[MacDV] DVD problems

[Paul Moortgat]

Do you use Toast or the Apple burn software?
Is the DVD capable of DVD +/- ?  My Pioneer can.  See your System  
Profiler disk burning.  (My Mac Pro:  DVD-Write:	-R, -R DL, -RW, +R,  
+R DL, +RW)

Paul Moortgat

On 28 Sep 2009, at 02:31, Robert & Susan Lloyd wrote:

> For dual layer, the burner on my Mac Book Pro will only burn a a DVD  
> +R DL.  It won't burn a DVD -R DL.  Incidentally, the DVD plays okay  
> in my DVD player.
>
> BobLL
>
> James Asherman wrote:
>> Wow didn't even really notice that.
>>  SECOND PAUL's OPINION.  Don't EVER give anybody a +.
>> J
>> On Sep 27, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>>
>>> It might be that you need a -R DL, not a +R DL.
>>>
>>> Paul Moortgat
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 Sep 2009, at 00:21, Robert & Susan Lloyd wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been burning DVD +R DL.  They play fine on my macs, both   
>>>> layers.  They lose the second layer (apparently) when I try to  
>>>> play  them on My Dell pc (it plays the first half fine).  I've  
>>>> tried two  different makes of DVD: verbatim and (I think)  
>>>> memorex. I've tried  burning them with  DVDStudio Pro, with disk  
>>>> utility and with  Toast.  No difference with this problem.  I'm  
>>>> quite sure that the  DVD player on my Dell should play  them.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions of what I might try next?  I'm trying to get a   
>>>> working copy to the person who is funding the replication, and  
>>>> it's  nerve-wracking.
>>>>
>>>> If the DVD is replicated, will that solve this problem?  How do  
>>>> I  know ahead of time?
>>>>
>>>> BobLL