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bStro wrote on 8/13/2004, 8:45 AM
Probably a stupid question on my part, but I have to ask...

Do the players and drives in question even support DVD-RAM?

(Sorry. Just trying to start with the basics...)

Rob
Jessariah67 wrote on 8/13/2004, 9:00 AM
I'm burning on DVD-R discs, and they do read if I burn data -- it's just an actual DVDA burn that doesn't read (at all).
bStro wrote on 8/13/2004, 9:25 AM
Sorry, missed that. Thought it was DVD-RAM media that you were having trouble with.

In that case, you should mention what drive you're using. (Bet it's a Matshita...) Yes, drives can be a bit of a crapshoot with DVDA. My recommended solutions, in order of preference, in this situation are:

1. Make sure you're using the latest update of DVDA. If you have DVDA 1, that's 1.0d. If you have DVDA 2, it's 2.0a. Updates can be download here.

2. Try a different kind of media. If your drive supports DVD+R, use one of those.

3. If neither of the above helps, then you'll probably have to do the workaround until Sony updates DVDA to support your drive properly: Design and prepare your DVD with DVDA (when you Make DVD -> Prepare, DVDA puts all the actual DVD files on your harddrive), and then use your favorite DVD burning software [obligatory Nero plug here] to burn thsoe files to a DVD.

Rob
Jessariah67 wrote on 8/13/2004, 1:42 PM
It's an LG drive. Hopefully I'll hear back from Sony with something. Otherwise, I'll probably have to replace it with a Pioneer A07.

Thanks for the help.
bStro wrote on 8/13/2004, 2:44 PM
Ah. Think I've heard of LG owners having problems.

I'd recommend searching this forum's archives for occurrances of "LG" to see if anyone has had any luck making it work And if you decide to replace, I"d recommend doing a search for whatever drives you're considering. No point replacing a drive that DVD doesn't like with another drive that DVDA doesn't like. ;-)

Still might want to try the solutions I listed up top, if you haven't already.

Rob