DVD write failure

[Kreuzemissle]

I am attempting to back up some of my DVD's, I am using DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink 3.0, and Nero 6 software. The last 3 times I have attempted to burn a DVD-R (Memorex) it failed to write after about 90% of the movie was written, so I have a few movies that are missing the last 10mins. I am new to this idea of backing up DVD's, so I have been researching the internet to find the best ways to do this. I recently bought a Liteon DVDRW LDW 811S, seems to work well for everything else I need, but I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong and why burning the DVD's has not turned out yet?? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

[phenious]

What are the error codes and what do the errors actually tell you?

-: phenious :-

[Kreuzemissle]

The error simply reads that there was a write error or a failure to write. I do not recall any codes. Each movie I have ripped onto the HD is 4.35GB, do you think that maybe the file size is to large and I should compress the movie a bit more? Thanks.

[Kreuzemissle]

I have just purchased some Memorex DVD+RW media, and attempted to re-burn 1 of the movies that failed with Memorex DVD-R media; and no errors occured??!! Do you suppose the -R media is bad? The +RW movie does not play very well in my home DVD-player (probably just the DVD player, I will try another player to see if it plays better) the -R played fine, other than the missing end due to a write error. Also the +RW movie played just fine in PowerDVD on the computer. Not sure what happened, any suggestions??

Kreuzemissle my standalone plays -r with no problem but will not play RW. It all depends on your player

[J-Excel]

My guess would be bad media. Memorex isn't all that great. Try TDKs. You can get a spindle of 25 at BestBuy for $50.

Some people will likely tell you to try Fuji media. The Fuji -R disk I bought recently for $2 each were rebranded $0.70 Riteks. So Fuji means a premium price for mediocre media.

[Kreuzemissle]

Thanks for the input guys, I will try some other -R media and see what happens.

[Kreuzemissle]

I was wondering what file size most of the DVD's anyone is backing up. How many MB or GB are these files that are being burned onto DVD-R media? DVD Shrink automatically makes the files 4.35GB, but that might be to large for these DVD-R's that I have. I was just curious what the average file size is that most people are burning?