Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > DVD recording

[marko]

As DVD recorders are cheap now, I thought I would buy one and transfer all our VHS home vidio's to DVD.
I did a test record and found I could only watch the DVD on the DVD player/recorder I used to record the DVD on ,the other 8 dvd players and player /recorders in PC's would not read the disk.
Am I missing something or is the a gissmo I need to allow me to copy my home movie's.
I'm sure there must be someone on this forum that knows the answer.
cheers

[Gilps]

your other players may be too old to play r/w dvds. the recorder should have a facility to "close" the dvd. That should make it readable.

[YMFB]

Have you finalised the disc after burning and have you got blank DVD's that are compatible ?

[marko]

I am useing dvd 'r's, do they still need closing?

[Gilps]

Originally Posted by marko

I am useing dvd 'r's, do they still need closing?

yes, for older machines to be able to read them.

[marko]

cheers ,I have a go

[marko]

Thanks everyone for your help,I closed the disk and it plays .You can always rely on finding the answer you need from the DSC,what agreat club