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  • froggythrower
    Platinum Member
    Platinum Member
    • Apr 2005
    • 174

    Help Finalising/closing Discs

    Hello all, quick question, bought a VIDEO/DVD RECORDER and transfered all my VHS tapes to dvd, forgot to Finalise the discs in the machine, now the machine is broken and my discs won't play in other machines, can I finalise the discs with another program like DVDD using my PC ????

    Any thoughts would be helpfull
    Regards Froggy

  • codajohn
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    • Jul 2005
    • 661

    #2
    Does your PC read the disk?
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    • froggythrower
      Platinum Member
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      • Apr 2005
      • 174

      #3
      Yeah, and when I open DVDD it says the DVD is not empty, but cannot open with Shrink or play with WINDVD, got a pioneer dvr109 burner, nothing wrong with it, and don't want to have to re-load and re-burn every one of these discs if I can help it.
      Regards Froggy

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      • Chewy
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 18971

        #4
        have you tried Imgburn?
        tools/drive/close track-session-disk

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        • froggythrower
          Platinum Member
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          • Apr 2005
          • 174

          #5
          Yes chewy, No luck, it says 'cannot write medium - incompatible format'
          Regards Froggy

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          • Chewy
            Super Moderator
            • Nov 2003
            • 18971

            #6
            will dvdd rip the disks?

            or you might take them to another dvd recorder and close

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            • froggythrower
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              • Apr 2005
              • 174

              #7
              The discs are never a problem,same brand I always use, and use them in DVDD no problem normally, just the ones that have been through the recorder it says that it doesn't like.

              And yeah, thought of trying to finalise one in another recorder, going to ask my friends to see if any of them have one
              Regards Froggy

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #8
                will dvdd rip the disks?
                meant put the video on your hard drive and reburn? for my own info please?

                since I don't have a recorder to test with?

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                • froggythrower
                  Platinum Member
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                  • Apr 2005
                  • 174

                  #9
                  No Chewy, DVDD will not open the disc, say's 'incompatible media'

                  But have managed to open them with Nero Vision Express 3, by using the 'open VR disc' function and burn to hard drive then re-burn
                  Regards Froggy

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                  • Chewy
                    Super Moderator
                    • Nov 2003
                    • 18971

                    #10
                    mark another one up for nero, thanks for the tip

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                    • NightTran
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                      • Aug 2005
                      • 4224

                      #11
                      the files you have in the disc is not dvd file or less then 1GB ?
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                      • froggythrower
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                        • Apr 2005
                        • 174

                        #12
                        no, there are small and large ones, some are 4 gb
                        Regards Froggy

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