DVD+RW Discs

[itme]

Hello, i need some help here, i recently brought these DVD+RW discs which i wanted to use to put some of my films on. I have tried to burn the films onto them but it says that the disc is full or either not writable. Ive also tried doing this on my sisters laptop but every time comes up with the same message. So i was wondering if anyone here could help me. Cheers.

 

[Peter]

Have the discs been written too before? If so there are a couple of things that might be causing the problem:-

1) The discs are in fact full
2) The discs were closed when you last wrote to them (even if you only write 1 meg and close it you cannot write to it anymore)

The solution for both cases is to format the disc.

 

[itme]

The discs cant be full as i only brought them the other day and this is the first time i've tried to use them. When i put them into and go onto d drive properties it says that they have 4.7BGB free space but when i try to write them its says the disc does not have enough space, i cant even put a 3minute song on them.

 

[Peter]

It has been a while since I bought dvd-rw's but I think you should try formatting 1 to double check, also ensure that you do actually have the option to write to dvd in the software you are using.

 

[itme]

How do i format the discs? At the moment i'm using a program called Primo Burner to try and burn the dvd but does anyone no of any better software that they would recommend?

 

[BoutiqueMusic]

I had the same problem with Pinnacle. It did not like to write to the expensive high-end DVD's I bought. I went back to the store and bought another brand and the problem went away.

Also, check to see if there are any firmware updates for the burner.

Good Luck. This problem caused me about two weeks of real grief.

 

[itme]

Well i cant write normal cd's on my pc but it wont let me do the films onto DVD+RW so i'm really on the look out for the best software out there.