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Questions tagged [dvd-burning]

Questions specific to writing to DVDs

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Appending to non re-writable DVD

Can you still burn/write additional files to a used non re-writable DVD? For example, after I burn a 900 MB .iso to a DVD, can I still write additional files to that same DVD in the future?
supahusah
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How to burn a DVD when I only have VOB files and not much else?

I have some .vob files (entire VIDEO_TS folder of a DVD but not any other file or folder like AUDIO_TS, etc…) and I want to burn a disc compatible with a DVD player. How can I do this? No DVD burner like PowerDVD helped.
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Writing content of two CDs into a DVD

I have a movie, which is split in twice, because the source was 2 cd's. This movie has also subtitles(2 str files), which are synchronised. I wish to put this movie, on a dvd and I don't know which tools to use, or which are the steps that I have…
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DVD re-writable problem?

I copied 3.62 GB of data on to a re-writable DVD instead of erasing it. Now there is no data on the disc but it shows used space as 3.62 GB and 690 MB of free space. Now I am unable to erase my disc. What should I do to erase the disc and get the…
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How to stop DVD drive from spinning?

I was using Hamster Free Burning Studio to burn a DVD, on the first run it crashed. But my DVD is still spinning inside my laptop. Is there any non-physical (so no paper clip in the tiny hole method) ways to stop this? I tried long-press the eject…
dayuloli
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Real blank DVD+R writable space

Many sources report the following value as the DVD+R free/user-writable space: 4700372992 bytes I've written a binpacker program using this value, but the selected files always exceed the DVD+R capacity (while the DVD-R's is fine). I've found the…
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How to burn two DVD5 discs from a DVD9

How can I burn two DVD5 discs from a DVD9 which auto plays in DVD players? Do I need to edit any files and how do I create a menu for the second disc?
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What kind of blank DVDs do I need for my specific burner?

I just bought a new computer, here is a link to the DVD burner: Samsung SH-S223L/BEBS 22X SATA Black DVD Writer Lightscribe OEM This is my first DVD burner, I've always just burned CD's which only have one type. I believe the only two types are…
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I burned a DVD-R, but after it finished, some files in the DVD cannot be opened. Why?

I burned a DVD-R by using Nero BurnLite 10. When the burning process finished, I receive some notification messages about files that cannot be opened. I tried to open them myself and they can't be opened just like the notification said. The original…
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Is possible to "overwrite" a written CD/DVD ? (the purpose would be damage existing files)

Is it possible to "force" somehow the DVD-ROM (or CD-ROM) to write again over an already burned DVD or CD with the purpose of making the data unreadable, but the disk to remain intact?
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Disk types for DVD-RAM

I just bought a new computer and it has a DVD-RAM drive. I am trying to re-install OS on that machine but failing to do so because the only DVDs I have now are DVD+R which DVD-RAM is failing to read. What type of DVDs can DVD-RAM read? My OLD…
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Check if my DVD media is DL or not

I got a DVD that I need to copy, problem is when I insert a blank DVD (4.7 GB) to begin the copying, it doesn't start because there's not enough space (about 30 megs missing) I'm trying to understand if the source DVD is DL or not, but I can't find…
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DVD Writer uneven burn

I have a DVD Writer Sony 870s. It was working alright earlier, Now (may be after new motherboard) its not writing DVDs correctly. The problem is that after I burn a DVD the DVD surface is not burned consistently, I can see shaded rings, see the…
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If a data DVD has a scratch but is readable without any problems, does it mean data is corrupted?

If I create an image (image_1) out of a data DVD and then this DVD gets a scratch which is not causing any read problems, will creating an image (image_2) from this DVD result in the same image as first one? I mean image_1=image_2 ?
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If I have a VOB file, what do I need to name it as and what other files do I need, to make a playable DVD of it?

If I have a VOB file, what do I need to name it, and what other files do I need, to make a playable DVD of it? I have tried a program called DVD Styler and given it an MP4 and gotten it to write to a directory on a hard drive, and used imgburn to…
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