I just ran a test burn, as you suggested. It completed successfully. So I tried burning again (except not test mode) and it failed. It just says: "Writing lead-in with CD-Text" and just stays there, not moving. The burner is burning stuff, though, because the longer I wait, the more of the disc is colored. If I play it, it's just static.
I have a whole pile of CD-RWs but they are older. This is really the first time I've actually been making repeat coasters--about 4 or 5 so far. Ehh, we have around a thousand CDs/DVDs on hand.
Addition:
1. Test succeeded.
2. Burn failed
3. Again, test (changing no other settings) succeeded!!!
Drive problem?
Media Center Registered 12.0.386 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Core 2 1395 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 2088 MB, Free - 1065 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright ᄅ 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)
Ripping / Drive D: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive D: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D Addr: 0:0:0 Speed:40 MaxSpeed:40 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: Yes / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes /
Portable Device Info
Removed devices:
Device info dump for 'My Device (1)':
WMDMName:
DeviceUID: {9554E007-965A-4F1F-BAED-E07B994BEE86}
CanonicalName:
VendorName: ; VendorID:
ProductID: ; FirmwareVersion:
WMDMSerialNumber: NULL
DeviceType: 4; DeviceID: ; DeviceName: ; UnsupportedDevice: 0
IsDrive: 1; DriveLetter: ; DrivePath: C:\iPhone December Sync; MainDriveLetter:
IsJanusCapable: ; IsIpod: ;iTunesDBVersion:
SupportsAlbumArt: ; AlbumArtEnabled: 1; CoverArtTagRule: 0; SaveCoverArtToFolderJPG: 0
GetPlayStatsFromDevice: 0; SupportsFolders: -1; PlaylistFormat: 0; EjectMode: ; AlwaysPumpCOMMessages: 0
SupportedFileTypes: *
ContextMenus:
MemoryTypes:
InstallURL:
ApplicationName: Media Center
ImageName:
RootBasePath:
AudioBasePath: [Artist]\[Album]\
ImageBasePath: Images\
VideoBasePath: Video\
DataBasePath: Data\
PlaylistBasePath: Playlists\
DatabaseBasePath:
AudibleBasePath: Audible\
MatchKeyExpression: If(IsEqual([Media Type], Image), [Name][File Size, 0], [Name]Clean([Artist], 1)[Album][Genre]FormatNumber([track #, 0])[Media Type])
ChangeKeyExpression: [Rating]
Interface Plugins:
last.fm (Active)
Library Server (Active)
TiVo Server (Active)
UPnP Server (Active)
--- I guess there isn't really an error message. It just keeps burning "junk." I suppose if I let it finish it would give an error. I should dig out some CD-RWs. But they are so slow! 4x I think! I've thought about getting some new, fast ones.