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Thread ID: 112184 2010-08-26 22:56:00 Problem reading sony DVD-RW sophie_agr (15960) Press F1
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1132033 2010-08-26 22:56:00 I can't read the mini DVD-RW disks that I have recorded in my SONY DCR-DVD803 camcorder. The camcorder doesn't recognise them at all (I get disc error), and thus I can't finalise them. I also tried to read them through my pc, with no result. I read in some other forum about ISOBUSTER, but that doesn't work either. Does anyone have some information on how I can retreive the data from these discs? sophie_agr (15960)
1132034 2010-08-26 23:11:00 Probably be better if you used DVDR+ or -, not rewritables Speedy Gonzales (78)
1132035 2010-08-27 08:22:00 There should have been Sony software for your PC that came with the camera. You may need to reinstall this software to have any chance of reading the disc on your PC.

I could be wide of the mark, but I think you may need to have packet writing enabled on your systems DVD software setup.

From using my brothers discs, I seem to remember they were double sided (as opposed to double layered). Are you trying to read a side that is blank / unformatted?

Does your PC have a DVD drive, or a CD drive?

If it's a DVD drive, is it simply a DVD reader (ROM drive) or a DVD writer/burner?
Paul.Cov (425)
1132036 2010-08-27 12:07:00 I really don't know that much about these things, so could you please explain what you mean by packet writing?

As far as the double sided discs, I am not using them . The discs I am trying to read are not blank as I have used them on my previous trip . I forgot to finalize them before taking them out of the camera and now they can neither be read or finalized on the camera .

I am using a laptop and its got a dvd drive that's also a burner .

I managed to get an mpeg file out of one of the discs using ISOBUSTER but I can't seem to read it with any programme .

Any further help would be appreciated .
sophie_agr (15960)
1132037 2010-08-27 12:10:00 What version of windows is installed? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1132038 2010-08-27 12:14:00 Windows Vista Home Premium sophie_agr (15960)
1132039 2010-08-27 12:19:00 Is Movie maker part of Premium? If it is try that Speedy Gonzales (78)
1132040 2010-08-27 12:26:00 Just tried that to play the mpeg file, but it says something about a missing codec... sophie_agr (15960)
1132041 2010-08-27 12:33:00 Try VLC. www.videolan.org Speedy Gonzales (78)
1132042 2010-08-27 13:02:00 That didn't work either... the only thing I can suppose is happening is that he mpeg file is empty?
Is there any programme to recover the data from the discs that have not been finalized?
sophie_agr (15960)
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