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DVD Disc, Open Sessions
Hi Everyone,
I have not dealt with burning DVDs yet....except my boss came to me with an interesting question.
Assuming the universe is equal as with CDR and CDRW, if he has an open DVD disc, created from a SONY DVD Handycam, if we had a DVD +R or RW in a PC, would it be able to read the open disc? Currently my PC DVD ROM only will read the closed discs. I have tried this on my Toshiba DVD ROM, and Plextor CDRW + DVD reader.
Also, if anyone has any experience with this, and this is what started this whole thing….
The software that comes with the Handycam is Image Mixer 1.5. Is it supposed to be able to read open discs or must they be closed for this software to read the discs. This is if we keep the DVD in the camera and connect it to the computer.
Any help out there everyone, is appreciated.
I have not dealt with burning DVDs yet....except my boss came to me with an interesting question.
Assuming the universe is equal as with CDR and CDRW, if he has an open DVD disc, created from a SONY DVD Handycam, if we had a DVD +R or RW in a PC, would it be able to read the open disc? Currently my PC DVD ROM only will read the closed discs. I have tried this on my Toshiba DVD ROM, and Plextor CDRW + DVD reader.
Also, if anyone has any experience with this, and this is what started this whole thing….
The software that comes with the Handycam is Image Mixer 1.5. Is it supposed to be able to read open discs or must they be closed for this software to read the discs. This is if we keep the DVD in the camera and connect it to the computer.
Any help out there everyone, is appreciated.
No first hand experience, but going by my experience with CDRs and CDR/Ws, i can say that you should be able to read the open DVDs with a DVD writer.
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if you have a dvdrw drive, it should work. i would think it does...
i have taken an open cdrw before and not been able to read it from a cd-rom but have been ableto read it from a cdrw.
i have taken an open cdrw before and not been able to read it from a cd-rom but have been ableto read it from a cdrw.
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after you close a dvd-r or a dvd-rw doesn't it become a DVD-ROM ???? just my thought
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Yeah, it sure does....what he is trying to accomplish, is to work with the sessions in an open state, that way he can use the data that is on the disc without having to close it to work with it. Lets say he took 10 minutes of video and wants to pull it off without using the last 20 min, you would not close the disk. If you did close, you wold lose the last 20 min of the disk. I don't know what they cost, but I don't image you would want waste that space.
Yeah, it sure does....what he is trying to accomplish, is to work with the sessions in an open state, that way he can use the data that is on the disc without having to close it to work with it. Lets say he took 10 minutes of video and wants to pull it off without using the last 20 min, you would not close the disk. If you did close, you wold lose the last 20 min of the disk. I don't know what they cost, but I don't image you would want waste that space.
Hmm i might have confused dvd-RAM with DVD-rom my mistake. anyway i know i have had "open disks " from various camcorders and dvd-vcr's and some take dvd- and others dvd+
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Thanks Everyone for your input. The Lite-On was a great solution and the boss is happy! :)
Thank you!
Don't forget that just about all DVD Drives have new flash drivers released for them periodicaly.
Don't forget that just about all DVD Drives have new flash drivers released for them periodicaly.