DVD Will only playback on burner

[Nukke]

Hello,

I have a NEC 3200-AG 16x DL DVD burner, and every time i make a backup of one of my DVD's (movie) the backup will only playback on the NEC drive. I have a toshiba DVD-ROM drive on the same PC that will not read the DVD (windows says the disc is currupt or has a unknown filesystem). But if I place the backup in the burner, the movie will play just fine.
I am using Memorex +R Single Layer medias, burning at 8x (can 8x burning cause this issue?) the disk info, as provided by DVD Identifier is:

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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:MBIPG101-R04-001]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD+R]
Manufacturer Name : [Moser Baer India Ltd.]
Manufacturer ID : [MBIPG101]
Media Type ID : [R04]
Product Revision : [001]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4,482.6MB = 4.38GB (4.70GB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x , 2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x]
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Thanks for any tips :)

[markrb]

It is possible that your Rom drive is not capable of reading that media.
Toshiba has been known in the past to not work well with burned media.
Not just DVD's, but cd's as well.
Another thought. Did you finalize the DVD?
Just for your info Memorex media is not that great. They use pretty low end manufacturers.
I prefer TY discs as number one and a second would be Verbatim (CMC) discs.
check out the media threads at club.cdfreaks.com


I do believe it is the first thought though.
Have you tried it in any other rom or player?

Mark

[setarip_old]

In addition to the suggestions made by "markrb", your Toshiba DVD-ROM may only be capable of reading DVD-R media, and not DVD+R media...

[Nukke]

Thnaks 4 the replies, incompatibility does indeed seem to be the issue, since the DVD played on another DVD drive on another PC (a pioneer i think). And the discs are probably pretty low end, since I bought a 50-DVD Spindle... but had no coasters yet :)

I assume the disks are finalized, since I made the backups with Nero Recode and also with DVD X Copy (cr*p)

[setarip_old]

Since you say it played on another PC DVD player/burner, it must be finalized...

[writersblock29]

@Nukke

[Qouted]: "Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD+R]"

That's the problem right there. Many drives -- and many legacy set-top players, for that matter -- don't recognize DVD+R as a legit media. The best way to overcome this, and achieve full compatibility with every DVD player out there, is a process known as bitsetting. Bitsetting, to over-simplify, is the practice of formatting a DVD+R as a DVD-ROM, which all DVD devices recognize. The tricky part (isn't there always some devil in the details?) is that NEC doesn't usually permit this setting on single-layer (4.38GB) media using factory firmware. There are many hacks available online if you'd like to change all of this... but here's the disclaimer: Flashing your firmware with anything other than factory-approved firmware will void your warranty, and a bad flash has the potential of damaging your burner. I'd recommend doing a Google search on "NEC 3200-AG bitsetting" to find suitable firmwares, and reading up on a few that interest you. Do NOT flash if you're uncertain of the firmware's origins.

Since NEC often makes drives that other manufacturers rebadge, you can usually safely flash your drive using that manufacturer's firmware. There's a free utility called Binflash that will let you do this, provided you've downloaded the new firmware that you wish to change to. For example, I personally use an NEC 3500AG, which Mad Dog rebadges as an MD-16XDVD9. Since Mad Dog allows bitsetting (and I do a lot of video work for others -- most of which winds up on DVD, so compatibility is important to me), I decided to flash. Flashing my firmware essentially allowed me to rebadge the NEC so that it is now, in all respects, an MD-16XDVD9... the only difference is that my drive doesn't have a Mad Dog logo on it anywhere. This is a far safer approach than using Joe Anybody's Hacked Firmware. Google searches will give you plenty of materials to read up on, and I'll bet you'll find something that will help you here.

Binflash link:http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/

Incidentally, are you sure you're not using a 3500AG? I didn't know NEC had a 3200.