Should also seek a better alternative to Memorex blank media

My problem is not with media or 1ClickDVD. The problem was my installation during upgrade to 6.1.0.7 was somehow corrupted, and the registry entries for upperfilter and lowerfilter were incorrect. I manually deleted both entries, uninstalled anydvd, and reinstalled 6.1.0.7 (rebooting between each step).

I have now successfully copied 5 movies with no problems.

Mark

I found the answer on afterdawn.com:

I had the exact same problem, but it occured after I installed another program. This program changed a registry setting and that needed to be reversed before AnyDVD would recognize the drives again.
Check these two registry settings and make sure they both say: "ANYDVD" (without the quotes).

Go into REGEDIT to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and check the values of LowerFilters and UpperFilters. They should BOTH have the value AnyDVD in them.

NO!!!!!!!!!
Goddammit, don't listen to these idiots!!!!!
Just let the installer do its job.

The above post by huxtable referred to a post from June 24, 2006 by a person trying to help fix a problem with AnyDVD. Seems the person that responded had installed a program (which was not named) and caused a problem with AnyDVD.

The topic is here http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/353177 .

I think James knows the program pretty well. To question the author, when he has made himself perfectly clear, is not helping. I do not care about other threads on other forums. If Huxtable thinks he has the answer, well then let him implement it. It is however not advisable. This thread is giving bad information from people who know nothing about the way AnyDVD is implemented. As James said " Don't listen to these so called experts, he wrote the program, if you do not take his advice, then the problem is yours".

Have you tried the latest beta releases?

Also i would advice you -as Webslinger said- change your blank media.They`re not good at all.

James,

I have been using AnyDVD for months, and it has worked flawlessly, even with my "low-end" media (Memorex 16X DVD+R) an Memorex Internal DVD. It was by far my choice for backing up DVDs.

However, I just find it hard to believe that it's simply my hardware/media, when there are apparently other users out experiencing similiar problems with 6.1.0.7. I never had any issues until I upgraded. It is possible that my drive died right when I upgraded? Sure, I guess it is possible, but does not seem likely.

All I am suggesting is that perhaps something else is happening, maybe it only affects certain drives or maybe something on some systems corrupts the installation. Is that not a possibility? or is AnyDVD not subject to bugs and is the only perfect software/driver on the market? Excuse my sarcasm.

Sarcasm without a reason has no place in a forum that people try to help each other.

James i am sure is more then willing to help you if you try to help your self a bit too.
Even if as you said is "by far" your choise to use anydvd and memorex blank media that doesn`t make them good media.
I asked you if you have used the latest beta releases.By your post i reckon that you didn`t.That in my simple,suspicious mind means that you are using a working cracked version of anydvd and you don`t want to change it.

Grow up change attitude ask the right questions and don`t expect only the others to act for you and i am sure that you will find many people that i willing to help you.

You mean like this person?
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...27&postcount=5

Yes, drives *do* die.
You can try AnyDVD beta 6.1.1.0, of course.

Incorrect. I am a registered user of AnyDVD, and always have been. I am on the forum to receive help, not just someone saying it's my hardware/media, and refusing to even discuss possibility of software problem. James, if you want to verify, I'll send you my email address. Obviously, I have to agree with everyone this post. Just because I wasn't able to get assistance and went to afterdawn for help, doesnt mean I have a "cracked" copy of the software. That's ridiculous.

I did try version 6.1.0.8, and see there is a new beta I will give that a problem. I know its something to do with my AnyDVD installation, because I uninstalled and have been burning with DVDFAB Decryter and DVDShrink with absolutely no issues, with the same media (Memorex 16x).

and how many others haven't had the problem fixed with drive James? I saw that post, still doesn't mean this is not a SOFTWARE problem. I am not going to list everyone, obviously you want to see what you want to see, and since you are really the only solution (the solution I am using is somewhat clumbersome), you'll be able to get away with it until someone else develops a comparable solution.

Why are am I able to use DVDFAB Decryter and DVDShrink with NO PROBLEMS with same hardware?

Look, what James probably means is that by following that advice you and others run the risk of messing up your registry and the chances of running Anydvd properly. In turn, by promoting that advice, you likely increase the pontential for more customer service emails from various users. James did not accuse you of using a crack. What he did say is that you should install Anydvd like most people do without editing the registry.

One of the newer beta releases of Anydvd addresses a problem where one drive's firmware wasn't working properly with Anydvd. That explanation is located here:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...0&postcount=48

Is it possible your drive's firmware is experiencing a similar issue? I have no idea.

This suggests you had a problem installing the program properly.

Furthermore, it doesn't matter if your drive can burn Memorex blank media. Mine can as well. The problem is the media is still junk, regardless. It won't last as long as other decent quality blank media will. It won't burn as well either, and you will be more apt to find poor quality blanks even within the same batch than if you'd use something like Verbatim (CMC) instead.

I'm not stating that Memorex is your problem. I'm saying, regardless, Memorex blank media is junk, and you should seek a better alternative.

Fair enough, I understand now that Memorex is poor media, and I will purchase a higher grader in the future. I wasn't trying to stir up trouble, I was simply seeking an resolution on for new issue, and I noticed that several others were trying different things that seem to be working. I understand they were not conventional fixes, however, at one point I simply could not burn with AnyDVD, even with I stepped back to 6.1.0.2. When I tried the recommendations, at least I could get a burn, inconsistently, but I was better than nothing.


I will the new Beta a try and see if it resolves the problem because I would much rather use my 1ClickDVD/AnyDVD combo.

I wasn't questioning the author about letting the installer do it's job, just pointing out that the quoted post from another forum suggested to check that AnyDVD was in the 2 mentioned registry keys and that it did not suggest changing or modifing anything but just checking to see if they had AnyDVD in them.

The problem when putting AnyDVD in "Lower Filters" AND "Upper Filters" (as the message suggested) is, that the driver will be loaded *twice* in the driver stack. This is a very, very bad idea. I really wonder how anyone can suggest such a thing in a forum, unless he wants to cause blue screens of death or invisible drives or unpredictable behaviour on other people machines....
BTW, AnyDVD should appear only *once* in "Lower Filters".

The post referred to in the end resulted in huxtable resolving his problem, he deleted the keys, reinstalled AnyDVD and it worked because he let the installer do its job IAW post #22 here.

jm1647 -

I believe you are misunderstanding exactly what SlySoft (James) is stating in his #35 posting. He is stating that in referenced Widow Register entry that the AnyDVD entry should Only appear in the Lower Filer entry and that there should not be Any Upper Filer entry for AnyDVD.

In the Forum posting you reference in your #36 posting the AfterDawn quoted posting clearly states there should be Both an AnyDVD reference in the Lower Filer and Upper Filer. This is incorrect. There should only be ONE AnyDVD entry and it should be in Lower Filter. There should not be ANY Upper Filer AnyDVD entry. The information contained in the quoted AfterDawn posting is Totally Incorrect. This is the point that SlySoft (James) is attempting to make.

BeLooken

I understood James's reply especially the 2nd one that stated it was only supposed to be in 1 key. I just pointed out that the replied post did not say to add anything, even though it stated it was to be in both places. huxtable then deleted the keys, reinstalled AnyDVD, let the installer do it's thing and it worked. I can see huxtable's frustration by the questions asked of him and the first one was "Are you using a crack" and after about 3 days had a fix, even though it was through bad information, it lead him to delete the keys and do a reinstall.

Well, I thought I had a fix. It is still on/off again with 6.1.0.7. It started with the same problem of showing disabled drive after an apparent succesful copy with 1ClickDVD. That's what is so strange, sometimes it works and sometimes not. I do not get any error messages with 1ClickDVD, but when I reinsert the DVD, it is not recognize and will not work in DVD Player.

I haven't tried going to back 6.0.1.2, and I have not tried the new beta yet. I will report results when I upgrade.

I have been using DVDFAB Decrypter and DVDShrink, and I have not encountered any problems at all. Very strange.

Try this:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...24&postcount=1