What's up with my DVD's?

[bomber6989]

I have a Zenith combo VHS / DVD recorder at home. Most of the time I use DVD-RW discs to time-shift my viewing.

My problem is there was a show that I wanted to keep, so I recorded it on a DVD-R. It plays fine on the Zenith, but if I put it into my PC to copy it, it shows up as a blank disc.

Anybody have any ideas?

 

[NYC55]

I don't think the pc's have the ablitity to make copies of DVD's only CD's.

 

[magicfingersny]

i thought it depends on the drive you have in it?puter nerd here

 

[fortydog]

Magicfingers could be right. Try a different pc or drive first to exclude that option

 

[wolf5958]

A DVD-R can only be read from a DVD -Rom or DVD burner. The format is unreadable by a CD-Rom or CD burner. Check that your drives say DVD on them...

 

[xcalibur]

mention the exact manufacturer and model details of ur dvd rw...

Also See if the firmware for your drive is up to date.

 

[justme]

I wonder if there's some kind of copy protection scheme that allows copies of originals, but not copies of copies?

 

[bomber6989]

I found what the problem was. This was a DVD that I had made from a TV program on a DVD recorder (so there is no copy protection).

What happened was I didn't realize that the disc had to be finalized in the recorder before it could be viewed on another DVD player, or accessed in a DVD-rom drive.

 

[justme]

Glad you figured it out!