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Ah,ianymaty,the player is ok ...when it records the discs, plays them very good.The problem is when DVD-/+RW discs are written with another burning program on my comp - Ashampoo 10,Nero or Imgburn - then my Panasonic recorder don't play them...and says "The disc is not formatted properly.Format it using DVD Management ?" And I don't understand what kind of formatting makes the recorder - what is different.

Mine is DMR-EH55S... and yes,the recorder plays avi's...But my problem is HOW to format DVD-/+ RW discs to play them with the recorder,ianymaty.Thanks again. http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Video/DVD-Recorders-Players/DVD-Recorders/model.DMR-EH55S According this ... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Which-CD-or-DVD-format-should-I-use ... i need to know how to format these discs.What kind of formatting does the standalone recorder - Live or mastered...by default Windows XP makes it Live.

You can only use DVD-R / DVD-RAM / CD-R/RW in that player/recorder. You need to convert the avi's to DVD Video standard using DVD Flick or DVD Styler. Thank you for the answer,ianymaty...But...my DVD recorder CAN play avi' DivX/XviD files,not only DVD Video discs.I usually write avi's when they are about 700 MB on a single CD disc as data CD, or on a single dvd disc as "data dvd" /up to 6 avi files, 700 MB each/ as folders with avi file + subtitle file within a folder ,and my recorder plays movies in avi format and reads very good subtitles,too.So my problem is - when I write such a files on a DVD-/+RW discs,my standalone recorder/player can't play them and says "This disc is not formatted properly".It plays only DVD-R or CD-R discs,written as "data CD / DVD" with movies avi and sub's in a folder...KM Player plays /on my comp/ files on both of these discs/DVD-R and DVD-/+RW/ with a such files on them.How can I format DVD-/+RW discs with an application on my comp, so that my standalone player can read them without a problem ? What is then properly formatted disc - Live or Mastered ?

Hello!Please,excuse first my bad english...I am a newbie and have a problem with playing written DVD-/+RW discs on my standalone dvd player-recorder Panasonic DMR-E55.This recorder won't play these discs,when they are wrotten on my computer with Nero 6 or Ashampoo 10.With normal written DVD-R is OK - the player plays them.But when I put a written disc DVD-RW with avi files,it says "This disc is not formatted properly.Format it with using DVD management ?" What's the problem ? How can I play on this recorder DVD-/+RW discs,but I wish to write them on my comp with Imgburn,Ashampoo or Nero? How to format DVD-/+RW disc before burning and which format to use - Live or Mastered,in order to play in my standalone DVD player Panasonic - I am with Windows XP SP2 ? This is what Imgburn says ... Optiarc DVD RW AD-5170A 1.11 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD+RW Disc Information: Status: Empty State of Last Session: Empty Erasable: Yes Formatted: No Free Sectors: 2 295 104 Free Space: 4 700 372 992 bytes Free Time: 510:03:29 (MM:SS:FF) Next Writable Address: 0 Supported Write Speeds: 2,4x; 4x Physical Format Information (ADIP): Disc ID: SONY-S11-00 Book Type: DVD+RW Part Version: 2 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196 608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2 491 711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: SONY-S11-00 Book Type: DVD+RW Part Version: 2 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196 608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2 491 711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Format Capacities: DT: 0x01 - NB: 2295104 (0x00230540) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x26 - NB: 2295104 (0x00230540) - TDP: 0 Performance (Write Speed): Descriptor 1... -> B0: 0x00; B1: 0x00; B2: 0x00; B3: 0x00 -> EL: 2295104 (0x00230540) -> RS: 6 925 KB/s (5x) - WS: 3 324 KB/s (2,4x) Descriptor 2... -> B0: 0x00; B1: 0x00; B2: 0x00; B3: 0x00 -> EL: 2295104 (0x00230540) -> RS: 6 925 KB/s (5x) - WS: 5 540 KB/s (4x) And it says and this :"Ready.Disc needs formatting" when I am in Discovery mode im Imgburn.The question is : how to format a new DVD-/+RW discs...Is there a program to do this formatting process,or is a way to proceed...Help me,please...I will be very thankfull for your answers !