[Alto101]

Please forgive me if this question has been asked and answered already, if that is the case just point me in the direction of the answer.


I recently purchased a DVD recorder for my computer and am having problems copying a DVD of my wedding. The DVD was made by my videographer but I can tell by looking at the disc that it is just a 4X Verbatim DVD-R. Their DVD plays fine in both my computer DVD drive and my standalone Panasonic DVD player. I have tried to copy their DVD using three different software programs and two different brands of DVD-R's and can not get a single copy to work in my standalone DVD player. The DVD player will attempt to read the copies, but to no avail. All the copies work fine in my DVD recorder.


Do I just need to buy different DVD-R discs, maybe the Verbatim? Maybe there is something that I am doing wrong during the burning process. I have never gotten any error messages while burning and I don't believe that the original disc is copy-protected but I am really not sure how to tell.


I appreciate any info/advice you can offer.


Thanks,

Ryan

 

[jmscott42]

Can you go into a little more detail? What software did you use? What were the brands of discs? The brand name on the label really isn't an indication of who MADE the disc, it's quite possible you really used 2 of the same disc (with a different name on the label). It sounds like it's a media problem if your player will read the original DVD-R but none of the copies. What does your player do when you put the copy in? Does it read at all?


I doubt it'd be protected as I don't think there's a really good way to copy protect DVD-R discs. There IS a serial-copy management scheme of sorts but I don't know how that really works. I think the software would give an error instead of a bad copy, though.

 

[Alto101]

I will have to wait until I get home to answer all of your questions but I can provide a little more info.


When I put a copied disc into my Panasonic standalone player, it will start to read it and get about half way through the visible read indicator and then it will start over. It does this once more and then it displays 'Stop" With the original DVD-R, it reads it fine the first time and plays without a glitch.


I am going to buy some different discs today. Any advice about which brand of discs has the highest chance of working on my Panasonic DVD player? I would prefer to record with DVD+R since my recorder is an 8X DVD+R recorder and only a 4X DVD-R recorder, but I will sacrifice speed for compatibility.


Thanks again!

 

[swallowtail]

Quote:

Originally posted by Alto101 I am going to buy some different discs today. Any advice about which brand of discs has the highest chance of working on my Panasonic DVD player? I would prefer to record with DVD+R since my recorder is an 8X DVD+R recorder and only a 4X DVD-R recorder, but I will sacrifice speed for compatibility.

Before you buy any discs, you may want to check out the following link to find out the compatible media list on your DVD player:

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers


Just type the model and brand name, and find out other people's experience on compatible media. Hopefully your player is a popular model.

 

[jmscott42]

Try to find a 10-pack box of Made In Japan Fujifilm DVD-Rs (OfficeMax is a good place to start, they normally sell for $19.99. Look near the UPC code for country of origin; only the 10 packs are made in Japan). Burn them at 1X or 2X max. This should make the most compatible disc possible which should play. Higher speeds are more incompatible (symptoms can range from total non-playback to glitches/pixellation in the video). Your Panasonic may not play +R media at all if that's all you've been using.


Or just try to burn to your +R media as slow as possible and see if that helps. Even if you always have good luck at 4/8X, you're pushing the media to its limits, which in turn pushes DVD players to their limit of reading, which can cause problems. I always try to throttle down to one speed lower than the disc is rated (i.e., burn 2X media at 1X, 4X at 2X) when I am doing video work-- too many problems at max speed.

 

[richard-p]

I would try copying the disc with DVDDecrypter in ISO mode, then write the ISO file with dvddecrypter to a -R disk; the made in japan Fuji's DVD-r's would be an excellent choice for media. DvdDecrypter is freeware and can be downloaded here:
http://www.dvddecrypter.com/

 

[sivartk]

sounds like you didn't copy it in DVD-Video mode...will play on the PC and not stand alone.


What software and what process did you use? This will help us help you.