Philips DVD Burner not recognising files

[mark@chateaudelacouronne]

Hello Everyone - another dumb question probably.

I have two DVD burners in the PC.

When I insert a DVD I have burned from VHS (my own stuff - no copyright issues), I explore the disk, copy the relevant files to the hard disk or desktop, then re-name from vob to mpg (great tip which I found on this site Heinz-Oz I believe). I can then edit them on MSP7.

However, with the same disk, when I put it in the newer, faster DVD Burner (a Philips 1640 16x) I get an error message saying "disk is not formatted. Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk may be corrupted, or it could be using a format not compatible with windows"

The DVDs have been copied from VHS sing an LG DVD Recorder and the same make VHS, both new, and the DVDs are finalised as required. I am using DVD-R which is compatible with the both Philips and Sony burners.

Any clues as to why this should be? I know its not life and death as I can use the Sony, but it is a pain, and I'm getting very old waiting for the Sony to copy the files over.

Help would be much appreciated!

[sjj1805]

Does this happen with just the odd disk every now and again, all being home made one's on your other burner.

If so I have had that occur in the past and just put it down to fussy disk drives.

[mark@chateaudelacouronne]

Hi -

No it's all disks, all the time. I've tried different disk manufacturers - sony, TDK - all the same.

No disks can be explored on the Philips Drive, or even viewed, yet when the same disks are in the Sony Drive, I can explore them and copy the files over.

Sorry to be a pain!

[Devil]

Dud drive on read?