg CD-burner to burn my CD-R's. Tomorrow I will try and burn a CD-R in the DVD one to see if that works.Quote:
How long ago did you buy the burner? Have you been successfully burning regular DVD's using it?
See if this helps.
http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/40/59/
Train TY TY TY
Ok let me explain what I was doing wrong so that others can read and see it was resolved.
When I added the video files I wasn't putting them into the empty RED video folder that comes up in Nero. I added them to the right place and was able to burn. TY again
On another note the first DVD DL I was trying when I put that in to burn to that it says it wasn't empty but when I go to open it its says no data is on it so I guess that one is dead. Am I correct? I had to use another blank DVD and it burned.