DVD Burning

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hi,

As a matter of interest, what format are commercially available DVD's
(movies) - DVD +r, DVD -r, DVD-ram (or DVD +rw, DVD-rw, i think not though)?

Which is the best format to use, dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd-ram?

thanks,

Sanjay Mehta : )
 
hi cari,

i will be grateful if you could be more specific and elaborate on your
answer to my question. your answer is very general in view.

thanks sanjay mehta
 
There is no 'better' format... you need to find out what your standalone DVD
player supports.. or which format the majority of DVD players that you
intend to use the disk on support.

www.videohelp.com has a great database for finding out exactly which player
supports which format.
 
None of the above. They use a totally different method of producing the
discs to the burning which we as consumers have.
As Cari says, the best one for you to use is the one that works in your dvd
player, but other things can make a difference, like make of disc, encoder
settings, encoder, burner, burning app, whether you stick a label on the
disc......

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
 
hi,

so what format are commercially available dvd movies dvd+r, dvd-r or dvd-ram?
since they readily play on my dvd player and my LG combi dvd-rom/cdrw! the
commercially available dvd's must have a one universal format?

thanks
sanjay mehta
 
Commercial Hollywood movies are in DVD-video format and are replicated,
not duplicated. This means they have 100% compatibility with all DVD
players (Google to see the diff between replication/duplication if you
are interested).

To burn a DVD disc with the highest compatibility with consumer DVD
players, you should be using DVD-R.

So, go DVD-R and burn only on high quality media. Most people who author
seriously tend to use Taiyo Yuden (Fuji), Maxell, Verbatim or Ritek discs.

Note though, even DVD-R, unlike replicated Hollywood DVD's, is not 100%
compatible, there's no guarantee your DVD-R will play on every single
player (but it should play on most).

Hope this helps.


MB
 
kevnbarb said:
i do i know if i can burn dvds on
my pc it says dvd r/rw does that
me it will?
Click to expand...
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Sounds like a burner to me...
why not give it a try?

BTW...it should burn CDs also.

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