Funny thing - even though

decibel.places — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:53:00 +0000

Funny thing - even though the Nero 9 trial installer said it was an unrecoverable error, and I selected the option to roll back and uninstall all components...

I was cleaning up my desktop, and tried clicking on the Nero Smartstart shortcut, and the program came up (!) However, it also created a Lightscribe shortcut (my drive is capable) that is dead...

Nero burned a video pretty quickly, but refused my dvd-r disc and required a cd-r/rw disc - and the resulting disc shows a different error on the GPX player and still doesn't play, but plays on the older one.

I will be shopping for a player that will play my homemade discs.

[EDIT]
Having Nero installed prevented Limewire from connecting... Nero would not uninstall using the Vista Control Panel, I had to manually delete it.

Sorry to here this

ms2134 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:14:28 +0000

Sorry to here this Randall,

There are so many issues with the newer and cheaper DVD players not having all of the de-coders like many of the old and more expensive ones.

I wish they would keep to just one bl**dy format!

~ Mike

I have Nero 6 Ultimate on my

pr0gr4mm3r — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:42:00 +0000

I have Nero 6 Ultimate on my computer and have never had a problem. You can find OEM versions on the net if you look hard enough. I think the problem is with your DVD player, though, even though your friend's DVD played.

pr0gr4mm3r wrote: A lot of

decibel.places — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:40:00 +0000

pr0gr4mm3r wrote:

A lot of the cheaper brands don't play burned DVDs and other uncommon formats.

For burning DVDs, I have had the best luck with Nero.

Perhaps you are correct, but it plays a burned dvd my friend has (Seven Pounds) - I examined the working dvd, it has the same files and structure as the ones I am making

I am trying Nero, but it seems so bloated - it took about 5 hours to download the 382MB trial installer on a broadband connection, and it's taking forever to install -

Think I just need to get a better dvd player, which should be cheap about now after Christmas

[EDIT] So after installing for about an hour, Nero gave me a fatal error - I say f__k it!

It's a cheap GPX (brand) A

pr0gr4mm3r — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:25:11 +0000

It's a cheap GPX (brand)

A lot of the cheaper brands don't play burned DVDs and other uncommon formats. I spent the extra money on a nice DVD player (over $120 5 years ago ), and it plays just about anything. A few years later, my parents purchased a cheaper DVD/VHS combo, and it fails at playing several DVD formats that mine plays w/o a problem.

For burning DVDs, I have had the best luck with Nero.