Burning DVD's

[sportswizdan]

Hello Again...

Since I'm on here, I might as well ask one more question. My DVD burner accepts both "+" and "-" discs. Is one more prefered or better performance wise for video editing and which one is generally more compatible with most peoples stand alone DVD players that are hooked up to there Tv's? Which is the better choice to use?

Thanks again, Dan

[video_flux]

-R disk seem to be more compatible.
Both of my cheap DVD player play -R
One will play +RW and the other will not.


Search around this forum for more info.

[GeorgeK]

I would agree, I use DVD-R mostly.

But I was amazed when I wanted to burn a DVD Dual Layer (DL) 8.5 GB DVD and found that I could only purchase a DVD+R DL DVD blank (OK this was some time ago, like last year), and I was supprised that my quite old Omni DVD Player actually played the DVD+R DL disk. It sure will not play DVD-RW or DVD+RW 4.7 GB disks, unfortunately.

[THoff]

The better DL DVD burners all have booktype / bitsetting support which allows the DVD+DL media to appear as a pressed dual-layer DVD-ROM to the players. That's why a surprising number of older standalone players will play these disks.

[DVDDoug]

...From a previous thread:

It's a real crap-shoot out there!

There are no "burned" formats that play on all players. According to digitalFAQ.com, DVD-R is the most compatible, and DVD+R is a close 2nd. In most cases, you'll just have to try it (assuming that you don't have the user's manual). You may find that +R works on a particular player, but not -R, etc.

While we're on the subject of compatibility... Make sure that you choose an audio format that works on all players in your geographic region. All DVD players must play LPCM audio. NTSC players (USA etc.) must also play AC3 audio (MPEG is optional). PAL players must play MPEG audio (AC3 is optionsl).