How close a dvd-r after burning

ama3 · Post by **ama3** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:57 pm

I selected fit to burn without close (+ create VOB files). Now I want to close the DVD-r disk. How do I do that?

Videostudio 9.0 SE
HP dv5234us
XP Pro
LightScribe DVD RW
Centrino duo T2300E
1.5Gb/120Gb

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:25 pm

Perhaps I could ask why you think you need to close it now - are you having some problems with it ? have you just tried creating a second disc and closing that - does that solve whatever problem you have ? - if it does just bin the first one.

ama3 · Post by **ama3** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:45 pm

My understanding is that if a DVD-R is not closed, it will not be readable/navigable from a DVD player. I tried the disc, and while it seems ok on first glance, it is a bear to navigate and looks hokey. Not sure how much is due to the castration of/by SE ...

Now unable to find the toggle that turns close back on ...

I remember when I was creating DVDs for TV show, that closing the disc was very important.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:37 pm

There is no option to turn closing back on - it turns on by default and is only turned off by you manually for the one burn in which you selected it.

The option to turn it off is can be seen by clicking on the disc with an 'i' on it towards the bottom left corner of the burn screen - but it is only visible when you have a blank disc in the DVD tray.

If I had any doubts at all about whether a disc would function correctly I would have no hesitation in consigning it to the waste bin and burning another.

ama3 · Post by **ama3** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:38 pm

Thank you! My concern, after spending untold hours trying to create what was turning out to be a 3-DVD burn from a Videocam, was I had lost it and would have to wait another night(!) to re-burn.
Also discovered that 9SE writes write on top of previous files (by default), so reburning from HD was not a possibility; even on changing the object, it STILL creates the same directory -- just under where I asked it to.