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saratoga120 Senior Member 1404 Posts 5/05	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 6:12PM The D drive on my PC is not picking up video which I've recorded from a DVD player. The disc plays back in my video component, but shows no information when loaded onto my computer. Does anyone have any experience with this? [Link]
Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 7:03PM Does it have a file extension and, if it does, what is it? [Link]
ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 7:22PM So...just to clarify. 1. You used a DVD recorder to create a new DVD 2. The created DVD plays properly in your DVD player ("video component?") 3. The created DVD does not play in your PC Assuming the above answers are all "YES", Does the PC list any files existing on the DVD ? Maybe a VIDEO_TS folder with some files inside with names like VTS___.VOB ? Or files with different types of filenames ? Or you PC acts like the disc is blank/empty ? Do other DVD's play OK in your PC? (please verify) [Link]
saratoga120 Senior Member 1404 Posts 5/05	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 7:37PM Thanks for volunteering your time. Ninja has recapped my situation accurately. When I attempt to view the disc in my PC, there is no information attached to it of the nature you specify. In fact it appears to be blank. Though there were no files to view, I wanted to see what would happen if I selected "erase disc". And, sure enough, there was a graphic indicating that erasing was in progress and ultimately that the task was done. I tried to repeat the process but was given a "no information on disc" message when I did. So, the drive recognized the video when it was instructed to erase it and doesn't recognize it otherwise. [Link]
ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 9:18PM What is the maker and model number of the DVD recorder? What is the maker and model number of the DVD player (or is it the same machine as the recorder)? What normally happens when you load a commercially-made video DVD to your PC? Does it automatically play the video, or show an onscreen menu (to click on which scene to play or something), or do you have manually launch a PC application (such as Windows Media Player) to play it ? [Link]

Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 9:25PM Whenever you record a DVD on a stand alone DVD recorder and want to watch that disc on any other player, you need to finalize the disc first. There should be a finalize option on the DVD recorder (on mine, it's in the edit disc menu). If you're recording on a +R or -R disc, once it is finalized, you can't write to that disc, using the DVD recorder anymore. [Link]
ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 10:24PM ^And Bill cuts through the clutter like a laser. [Link]
saratoga120 Senior Member 1404 Posts 5/05	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 11:48PM ninja1 wrote: What is the maker and model number of the DVD recorder? What is the maker and model number of the DVD player (or is it the same machine as the recorder)? What normally happens when you load a commercially-made video DVD to your PC? Does it automatically play the video, or show an onscreen menu (to click on which scene to play or something), or do you have manually launch a PC application (such as Windows Media Player) to play it ? Click to expand The DVD recorder is a Toshiba DVR62OKU. The DVD player is my Gateway computer, if I understand your question correctly. Its model number is DX4860-UB33P. The drive accepts commercially manufactured DVDs and music CDs. It reveals the same information on my monitor that the disc produces on my TV. [Link]
saratoga120 Senior Member 1404 Posts 5/05	Posted - Jun 4 2012 : 11:50PM Bill wrote: Whenever you record a DVD on a stand alone DVD recorder and want to watch that disc on any other player, you need to finalize the disc first. There should be a finalize option on the DVD recorder (on mine, it's in the edit disc menu). If you're recording on a +R or -R disc, once it is finalized, you can't write to that disc, using the DVD recorder anymore. Click to expand Every time I dub something onto the disc on my DVD recorder, I see a graphic indicating that the recording is being finalized. I don't know whether this is relevant, but I have been using TDK DVD-RW discs. Is it conceivable that the PC cannot read these? [Link]
Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Jun 5 2012 : 12:32AM saratoga120 wrote: Every time I dub something onto the disc on my DVD recorder, I see a graphic indicating that the recording is being finalized. Click to expand OK. Your DVD recorder has an auto-finalize option, that you apparently have turned on. I don't know whether this is relevant, but I have been using TDK DVD-RW discs. Is it conceivable that the PC cannot read these? Click to expand That's possible, although, depending on the age of the PC, probably not likely. Go into the device manager (inside of Control Panel) and drill into DVD/CD-ROM. Does it tell you the model number of the DVD drive? You can probably find the info about what that model will play by doing a Google search on the model number. [Link]
HeyNow Oblivious Gold Star Hey! 5965 Posts 1/03	Posted - Jun 5 2012 : 12:43AM You might be able to see the disc attributes if you up arrow from the disc menu on your DVD Recorder. I know mine works like that. At least you'll be able to verify that the disc is finalized. [Link]
ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08	Posted - Jun 5 2012 : 12:57AM OK I found the Toshiba user manual which says what Bill said, about finalization. And it mentions and shows the graphic which indicates finalization is happening. Also, according to Gateway specs, your computer can handle DVD-RW discs. It sounds like you have it setup to auto-finalize after a timer-programmed recording. According to the userguide, if you press Setup-->DVD Menu-->Enter you'll see a menu. In the case of a DVD-RW disc, the menu will offer "Finalize" if the disc is not already finalized, and will offer "Undo Finalization" if the disc is already finalized. So you will have a definitive way to check if a recorded disc has indeed been finalized or not. edit to add: Bill and HeyNow posted while I was composing this reply; so probably I'm repeating something. Edited by - ninja1 on 6/5/2012 1:04:00 AM [Link]
saratoga120 Senior Member 1404 Posts 5/05	Posted - Jun 5 2012 : 8:40AM I'm wondering if all this fantastic advice skirts around the issue because I am able to watch what I've recorded on my DVD. Doesn't this in and of itself suggest that the disc has been finalized? [Link]
ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08	Posted - Jun 5 2012 : 8:58AM ^Not necessarily. The DVD recorder can watch "its own creation" (if you will) without being finalized. But, to watch the created disc on a different machine (your PC or a different DVD player other than the Toshiba recorder) it needs to be finalized. That's my understanding of how it works. [Link]
saratoga120 Senior Member 1404 Posts 5/05	Posted - Jun 5 2012 : 9:03AM Thanks again Ninja, particularly for making the effort to research my machinery. You rock! [Link]

saratoga120 Senior Member 1404 Posts 5/05	Posted - Jun 14 2012 : 7:39PM Hooray! It works. You guys really came through. Thanks and hope to sometime return the favor. [Link]

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