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@CarolynCS wrote:

I have a Dimension 4550 desktop which came with a 4x DVD+RW drive with CD-RW. I'm trying to copy pictures from my hard drive to a Sony DVD+RW disk using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5. It's not working with this software. It tells me that "Disc in the recorder is not the proper media for this project." I have tried it with Memorex disks - same problem. Dell support told me to use either Sony or Maxell disks. Is this software by Roxio just not effective? I have not had a problem copying to CD-RW disks. Please help.

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Are you sure the Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 will copy to DVDs?
I could be wrong, but I thought DVD capability came with rev 6.

You need Roxio Easy Media Creator 6 or higher (current version is 7) to work with DVD's.

Ken

Hi Carolyn,

The problem could be with your burner and the DVD+RW.  Sony is good brand of disc, but all media just does not work with all drives. You might have better success with a DVD+R (1-4x) in a Sony, or verbatim.

Here is a link where you can find information about media compatability.

Roxio 5.x does not work well with DVD's. Even with the updates that are to make it compatible with DVD media, it does not work well and none of the media that I produced will work in a stand alone DVD player. The Roxio 7.0 is a wonderful program with a lot of features and worth the money, if you want to edit and create video and slide shows with music, text, transitions, and other features with ease. Nero and Sonic work well with fewer video features and  I believe Nero can be downloaded for a trial before purchase. I would recommend not installing the packet writing features of any of these programs for the reason of potential conflict with other programs on the computer and lack of reliability of the data stored by this process.

CarloynCS,

As Jimmy mentioned Roxio 5 needs the latest update to work with Windows XP and Windows XP SP1, however if you installed XP`s SP2, then it will not work. Also SP2 broke Nero 5 as well, needs version 6.

If you still have Sp1, then if you have not, update Roxio version 5, if this does not work, uninstall / reinstall Roxio. I have the information in Section 47 of the CD/RW link in my post.

If you applied XP SP2, you could uninstall it, but honestly your best bet would be to purchase Roxio Version 7 or Nero 6 as our Members recommended.

I wish you the best,



No disrespect guys but please as favor to me, use the proper reply button so the thread flows smooth in both of Dell views, not that hard to hit the Reply Button in the last message of a thread as I did within Jimmys, thank you..

Best Regards





God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.

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CD/RW Link

Message Edited by Predator on 03-12-2005 12:38 PM

Thank you to everyone who replied to my question.  I hope that I can resolve my problem with either a newer version of Roxio or perhaps different software.  You have all been very helpful.

Caroly 

Roxio 5.x was not originally designed for DVD burning. It was modified with updates that were not totally reliable and I understand Windows update SP2 may cause some problems with Roxio 5.x that will not be addressed or supported by Roxio since they have two newer versions of the same software. However your problem could also be related to the Nec burner that you are using. It has not faired well with DVD burning and a lot better drives are out there now for the handling of DVD media. Plextor, Pioneer, and the newest retail version of Nec are all doing well.

I wonder if this could be do to the fact that my DVD burner is an older one.  I

For those of you with Roxio Easy CD Creator 5, check out this Roxio webpage

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/software_updatesv5_2.jhtml

There is a free update for 5.x.x Platinum to 5.3.5
and also an update to add drive support for CD/DVD burners that were released after the release of Easy CD Creator 5.3.5.

Message Edited by ieee488 on 03-16-2005 08:52 AM