PC-created disc compatibility

I recently bought a Pioneer DVR-540H Hard Disk DVD Recorder. It has one
major drawback. It wont play any DVDs that I copy or create using my PC. The
manual has the following statement:


PC-created disc compatibility - Discs recorded using a personal computer may
not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software
used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the
software publisher for more detailed information. Discs recorded in packet
write mode (UDF format) are not compatible with this recorder. Check the
DVD-R/-RW or CD-R/-RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility
information.

My PC is a Compaq Presario V4002AP running Windows XP Home. The three
programs that I have tried so far are Nero Version 6, WinDVD Creator and
Sonic Record Now. I've tried copying the disc and also burning an image but
no luck. I also tried using Windows Explorer to directly copy the file
structure onto the DVD but the results were the same. All of my attempts
will playback on my PC and on other DVD players but just not on the Pioneer.

Can anyone offer any help? I don't want to but another burning program when
I already have three.

P&K

You did not give the version of your Nero software, 6.3 or below is
okay, 6.6 (the upgrade) and 7 suck. From my experience with Sonic
software, you might as well erase it, like I did when it came
pre-loaded. Sonic is Trash.
The free software you can use to make DVDRs includes DVDShrink (to
create Video.TS files stored in a folder you create on your desktop;
the Audio.TS file it creates is blank), ImgToolBurn to create an ISO
image file and the ever reliable DVDDecrypter to burn any ISO files
onto a DVDR.
For information on burning, go to www.afterdawn.com.
Avoid spending any money on burning software, most software is not
worth the money.
If the DVDRs you make are not compliant with DVD requirements,
something you are doing is wrong. Some players, like some Sony DVD
players, will only play DVD-R discs.

P&K wrote:
> I recently bought a Pioneer DVR-540H Hard Disk DVD Recorder. It has one
> major drawback. It wont play any DVDs that I copy or create using my PC. The
> manual has the following statement:
>
>
> PC-created disc compatibility - Discs recorded using a personal computer may
> not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software
> used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the
> software publisher for more detailed information. Discs recorded in packet
> write mode (UDF format) are not compatible with this recorder. Check the
> DVD-R/-RW or CD-R/-RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility
> information.
>
> My PC is a Compaq Presario V4002AP running Windows XP Home. The three
> programs that I have tried so far are Nero Version 6, WinDVD Creator and
> Sonic Record Now. I've tried copying the disc and also burning an image but
> no luck. I also tried using Windows Explorer to directly copy the file
> structure onto the DVD but the results were the same. All of my attempts
> will playback on my PC and on other DVD players but just not on the Pioneer.
>
> Can anyone offer any help? I don't want to but another burning program when
> I already have three.

gerry

Fixed. Thanks Gerry. I used DVD Decypter and it worked great.

"gerry" <> wrote in message
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> You did not give the version of your Nero software, 6.3 or below is
> okay, 6.6 (the upgrade) and 7 suck. From my experience with Sonic
> software, you might as well erase it, like I did when it came
> pre-loaded. Sonic is Trash.
> The free software you can use to make DVDRs includes DVDShrink (to
> create Video.TS files stored in a folder you create on your desktop;
> the Audio.TS file it creates is blank), ImgToolBurn to create an ISO
> image file and the ever reliable DVDDecrypter to burn any ISO files
> onto a DVDR.
> For information on burning, go to www.afterdawn.com.
> Avoid spending any money on burning software, most software is not
> worth the money.
> If the DVDRs you make are not compliant with DVD requirements,
> something you are doing is wrong. Some players, like some Sony DVD
> players, will only play DVD-R discs.
>
> P&K wrote:
>> I recently bought a Pioneer DVR-540H Hard Disk DVD Recorder. It has one
>> major drawback. It wont play any DVDs that I copy or create using my PC.
>> The
>> manual has the following statement:
>>
>>
>> PC-created disc compatibility - Discs recorded using a personal computer
>> may
>> not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application
>> software
>> used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the
>> software publisher for more detailed information. Discs recorded in
>> packet
>> write mode (UDF format) are not compatible with this recorder. Check the
>> DVD-R/-RW or CD-R/-RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility
>> information.
>>
>> My PC is a Compaq Presario V4002AP running Windows XP Home. The three
>> programs that I have tried so far are Nero Version 6, WinDVD Creator and
>> Sonic Record Now. I've tried copying the disc and also burning an image
>> but
>> no luck. I also tried using Windows Explorer to directly copy the file
>> structure onto the DVD but the results were the same. All of my attempts
>> will playback on my PC and on other DVD players but just not on the
>> Pioneer.
>>
>> Can anyone offer any help? I don't want to but another burning program
>> when
>> I already have three.
>

P&K