dvd x copy platinum- just bought it, having problems...?!

[impostal22]

ok..so i just spent 110$ to buy dvd x copy, because i was told it was *THE* program to have for dvd burning with complete compatibility across dvd players, blablabla. i install it, etc...rip the movie...i click start to burn..it just sits there w/o any progress then goes right to finalizing cd. i check the logs and it says this:

DVDXCopy Platinum 4.0.3
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Build Date : Feb 6 2004 10:25:41
Current Date: Sat 5-29-2004 11:39:21 PM
Windows Version: 5.1
DLL Versions:
asyncflt.ax 3.20
bouducon.dll 1.3.5.103
Platinum.dll 1.0.0.0
Common.dll 1.0.0.0
platinum.exe 4, 0, 3, 8
XPress.dll 1.0.0.0
vso_hwe.dll 1.3.14.118
xpress.exe 4, 0, 3, 8

Features: CSS:Yes
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Loading Resources : C:\Program Files\321Studios\Platinum\Platinum.dll, C:\Program Files\321Studios\Platinum\Common.dll
Available Drive : 1:1:0 - ARTEC WSM-52X 1.10 [E] (Ide)
Selected Drive : 1:0:0 - _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A 1.07 [D] (Ide)
Using Selected Drive: 1:0:0 - _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A 1.07 [D] (Ide)
Using Selected Drive Index: 1
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Generating Compression Settings for 1 titlesets.

Total Sectors: 2986927 Overall Compression Pct: 76.5276

Titleset 1: 76 % Size: 2986927
Compressed Titleset 1: 76 % Size: 2270064 (4,649,092,096)


Total Compressed Sectors: 2270064 (4,649,091,072)

-- Single Disc with Compression --
>> Titleset Compression 1: Size: 2270064 (4,649,091,072)
Done Reading..
Load burn engine.
0040DB00: New BLANK or ERASABLE DVD media has been inserted - progress is the media change count, starting from 1:
Writing Disc: FULL_METAL_JACKET
0040DB00: Gathering file from the path passed
0040DB00: Generating image and cache
0040DB00: Writing Movie:0
0040DB00: Writing Movie:0
0040DB00: Writing Movie:0
0040DB00: Writing Movie:0
0040DB00: Writing Movie:0
0040DB00: Writing Movie:0
0040DB00: Finished.
0040DB00: Writing failed (write error or process aborted):
0040DB00: Drive is not ready
0040DB00: Blank media has been removed

drive is not ready? what the hell is that all about!? anyone know why i'm experiencing this or how it can be fixed?

[Bluestrike_2]

wait. You're using it for ripping?

If so, there was this piece of free software. They call it DVDShrink. Best ever

http://www.dvdshrink.org

[impostal22]

ya i know......................i used that...had problems with it. got weird results sometimes. like i burned kill bill twice..same dvd media...one worked in powerdvd, one didn't. one worked in my home dvd player, one didn't. kept getting this type of inconsistency, so i decided to try dvd x copy AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT ISN'T HELPING ME MUCH. i love dvdshrink/decrypter, but those inconsistencies rendered many burns useless, because i need them to work on my dvd player.

[Bluestrike_2]

Well, your problems might be media or player related.

Ask for help at http://www.avsforum.com in the Home Theater PC forum. Just make sure your post is clear. simple, and to the point.