[gentoo-user] Re: Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?

Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 03 December 2006 18:18, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> On 2006-12-03, Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03 December 2006 15:28, Mick wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I want to copy a movie from a DVD which I bought in a shop, to another
>>>> DVD to take with me on holiday.  I'll be playing back the copy on my
>>>> laptop and (if it is feasible) the hotel's DVD player.
>>>>
>>>> I thought that K3B and a double layer blank DVD+R is all I need to burn
>>>> an iso image of the DVD.  After two expensive coasters (see other recent
>>>> topic) I came to the conclusion that the combination of
>>>> K3B/Phillips-DVD8421/Imation-DVD+R DL will just not work.  I could start
>>>> trying out different brands of DVD+R DL, but I cannot see a sustainable
>>>> economic case for persevering with my coaster production.  :-(
>>>>
>>> So far, I haven't managed to burn any DL DVD.
>>>
>> I had a lot of trouble burning DVDs using a USB connected
>> drive.  I moved the drive internal and connected it directly to
>> the IDE controller and since have had no problems burning
>> either single or double layer.  [IIRC, it's an vanilla OEM
>> Samsung drive.]
>>
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions!  My Phillips DVD writer is internally mounted.
> After about half way instead of flipping over and burning the second layer it
> just fails with an input/output error.  I've tried my Gentoo OS and a Knoppix
> CD just in case it was a matter of OS/application settings, but the same
> error occurred.
>
>
>

I had problems with DVD DL media, too.
It stopped with a write failure just before beginning to burn the second 
layer.
I tried Verbatim DL media and it worked very well.

Since then I _ONLY_ used Verbatim media, I didnt have anymore problems 
burning.

HTH