Posted by Max Haltermann on 12/25/06 07:08

"Morris" <met@news.net> wrote in message
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> "Abe" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> >What is fixation? After a file has been burnt onto a DVD-R, I get this
>>>message: fixation error; could not preform fixation.
>>>
>> Did you try to fixate (which is called finalize in the US) the disc at
>> the same time as burning, or afterwards, as a separate operation? If
>> you tried it as a separate operation, then the error would be expected
>> as you cannot fixate a DVD-R disc separately (only DVD-RW discs).
>
> This was a DVD-RW. It burnt the image and then the error appeared.
>

Did you mention DVD-RW before? I don't think so.
AFAIK there are only up to 4-speed DVD-RW disks. These MUST have
the correct (ver. 1.2) firmware, the older firmware will appear to burn
the 4x disc but the disc will usually at best only play the first third or
so.

Max.

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