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On 10/03/2008, Ray Smith <rjsmith@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Julian Hall > > Sent: 10 March 2008 14:22 > > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Playing recorded DVDs > > > > Simon Williams wrote: > > > Ray Smith wrote: > > > > > >> It's very possible that the disc needs to be finalized. I had a > > >> similar one recently and had to finalize it in my own dvd recorder > > so > > >> I could use it on the pc. > > >> > > > > > > Surely there is a way of reading an unfinalized DVD? > > > > > > > > IIRC you can *if* you have a DVDRW drive, but Simon said he has a > > multibirner so perhaps not. Maybe has to be finalised in the same > > machine for some reason. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Julian > > > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > According to the manual for my DVD recorder DVDR has to be finalised but a > DVDRW shouldn't need to be. > My experience has been that I can read an unfinalised disk from someone > elses machine in my DVD recorder but not any my PC,old dvd player or > combined TV/DVD which usually read anything. > Conversely if I record from freeview to dvd using my happuage wintv under > K3b I can carry on using it in my recorder and back on the PC again. However > (oddly) if I use a disk that has never been formatted before on my recorder > and then put this in the PC I have to finalise it first, although it will > play in my friends dvd recorder. > > Perhaps it's to do with the way the disc is initially prepared for recording > on via a domestic DVD recorder as opposed to on a pc dvd recorder ? > > > > Ray > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > Sounds like it may not be a DVD, but some proprietory format which intervideo can read -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html