Re: DVD R/RW+- Drive not recognized by some software

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First off, TYVM for responding.

I use the recorder mentioned below for time-shifting shows - I work during
Prime time, so I record shows to watch when I get home.

The recorder will not read a blank DVD+RW disc fresh out of the box. I get
an error from the player saying the disc is unreadable. The discs I have
been using are burning out from the constant rewrites on them and so I am
trying to repeat what I did on those discs on some new ones: format them
through the right-click on the drive or the software I mentioned earlier.
The player will then recognize the disc and initialize it in +VR mode for
recording. Since neither are functioning, the only other software I have,
Roxio DVD Info Pro, formats but it changes the book type to DVD-ROM and the
player wont recognize the disc.

I swear I am not really stupid; I have done searches on the net and on
software sites, and I have not been able to find any utilities that allow me
to control the book type, etc while formatting a disc. In lieu of fixing the
big problem, if you know of any software I could use to accomplish this, I
would love to know the name of it.

Again, TY for your assistance

"M.I.5¾" wrote:


"SteelWheel" <SteelWheel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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First off TYVM for your response.

I may not have been clear in my intial post, but I am using DVD RW+ discs,
not DVD RW- discs. Also, the software I mentioned from Iomega doesnt
recognize that the DRIVE is there, not that there is no disc, or an
improperly formatted disc. The programs dont get that far. When I try
and
open Hot Burn Pro i get the error message stating there are no RW capable
drives on my computer. That is very different from a disc issue. Also, I
have used both programs sucessfully in the past, so this is some kind of
problem that has developed, not one of a software incompatibility issue.

While the DVD Recorder i have, the LG DR1F9H, will take a RW disc and
initialize it into VR+ mode, it requires a low level formatting first. It
will not recognize a blank DVD RW+ disc. Unfortunately the only utilities
I
have that currently recognize my drive change the book type to DVD-ROM
during
format and the recorder wont recognize the discs at all. I used Hot Burn
Pro
to perform the initial format, or the format found on the right-click of
the
drive (which I mentioned befroe is now missing). If you know of any
utitillities that do formating and allow control of the book type, please
let
me know. Also I am stiill confused as to why the DRIVE isnt being
recognized
by certain software anymore.


Thanks for the explanation.

Now that I know the recorder in question, I have some questions. Are you
trying to record your DVD+RW disks in 'VR' mode or in 'Video' mode? The
former should be playable in any video player without finalisation (if it
uses the correct version of the '+VR' format). The latter require
finalisation.

Why do you wish to format the disk using a PC based utility? As I said in
my last post, not all video recorders format disks the same way. They rely
on putting the video information (the .vob) files in the right place, but
squirrel the supporting data away on another part of the disk (not always
the same place between different recorders - I wish it was). It is not
until finalisation that this squirrelled away data is used to build the
table of contents. There is a note at the bottom of page 6 of the
operator's manual to this effect.

I have 2 utilities on my PC that record DVD-RW disks in 'VR' mode.
Formatting the disk on one produces a disk that is not recognised by the
other (and vice versa). Neither is readable on my video DVD recorder (and
vice versa). In practice, I prefer to use DVD-RAM for this sort of
operation, because the format seems much more universal (at least between my
PC uility and the DVD recorder), and I can easily convert the edited disks
onto a normal DVD disk.



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