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Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 173
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - 1:00 pm: |     |
Don't know why these disks wont work. Tried to format using Roxio, but it just won't acknoledge the disk. I have a DVD-RW drive, and have been able to write to CD's. Is it cause it's a DVD?
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Bailey
Citizen
Username: Baileymac
Post Number: 160
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - 1:06 pm: | |
Are you sure you should be using DVD-R?
Have you ever burned a DVD before? Some burners use DVD-R, some use DVD+R, some can burn to either.
Do you know what kind of burner it is? |
Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 175
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 9:52 am: | |
Aaah, there's the problem. it's a +R, not a -R. What the heck does that mean, anyway? |
monster
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 2006
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 11:49 am: | |
DVD formats explained, http://www.dvdrecorderworld.com/formatlist.php
are you sure it's not turned upside down, I've done that |
Bailey
Citizen
Username: Baileymac
Post Number: 161
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 4:40 pm: | |
Two different competing formats. The same problem is being developed too, with the next generation of DVD's.
Sony and others are backing a new format called Blueray, while Microsoft and others are backing HD-DVD.
It seems there will soon be burners of both types available, to confuse the consumer.
Remember Betamax vs VHS?
Sony lost that one, bet they don't want to lose this time. |
Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 177
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 3, 2006 - 9:37 pm: | |
Thanks! I will try to understand. At least Betamax and VHS things looked different. Well, anyone want a bunch of new unused DVD-Rs? |
Bailey
Citizen
Username: Baileymac
Post Number: 163
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 3, 2006 - 10:42 pm: | |
How many do you have? Do you know what the burn rate is? 2x, 4x, 8x?
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Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 184
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 12:21 pm: | |
It's a just opened spool of (I believe) 25. Looks like the burn rate is 8x. 4.7 GB. PL me if you, or anyone else, is interested. |
monster
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 2024
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 1:46 pm: | |
Are you sure these won't work, how old is this burner? I don't even know if you can find a burner out there now days that wouldn't support burning to +R media.
Perhaps you can go to the manufacturers website to see if you need a firmware update for it.
What burner do you have? |
Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 187
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 9:38 pm: | |
It's what was provided with my Dell: Philips DVD+RW-D28 then it says dvd/cd-rom drives.
I have written to CD-R all purpose disks before.
I did try resetting the write speed to match the 8x on the disk, but that didn't change anything. I hear the thing spin around in the drive, and Roxio keeps telling me to "insert a disk" as though there's nothing there.
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Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 188
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 9:41 pm: | |
I'm not sure I was clear: the disks are DVD-R.
By the way, Monster, my two year old says "aww, how toot" when he sees your avatar. |
Bailey
Citizen
Username: Baileymac
Post Number: 164
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 10:04 pm: | |
The burner that came in my PowerBook would only burn -R discs, a 1Ghz G4 machine, with a pioneer drive.
I just replaced that drive though, and the new one will burn both.
I've only used -R discs so far though, cause that's all I have.
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