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| Thread ID: 68273 | 2006-04-23 04:30:00 | Off Topic - DVD Recorder Dubbing | allblack (6574) | Press F1 |
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| 448696 | 2006-04-23 04:30:00 | Hi all. Not PC-related, but there's a lot of geniuses here, so I'm sure someone will be able to help :thumbs: I've just bought a Sony HDD Recorder ( is "love" too strong a word??), and I've also got an older (Mitsubishi) Black Diamond VCR/DVD combo, maybe 2-3 years old? When I dub a DVD from the Sony, and try and watch it in the Mitsi, I keep getting "Bad Disc" messages. I'm using a Sony RW disc, and the Mitsi DVD Player has "RW" beside the tray so I assume it should be able to read it. Any help with this would be much appreciated - this ability was conditional for purchase!! Cheers Tim PS: Yes, the DVD player does work, tried it before posting! |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 448697 | 2006-04-23 04:34:00 | Have you tried a + or -R blank to see if it works? NOT a RW? The RW on the Mitsi maybe talking about CDRW not DVD-RW? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 448698 | 2006-04-23 04:40:00 | Ahhh....looking closer it says CD-R/RW... But it's a DVD player. Why does it matter if the DVD is a R or RW? If I dub to an R, does that mean it can't be over-written again?? Thanks Tim |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 448699 | 2006-04-23 04:50:00 | But it's a DVD player. Why does it matter if the DVD is a R or RW? Depends if the Mitsi can play it, and whether the Sony finalises DVD-RW's after it burns whatever to it. Not all DVD players will play DVD-RW's unless it has been finalised. (the burner closes the DVD), So, nothing else can be written to it. If I dub to an R, does that mean it can't be over-written again?? Correct. You can only write to it once. And cant erase it / write anything else to it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 448700 | 2006-04-23 05:00:00 | If I dub to an R, does that mean it can't be over-written again?? Yep, that’s correct. |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 448701 | 2006-04-23 05:20:00 | Thanks guys. "finalising" is part of the process, according to the Sony handbook. I'll try it again with different types of discs. Cheers Tim |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 448702 | 2006-04-23 05:53:00 | since your Mitsubishi player is 2-3 years old.. might be like my dvd player very very picky at which media you put in obviously the pressed ones always work dvd-/+rw never worked for me and only certain dvd-r works last time i used some princo ones and those worked fine but probably different for your player so you might have to try a few |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 448703 | 2006-04-27 00:26:00 | As far as I was aware you couldn't dub from DVD players to recorders due to CSS (Content Scrambling System) protection, or to VHS due to Macrovision protection. Of course, any DVDs you've created yourself can probably be copied this way. There are a vast number of programs for the PC which will remove CSS & Macrovision protection, but they can't be mentioned on this forum ;) |
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