snakehips 0 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 What's the difference?? I recorded a dvd from vhs yesterday onto -RW. It will play on the recorder but not on this pc or a dvd player in a different room. I did a test onto a +RW disc which played on the dvd recorder and this pc yet not on the dvd player in the other room !! Can anyone explain this ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 So you're using rewritable disks me old chum. Go for just the -r as they are obviously a lot cheaper than rewritable ones. DVD-R is probably the most compatible format though Snakey so stick with it. Also what speed were you burning at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 So you're using rewritable disks me old chum. Go for just the -r as they are obviously a lot cheaper than rewritable ones. DVD-R is probably the most compatible format though Snakey so stick with it. Also what speed were you burning at? Sorry - I gave you bum information!! I'm using -R not RW's. Speed???? Are you havin' a laugh???? I'm playing the tape whilst recording it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 So you're using rewritable disks me old chum. Go for just the -r as they are obviously a lot cheaper than rewritable ones. DVD-R is probably the most compatible format though Snakey so stick with it. Also what speed were you burning at? Sorry - I gave you bum information!! I'm using -R not RW's. Speed???? Are you havin' a laugh???? I'm playing the tape whilst recording it. its a "format" thing. The - types are more universally compatible, or so I was told. So I've stuck to - types for both DVD on the PC and DVD recorder under the telly, and they have all copied and worked on 2 different DVD players and the PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 So you're using rewritable disks me old chum. Go for just the -r as they are obviously a lot cheaper than rewritable ones. DVD-R is probably the most compatible format though Snakey so stick with it. Also what speed were you burning at? Sorry - I gave you bum information!! I'm using -R not RW's. Speed???? Are you havin' a laugh???? I'm playing the tape whilst recording it. its a "format" thing. The - types are more universally compatible, or so I was told. So I've stuck to - types for both DVD on the PC and DVD recorder under the telly, and they have all copied and worked on 2 different DVD players and the PC The plot thickens. The -R dvd I recorded onto yesterday will not play on either of my kids' laptops either. I'm totally lost on this one. I may just put it all on RW's as they seem to work wherever (I use these for recording progs to take away with me) I try them without problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Basically you have + discs and - discs and then you have - and + players and those that play both. If I get a DVD that say my DVD player wont play I usually find the PS3 will. It may be that you need some +R blanks or a different brand. Its very unusual, but I bought some software about 2 month ago that by laptop was saying the disc was blank but my desktop was fine with it. I had to copy the disc and it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Basically you have + discs and - discs and then you have - and + players and those that play both. If I get a DVD that say my DVD player wont play I usually find the PS3 will. It may be that you need some +R blanks or a different brand. Its very unusual, but I bought some software about 2 month ago that by laptop was saying the disc was blank but my desktop was fine with it. I had to copy the disc and it worked fine. Cheers for that, JawD. All this seems ridiculous in this day and age iyam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2653 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 So you're using rewritable disks me old chum. Go for just the -r as they are obviously a lot cheaper than rewritable ones. DVD-R is probably the most compatible format though Snakey so stick with it. Also what speed were you burning at? Sorry - I gave you bum information!! I'm using -R not RW's. Speed???? Are you havin' a laugh???? I'm playing the tape whilst recording it. its a "format" thing. The - types are more universally compatible, or so I was told. So I've stuck to - types for both DVD on the PC and DVD recorder under the telly, and they have all copied and worked on 2 different DVD players and the PC The plot thickens. The -R dvd I recorded onto yesterday will not play on either of my kids' laptops either. I'm totally lost on this one. I may just put it all on RW's as they seem to work wherever (I use these for recording progs to take away with me) I try them without problem. Could also be that you're not finalising the disc after you've finished recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 So you're using rewritable disks me old chum. Go for just the -r as they are obviously a lot cheaper than rewritable ones. DVD-R is probably the most compatible format though Snakey so stick with it. Also what speed were you burning at? Sorry - I gave you bum information!! I'm using -R not RW's. Speed???? Are you havin' a laugh???? I'm playing the tape whilst recording it. its a "format" thing. The - types are more universally compatible, or so I was told. So I've stuck to - types for both DVD on the PC and DVD recorder under the telly, and they have all copied and worked on 2 different DVD players and the PC The plot thickens. The -R dvd I recorded onto yesterday will not play on either of my kids' laptops either. I'm totally lost on this one. I may just put it all on RW's as they seem to work wherever (I use these for recording progs to take away with me) I try them without problem. Could also be that you're not finalising the disc after you've finished recording. Care to explain that one?? Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2653 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Put your recorded disc back in your player (the one you used to record it), then look for a 'Finalise Disc' option somewhere - possibly under disc tools or something similar. Once you've finalised the disc though you won't be able to record anymore onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 Put your recorded disc back in your player (the one you used to record it), then look for a 'Finalise Disc' option somewhere - possibly under disc tools or something similar. Once you've finalised the disc though you won't be able to record anymore onto it. Okay, I'll give that a go. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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