Help, help, help! I've been trying for two weeks, without ANY joy to burn to DVD. My set up is,
Pentium 3 850mhz PC
Windows XP Home edition
20 gig boot drive
80 gig video drive
320MB RAM
Pioneer 104 burner
Pinnacle DV500 DVD
Pinnacle Impression DVD Pro
Premiere
I have managed to burn previously but since upgrading to Impression DVD pro and the DV500 4.5 drivers,I've managed only 1 burn and now keep getting this infuriating message, which Pinnacle seem to be equally confused about. I've followed previous threads on this site regarding the error but all seem to be inconclusive. I've upgraded the firmware on the Pioneer to 1.4, my ASPI drivers to 4.7, have downloaded the Beta patch for the DV500, installed Impression Pro patch and the 2.2.2 update and for what, NOTHING!! I have noticed that when I go to burn DVD image in Impression, the icon for the Pioneer in My Computer (labelled DV-R (E))changes to CD (E), E being the drive letter for the burner. Is there something inbuilt in XP that tries to write to the drive at the same time as Impression and therefore creates the "Burner is not idle" message? I have disabled CD writing to that drive but to no avail. Also have changed DMA on the burner, I have completely uninstalled all desktop editing software/hardware ran JV16 reg cleaner, reinsatlled everything, but still get this message! PLEASE HELP! SOMEBODY, ANYBODY!!
Thanks in anticipation!
[This message has been edited by GrahamS (edited 02 April 2003).]
[This message has been edited by GrahamS (edited 02 April 2003).]
I think this shall remain one of the many mysteries akin to the wonderful world of (Pinnacle) desktop editing!
TIME FOR A HOLIDAY I THINK!!!!
Despite no takers (SO FAR) this error message still intrigues me!
All you XP and Impression heads out there, please see if you can help! I have taken this as my mission, to find the answer to one of the most annoying error messages to date, for me anyway (6 months)!
I THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE TO COME!!
Graham
Dear Graham
I can't comment on XP but here are some thoughts:
Do you have NERO installed on your system, there have been some conflicts with Pinnacle and nero.
Have you tried building the disk as an image first, and then writing from the image file- perhaps even rebooting between the two operations.
What speed are you attempting to write at: when having problems, try and steer clear of 2X
'Burner not idle' also crops up when there is a disk error: there are many threads in here discussing variation even within the same make of DVD disk:
get a sample pack of DVDs from Ian at Lynx (or your own preferred supplier) and try them out.
Does the burner function independantly form impression: have you created DVDs - even data DVDs - with any other program? Have you tried creating a DVD by burning the video-ts folder?
Fianlly, are you absolutely sure the burner isn't just faulty? Is there somebody with a similar setup nearby that you could test your hardware on?
Just some things to think about.
HTH
RichardB.
I have just re-installed my XP upgrade from ME, re-installed all my editing and authoring software captured footage, exported to Impression DVD Pro, created the DVD image and....."The burner is not idle" and no DVD for my trouble!
THERE MUST BE SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP AS PINNACLE CAN'T!
I FEEL THAT I HAVE JUST SPENT OVER £1500 TO UPGRADE MY SYSTEM TO CREATE DVD'S FOR NOTHING.
CALLING ALL IMPRESSION USERS...PLEASE HELP!
Thanks
Graham