Re: burning tv to DVD

From: Barry Watzman (WatzmanNOSPAM_at_neo.rr.com)
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:33:20 -0500
To: Pete Delgado <Pete@noads.com>

You don't even format RW media except for UDF (packet writing).

[You may have to erase it, if it's not blank, but erasing it and
formatting it (as is required for packet writing) are not the same thing]

Pete Delgado wrote:

> "corshnic" <corshnic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB0ED301-62F9-4AA7-9515-4D03234BD909@microsoft.com...
>
>>Ok, starting to feel really dumb here. My DVD drive is an Double layer
>>DVD+RW drive. This is my first time working with DVD's. I don't recall
>>ever
>>having to pre-format a CD-R before. How do you format a DVD? Elsewhere
>>in
>>this string people were talking about buying additional programs to make
>>this
>>work. Do I have to purchase more software?
>
>
> You only have to format RW media -just like with CDs. If you are using DVD
> +/-R you do not need to pre-format the media. Formatting options should be
> included within your burning software as is the erase functionality.
>
> What software was provided with your drive? I use both Nero and Roxio so I
> might be able to guide you through the menus.
>
> -Pete
>
>

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