Can I play DVD -R?

kaaloo

I have DVD in my pc which plays DVD-R fine.

However, my dvd player which is an acoustic solutions 257 doesnt play it.

I dont know much about dvd's etc - can I do anything to convert it so I can watch it?

Cheers

Bambers

There are two formats of dvd's. There is dvd-r and dvd+r.

if you have a pc with 2 disk drives you can do it.

one must be a dvd player and the other must be dvd recorder.

with a peice of dvd writing software you need to do a direct disk copy.

you will need some blank dvd+r's.

then copy the dvd that wont work onto the dvd+r dvd.

this should then work

Woby_Tide

a) you don't need 2 drives in your PC
b) theres no guarantee that the DVD+R will work in the AS DVD player
c) there's no guarantee that what is on the DVD-R is actually a proper DVD format so writing it to DVD+R isn't going to help until it's checked
d) it might just be the make of DVD-R is at fault

what files/folders can you see on teh DVD-R when viewing it via explorer on the PC

kaaloo

Woby_Tide wrote:

what files/folders can you see on teh DVD-R when viewing it via explorer on the PC

Hi Woby_tide

The file shows up as Video_TS VOB File (there is also a Video_TS.BUP file)

Cheers for your help

Sheffield_Tiger

Simple answer - try the DVD-R in a friend's player. Ideally a cheapie one.

In my experience, DVD-R are generally more compatible with players than +R so I would hold off on the +R burning until you have simply tried your -R disc in another player.

I've also found that the more fancy the DVD player, the less compatible it is with burned discs rather than professionally pressed discs

Woby_Tide

if it is literally just a coupe of files on the disc with no folders then a DVD player won't recognise it, but the PC will play the file as you found out. A normal DVD player needs a couple of folders AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS containing the DVD files to be able to play the DVD. You might get away just burning a new disc with your two files dropped into the VIDEO_TS folder. Otherwsie use the files through some DVD creating software Nero/DVD Styler or something and see what comes out the other side