dmger14 Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 (edited) I loaded imgburn and did the read function to burn my Sony mini DVD - R disc to the computer. It saved as an ISO file and I downloaded the VLC media player and can play the video file on my computer - no problem there. I then wanted to write it to another disc so I can burn videos, and tried to write it to a blank disc, a DVD-RW mini Sony disc. I selected the file to write and put in the brand new blank disc right out of the packaging. However, I got "Disc not empty," and it won't let me write the video to the disc. Here is the info it comes up with from the disc I put in: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4481B E106 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD-ROM Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 716,800 Size: 1,468,006,400 bytes Time: 159:19:25 (MM:SS:FF) TOC Information: Session 1... (LBA: 0) -> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 716799) -> LeadOut (LBA: 716800) Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Book Type: DVD-RW Part Version: 2 Disc Size: 80mm 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: 913,407 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Current Format Capacity: Sectors: 716,800 Size: 1,468,006,400 bytes Time: 159:19:25 (MM:SS:FF) Preferred Format Capacity: Sectors: 716,800 Size: 1,468,006,400 bytes Time: 159:19:25 (MM:SS:FF) Maximum Format Capacity: Sectors: 716,800 Size: 1,468,006,400 bytes Time: 159:19:25 (MM:SS:FF) Please advise! I was hoping to test it out before buying regular DVD - R discs to burn DVD videos of my son's sports. Could it be because I put in a disc that is rewriteable, or does the disc need some special formatting via another step before it can be written on? I am just testing it and was hoping that I could tape over it, but if I need to just put in a - R (instead of -RW), that's no problem. BTW, I have windows 2000 Professional in case that makes any difference. Thanks!!! Edited February 28, 2009 by dmger14
mmalves Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4481B E106 (ATA) That's a CD burner and DVD reader, also known as a combo drive. It doesn't support burning DVDs.
dmger14 Posted February 28, 2009 Author Posted February 28, 2009 (edited) Shows how much I know! So to burn DVDs I'd have to buy a DVD burner hard drive that I can hook up to the computer via the USB? Edited February 28, 2009 by dmger14
mmalves Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Yes, but you could also replace the one you have for a DVD burner, as DVD burners are also capable of burning CDs.
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