Nero Blues?

Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those dvds be
readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some files (jpg, mov,
avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that the dvds are not
readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?

On Tue, 30 May 2006 07:10:25 -0700, "David"
wrote:

Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those dvds be
readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some files (jpg, mov,
avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that the dvds are not
readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?


By "readers", do you mean set-top players?
If so, this is normal; most players won't recognize just the files.
The DVD needs to be burned as a video DVD, which evidently you've been
doing in the past.
--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"

Alas, it is a sad fact that many data DVD burns are incorrect and readable
only by the burner that created the disc.

David wrote:
Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those dvds be
readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some files (jpg, mov,
avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that the dvds are not
readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?


DVDs come in +R and -R formats. Not all drives can read
both formats.

David wrote:
Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those dvds be
readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some files (jpg, mov,
avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that the dvds are not
readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?

A lot of other half-baked answers... let's put them all together.

What are you trying to read the disc on? Home-theater DVD player?
Another PC?

What type of discs are you using? DVD-R, +R, -RW, +RW? Does the
playback machine support that disc type?


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"Matt Ion" wrote in message
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David wrote:
Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those dvds
be readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some files
(jpg, mov, avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that the dvds
are not readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?

A lot of other half-baked answers... let's put them all together.

What are you trying to read the disc on? Home-theater DVD player? Another
PC?

What type of discs are you using? DVD-R, +R, -RW, +RW? Does the playback
machine support that disc type?

OK, thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify my situation.

My PC has a Toshiba double layer dvd burner. It also has a dvd reader. I
use Nero, and I have DVD +R disks. Using this configuration, I burned some
dvds a few months ago and the disks I burned are readable in all (PC) drives
that I have used.

I burn my dvds (as well as my CDs) with Nero's Data Disk "wizard". CDs that
I burn are readable on all PC drives.

I tried burning some dvds over the weekend and I see that I am unable to
read the finshed dvds on my reader dvd drive. I am able to read them on
drive that burned them. I brought the dvd to my office, where I have four
computers, and 3 of the 4 machines are unable to read the dvds I burned over
the weekend.

I guess I should try uninstalling and re-installing NEro. But if any of
this sounds familiar, and you know what I am doing wrong, I will try all
suggestions.
Thanks.
David

"David" wrote in message
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Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those dvds
be readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some files (jpg,
mov, avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that the dvds are
not readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?

For some players to read from a disk burned in another, you may have to
close the session. Closing the session prevents you from writing to that
disk anymore but makes it compatible.
-S

It's DVD-R and DVD+R incompatibility and has caused me many headaches.
The blue lazer DVDs will be worse I expect.
Gene

David wrote:

"Matt Ion" wrote in message
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David wrote:
Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those dvds
be readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some files
(jpg, mov, avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that the dvds
are not readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?

A lot of other half-baked answers... let's put them all together.

What are you trying to read the disc on? Home-theater DVD player? Another
PC?

What type of discs are you using? DVD-R, +R, -RW, +RW? Does the playback
machine support that disc type?

OK, thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify my situation.

My PC has a Toshiba double layer dvd burner. It also has a dvd reader. I
use Nero, and I have DVD +R disks. Using this configuration, I burned some
dvds a few months ago and the disks I burned are readable in all (PC) drives
that I have used.

I burn my dvds (as well as my CDs) with Nero's Data Disk "wizard". CDs that
I burn are readable on all PC drives.

I tried burning some dvds over the weekend and I see that I am unable to
read the finshed dvds on my reader dvd drive. I am able to read them on
drive that burned them. I brought the dvd to my office, where I have four
computers, and 3 of the 4 machines are unable to read the dvds I burned over
the weekend.

I guess I should try uninstalling and re-installing NEro. But if any of
this sounds familiar, and you know what I am doing wrong, I will try all
suggestions.
Thanks.
David

Well, everything works again. I uninstalled Nero and reinstalled it. The
dvds that I burn now are readable on both my dvd burner and my dvd reader
drive. The dvds that I burned prior to the uninstall/reinstal are still not
readable on my dvd reader drive. Beats the heck out of me what happened
here. I spent a lot of time working this out.




"David" wrote in message
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"Matt Ion" wrote in message
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David wrote:
Previously, I was able to burn dvds with Nero Express and have those
dvds be readable from any other dvd reader. But when I burned some
files (jpg, mov, avi, and wav) files to a dvd this weekend, I see that
the dvds are not readable on all dvd readers.

Can someone enlighten me as to what might be the issue here?

A lot of other half-baked answers... let's put them all together.

What are you trying to read the disc on? Home-theater DVD player?
Another PC?

What type of discs are you using? DVD-R, +R, -RW, +RW? Does the
playback machine support that disc type?

OK, thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify my situation.

My PC has a Toshiba double layer dvd burner. It also has a dvd reader. I
use Nero, and I have DVD +R disks. Using this configuration, I burned
some dvds a few months ago and the disks I burned are readable in all (PC)
drives that I have used.

I burn my dvds (as well as my CDs) with Nero's Data Disk "wizard". CDs
that I burn are readable on all PC drives.

I tried burning some dvds over the weekend and I see that I am unable to
read the finshed dvds on my reader dvd drive. I am able to read them on
drive that burned them. I brought the dvd to my office, where I have four
computers, and 3 of the 4 machines are unable to read the dvds I burned
over the weekend.

I guess I should try uninstalling and re-installing NEro. But if any of
this sounds familiar, and you know what I am doing wrong, I will try all
suggestions.
Thanks.
David