Invalid block address burning DVD

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Hey all i am using Nero to burn all my music onto dvd's. Anyway i bought a pack of 100 dvd's and started to burn them using nero. But it kept coming up with Invalid block address. So i thought maybe its the dvd's cause they were cheaper. So i returned them and bought a pack of 50 sony. They are DVD-R dvd's by the way. Anyway when i got home i burned 3 dvd's and they worked fine. This morning when i started to burn again Invalid block address came up again. So now i am think it might be my nero or dvd burner. I have never had problems before with it. Can someone help please .. Thanks

[Santa]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

Would be interesting to know your version of Nero and the brand of your burner.
That error can occur when trying to do some overburning on a burner that didn't support it.

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

Nero 7 i think i am using or one of the latest ones. The burner i am using is a lg burner. The thing is it has never happed before. and i have not burnt alot of stuff for along time .. so i dont think it would be overburning. Its not like i burn 3 dvds per day.

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

i just put another dvd in and it seems to be burning and it just finished. could it be the individual dvd's themselves?

[jeffrey collins]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

i had heard that 7 doesn't work as well as some of the older versions.

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

Actually i have nero 6. sorry

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

Now it says Illegal disk error.. This is really starting to piss me off.. Help please. Some DVD's burn some dont. WHY.. Do they need to be formatted or something and how...

[poults]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

How old is your burner? If its throwing up all these different errors and your using different disks maybe the burner is on its way out. Maybe try cleaning the laser?

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

1) what do i need to use to clean the laser?
2) i also have a laptop and it does it on there as well. Unless Nero is fucking up the disks. cause i use them on my pc first then try it on my laptop. Do i need to format the dvd's or something and if so how do i do it.

[poults]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

If they are dvd-RW or dvd+RW then they may need formating which is simply put in the drive and then right click and format. Iv never heard of a -r or +r needing to be formatted.
As for cleaning the laser, you could use the same sort of thing as you would in a cd player but some companys dont recommend doing that.
Other than that, maybe a short spray of some canned air would suffice for a clean.
Hope this helps.

[poults]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f61/best-way-clean-your-dvd-cd-burner-126210/

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

Thanks for your help mate.

[beanzncheez]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

Have you done the hokey pokey yet?

[res0nat0r]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

i used to use nero a long time ago and would get random shit like this all the time and it would piss me off. i would burn a disc and if it would have problems and halt at like 10%, or it would work correctly everytime. it was random and intermittent so it is something to do with the shit software i think. there is a program i use for linux called cdrecord which has been ported to windows that i NEVER have problems with. it has never burned a coaster for me and i have probably burned about 500 discs with it.

there is a version for windows but the problem is it is all command line and will take some nerd/getting used to, since it is not a point and click windows thing. but it works perfect for me.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/

http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html

[beanzncheez]

Re: Invalid block address burning DVD

I've been using Nero since 2000 I think and no problems here.