I have a problem that the drive wont read the writeble dvds I put into it. It reads and writes to regular cdr's fine yet wont pick up my dvd's. Any idea please?

throw it on the floor  ;)

*I wish I could help but I really have no idea why a dvd player would not read a dvd read a cd

[quote author=Meh link=topic=10159.msg94777#msg94777 date=1105384478]
I have a problem that the drive wont read the writeble dvds I put into it. It reads and writes to regular cdr's fine yet wont pick up my dvd's. Any idea please?
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Your burner is not universal , as in it wont burn -r and +r dvds , you will have to find out which technology your burner uses and then purchase the dvds accordinally.

whenever possible, use +r dvds, they're mucho better ggkthx

Sorry I have a multi burner. It burns every kind. For some reason it works nowI changed it from the Slave to a master. Thanks for the ideas and help.

[quote author=tA-Kane link=topic=10159.msg94855#msg94855 date=1105419363]
whenever possible, use +r dvds, they're mucho better ggkthx
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There is generally no difference between the two , just differnt companys with differnt names for there technology. The myth's that these discs hold more data and are more reliable arnt exactly true.

[quote author=tA-Kane link=topic=10159.msg94855#msg94855 date=1105419363]
whenever possible, use +r dvds, they're mucho better ggkthx
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Depends on the brands and speed used, I have a -R, -RW, -RAM (+/- on these dont matter they are far better than R/RW), and I only use Kodak/Sony now, I find with the cheap brands you run into more write errors than anything (4:10 bad dvd's).

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[quote author=Meh link=topic=10159.msg94777#msg94777 date=1105384478]
I have a problem that the drive wont read the writeble dvds I put into it. It reads and writes to regular cdr's fine yet wont pick up my dvd's. Any idea please?
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Your DVD-ROM either dosent support reading the DVD's format that you put in the drive or you may need that drive cleaned.
Edit2: heh or you still havent installed the drivers for your DVD-ROM.

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[quote author=tA-Kane link=topic=10159.msg94855#msg94855 date=1105419363]
whenever possible, use +r dvds, they're mucho better ggkthx
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There is generally no difference between the two , just differnt companys with differnt names for there technology. The myth's that these discs hold more data and are more reliable arnt exactly true.
[/quote]"generally no difference" only if you don't plan on using your DVDs in DVD movie players. DVD-Rs are not compatible with DVD movie players, whereas DVD+Rs are.

The myths that the different formats (- vs +) hold more data and are more reliable are indeed just that myths... from what I can tell. The reliability of a disc is based more on the actual physical makeup of the disc, and different companies usually use different makeups for the DVDs they make.

[quote author=Meh link=topic=10159.msg94777#msg94777 date=1105384478]
I have a problem that the drive wont read the writeble dvds I put into it. It reads and writes to regular cdr's fine yet wont pick up my dvd's. Any idea please?
[/quote]That happened with my CD-RW drive (didn't work for CD-R, but did for -RW).  The only solution was a new drive :'( (but we got a better one, from 12x10x32x to 52x32x52x)

[quote author=tA-Kane]"generally no difference" only if you don't plan on using your DVDs in DVD movie players. DVD-Rs are not compatible with DVD movie players, whereas DVD+Rs are.
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I have over 150 burnt DVD-R's and they ALL work in my DVD player.