DMF 5 doesnot recongnize DVD-R discs

[nytrade]

I am running DMF 5 and win XP2

DMF doesnot recongnize Verbatim DVD+R discs

It DOES burn DVD-R discs


Any suggestions

[Bobm03]

I am running DMF 5 and win XP2

DMF doesnot recongnize Verbatim DVD+R discs

It DOES burn DVD-R discs


Any suggestions

So which is it?

Thread title conflicts with discussion.

[tyamada]

What Brand of DVD burner do you have? Some DVD burners only burn one type of DVD, either + or -.

[nytrade]

samsung - is there anyway of checking

[DVDDoug]

samsung - is there anyway of checking

If you have the model number of the burner, you can probably find the specs on the Web. (If you know how to get to device manager on your particular version of Windows, it should tell you the model number.)

Any "modern" DVD burner should be able to burn +R and -R. They still sell CD burners and "combo" drives that play DVDs, but can only burn CDs. And, they still sell burners that can't burn dual-layer DVDs.

Problems with -R or +R are much more common with stand-alone players. Computer drives are generally more universal.

Some burners do sometimes have trouble with a particular brand of DVD, or a particualar batch of DVDs.

[Velojet]

The thread title ("DMF 5 doesnot recongnize DVD-R discs") is totally wrong (and I'm not talking about the misspelling and the confusion between +R and -R).

I've used Verbatim DVD-R and DVD+R discs with MF5 for years with no problems whatsoever. The fault, as other contributors have indicated, is likely to lie with the hardware.