Re: Windows reports dubbed DVD as blank


I have used a Pioneer dual-purpose machine - DVD Recorder and VCR - model DVR-RT501-S, to dub several short VHS films onto a DVD. The disk plays back just fine in the Pioneer machine, but I want to edit the single long sequence of films into separate, indexed sections, to remove commercials, etc. But when I put the DVD in the LG DVD drive in my computer to copy it onto the hard drive, Windows XP Pro, SP2, spins the disk for a long time and then finally reports it as being totally blank?!?! Obviously the DVD is not blank since it plays back perfectly in the machine in which it was created.

Help! Please! How do I proceed? Do I need special software to read such a DVD? Obviously I am new to dubbing DVDs and am pretty clueless, so much so that I don't know where to turn other than to you folks in this group. I am depending on your helpfulness. Many thanks.

Sounds like you didn't finalize the disc. Once that's
done it will be readable in probably every other console
player and pc drive.


drc :)
.

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