Unrecognised media

Longshanks · Post by **Longshanks** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:47 am

Hi

Was a member but became inactive as they say so now back with new moniker. (Use Pro X2 and Vista 32 bit)

Simple maiden post really. I recently bought a batch of DVD-RW (4* speed) but it seems that they are not recognised by the prog and you cannot create disk etc. (TDK disks)

Just wondered if anyone else had this problem.

Many thanks

L

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:53 am

Curious -- I have a batch of 5 TDK 4x RW disks, which I bought precisely to work with X2 (I always burn an RW of my projects first just to make sure it works fine in a player and on my TV). The only difference is that they are +RW and not -RW and they work fine...

Have you tried running an Erase program on them once to see if they will then work?

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:36 am

Hi

Its probably the burner compatibility (DVD Rom drive) that you have to look at, not VS.

What burner are you using? visit its web site for disc compatibility.

Longshanks · Post by **Longshanks** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:07 pm

Many thanks

Will check out the the burner spec and use the erase prog. The problem is not X2 specific as they won't play on Roxio either.

Longshanks

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:14 pm

Hi

You still dont say what burner model you use.

Longshanks · Post by **Longshanks** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:15 pm

Hi

It shipped with DELL XPS420 and hasn't given me any hassle so far. Its a PBDS DVD +-RWDH 16W1S. I was told that it might be made by Phillips Benq and could be a"Liteon clone".

Does that help?

Drivers seem to be up to date so I guess I will just have to go back to DELLS for their advice.

Longshanks

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:20 am

FIRMWARE.

Try looking at this link
DVD Burning / Playback issues

babdi · Post by **babdi** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:37 am

Format the disc

and try burning.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:07 pm

babdi wrote:Format the disc and try burning.

NO - Under no circumstances format the disc
If you do you will not be able to use your disc for creating Video DVDs.

Formatted discs are for "Packet Writing" where you sort of turn the disc into a removable hard drive where (using windows explorer) you can drag and drop files, photos, music etc onto the disc as though it were a hard drive.

If you are having problems writing to a disc then either the discs you are using are faulty, the burner is faulty, there is a conflict or the discs are "too new" for the burner and require a firmware update.

Please look at the link in my previous answer.

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