Can you help? What dvd-r disk to use

Snooky · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Karma :

I was wondering if you could help me, just downloaded this lost series from the internet, bloody good picture running off my laptop, but when I put a dvd disk into the drive to record it. The computer doesn't recognise it. Could it be that I bought minus format and these disk only say 8x.

I have a dell laptop with a dvd/rw drive x24.
First time I have bought disks you see just connected to broadband.

Thanks
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Davo · Davo To The Rescue! Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Karma :

Is it definatley a DVD writer you've got, not a CDRW/DVD ROM combination drive?

What authoring software are you trying to use?

Snooky · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Karma :

I tried nero and windows media player. I think you are right its probably just the drive, I bought it on ebay everything else has been upgraded to a desktop replacement spec apart form the cd drive. bollox. Thanks mate
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0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Shouldn't think it's the discs, -R seems to work in almost everything.

Some versions of Nero are a bit funny sometimes with a dvd drive, mine doesn't show either yet it does in other programs. Try another burning program (pinnacle instant dvd works well for me).

Also, i assume you are wanting to write to dvd and put it in a normal dvd player to watch on your tv? If so, and they are .avi files like most stuff downloaded, they are likely to be encoded with divX. These will only play on some very new dvd players, otherwise you'd have to convert them to mpegs.

Another option if the laptop has an S-Video output is a cable straight from your laptop to the tv scart socket.

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kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

For a disk recommendation I would go Verbatim everytime, even from the early playstation days Verbatim have always been the best.

I never use anything else.
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