I highly doubt this is possible, but i thought i'd waste your time & ask anyway. Is there a way I can make a DVD-R disk readable as a CD-R and not as a DVD disk? The reason I ask is because i've ran out of CD-R's & i only have DVD-R's left and i want to make a CD that will play on my CD / MP3 player and it won't read a DVD disk. Thank You in advance.
I would assume not. I mean, if that were possible then DVD's would be the used more, becuase they could hold so much more music. However, if you had a DVD player you could probably use it to play your music on DVD.
The DVD-R disc would have to have the "Compact Disc" logo imprinted onto the disc in order for it to be recognized as both a DVD-R and a CD-R. I haven't seen one so I doubt that you'll ever find one. You'll have to go out and buy a new pack of CD-R's. And as Mark said, CD Players and MP3 players are not programmed to recognize DVD-R discs. Of course, if you were to burn a CD for someone and you didn't have CD-R's (Uh-oh, illegal stuff), you could put the music files onto the DVD-R, because usually DVD-R's not only take movies, but they can take data like documents and music files. That's conveinent, but of course, it would be better if DVD-R's could be recognized as both DVD-R's and CD-R's.
While we're on the question of DVD-Rs, whenever I burn my *cough* home movies *cough* from an ISO file, sometimes my DVD player will be able to read the DVD and sometimes not. I always burn my *cough home movies cough* in NTSC region, and it won't work. Anyone know what's up?
Okay, let me know the following: 1. Brand of dvdrs 2. dvd player model 3. burning software for ISOs (image file), some ISOs that are actually prepared for dvd/vcds are in PAL or NTSC, so that might be why some work and some don't.
Okay, let me know the following: 1. Brand of dvdrs 2. dvd player model 3. burning software for ISOs (image file), some ISOs that are actually prepared for dvd/vcds are in PAL or NTSC, so that might be why some work and some don't. [/b][/quote] Well, I don't remember the brand, but I play my DVDs on my PS2 and I use Nero to burn them. Should I use Alcohol 120% instead? All my ISOs are NTSC. The site I... obtained them from requires that the uploader tell us what region it's from, and I only... obtain ones that are NTSC.
DVD burning, regardless of copyright is a very tricky task. I've been doing authoring for about three years now, and I can count on one finger how many times a project has worked the first time. As for your problem, the fact the DVD plays on a PS2 and a computer, suggests that your set top DVD player is at fault. This could mean that it won't read burnable media, or just won't read your particular burnable media. If you haven't already looked, I highly recommend reading the Doom9 site. Also I'd suggest looking for information on what media your particular dvd player accepts.