DVD writer stupid question

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JamesBart

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i burned a friend of mine some file onto a 8gb disc. he cant open the files and i dont know why. is this because he doesnt have a dual layer DVDrw? could this be the case? i know its stupid but it worked on his GF's mac.

any help would be great. thanks :o
 
I've never really used a duel layer DVD, but I do hear of many compatability issues. But your friend doesn't even have a DVD-RW? I know many plain drives have problems reading burnt DVDs. My previous laptop would only read DVD-R's, no DVD+R's...
 
Thanks man. i wasnt sure if there had been many compatability issues but as i see there are i'll send the files over on CD. in fact i'll make him upgrade and get a DVDrw. i think that will be easy :-) thanks man!
 
dvd-rw's have much better compatability than dvd+r's

you pretty much skipped the whole +/- so i don't know what kind of disc you used

i've had bad experiences with the dual layers, tho

i know ps2/xbox wont read +'s or -'s (dual layer that is)

and a lot of dvd-roms will only read the 1st layer
 
yeah thats maybes why theres the whole compatibility issue. i might just go back to my original drive as it was not dual layer and ive only actually burnt 1 disc dual layer and it was that one. thanks guys!
 
yeah, dual layer r/rw's don't have very good compatability with older readers.

hopefully as time goes on more and more devices will be compatable
 
heyman421 said:
yeah, dual layer r/rw's don't have very good compatability with older readers.

hopefully as time goes on more and more devices will be compatable
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Not just older readers. I'm pretty sure most DVD Players don't really like them either. Again, I've never tried one. All my videos normally would fit on a CD-R...if I could use one! But I think I recall reading somewhere my DVD-Recorder(like a VCR) won't read them. I know it won't record to them.
 
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