does a blank dvd need to be formated before using ?
815465
No, that is if you can get this POS to record anything. It should finalize the disc when you've finished recording. Remember, Sony has installed software on this machine that prevents you from recording anything with copyright information on it; be it a movie, television show or VHS you already own. The copyright information is encrypted with the source video signal.
815466
I do not know.I returnEd this piece of junk within a day because it ruined my VHS tapes and erased them.
815467
No, but before you can view the DVD that you recorded on another DVD player you must finalize the DVD which will format the disc for viewing.
1662551
I don't think software is a problem, but I think they recommend that a recent LG drive be used to burn the DVD. My writers are of that type. so I can't vouch for any others.
518028
Hi, it's stand alone. No computer was necessary. I made my dvd using an apple computer and burned the disc. Once I had the original dvd, you just place it in the top drive, insert blank dvds in the other drives and basically just press a button. They have one setting where you can copy and it confirms that its a good copy. Love it!I didn't use the software, but I believe it's a program so you can burn your dvds. You cannot copy a licensed copy though.
549522
It's supposed to but I've only burned a data and JPEG cd so far. I haven't tried a DVD or music yet.
2206841
I use AZO DVD-R & DVD+R because they're supposed to be good quality, but the specs say you can use pretty much any one as long as it's formatted. You just have to make sure the dupe disc is the same type as your formatted disk.
677954
Burn first, then print. Should wait 24 hours for ink to dry before playing the dvd.
1560381
Yeh; un-finalizing an RW disk can be done by Formatting it. I'm not sure if there's a way to un-finalize them without formatting.I had a DVD recorder once, and different menus were displayed depending on whether Rs vs. RWs were inserted, having to do with formatting, finalizing, etc.Cheers.
2005048
More than likely. I bought my region 2 dvds from eBay and they play like a regular DVD would. As long as it isn't a bad boot leg copy, you shouldn't have any problems
185694
Not need to. I have used mine for months without formating it and I have not had any problems.
1549637
No, you would never expect to have anything pre-installed on a bare drive like this. Formatted maybe, but usually not. Completely empty.
112620
I've discovered that the dvd-r discs sometimes are slightly warped upwardly. I flex the disc gently downward then my panasonic dvd recorder will read and finalize. I believe these blanks must become slightly warped during transportation from factory to retail store.
49386
Don't know if this will help, but I put the DVD in a different computer, transferred the files to a USB drive, then put it on my laptop that doesn't have a cd/dvd drive.. worked for me..
725040
Trying to copy the dvd that might be corrupt? I don't think it will harm the duplicator. Most likely it will reject the corrupt dvd or produce copies that are not perfect. I would try maybe just one black dvd to see what happens.
571710
put the blank disc into the drive. right click on the drive's icon. Then left click on "Properties". this should then display the total disc space, and also how much, if any, is not available due to formatting allocation etc. or, just try to copy an 8.15 gb file to the dvd-dl blank disc and see what the heck happens. worst case, you make a coaster out of it, best case it accepts it all. good luck!
308832
Yup, I have done it myself a few times. Just put in the DVD and it will either automatically come up or you can search DVD and find the program (included with the laptop).
1441935
That may be the case but to convert a DVD to a file on the PC you need a good program to convert it to that specific device format ie. mp4, AAC, WMV and so on. With Wondershare you just choose your specific device from a list and it does the rest for you.
548754
No, for that you need a unit that writes to DVDs. Unfortunately, this unit doesn't do that.