Ted, There is a MAJOR issue that everyone who wants to burn DVDs needs to keep in mind, and that there are 2 different standards right now, which make a ROYAL problem in many cases.
The problem, unlike with CDs, is that HP and similar versus Pioneer and similar pushed their standards. HP sells DVD+ units while Pioneer sells DVD- units. With regard to commercially produced DVDs, such as you go to Blockbuster, Hollywood, or similar video stores, or Best Buy and similar stores, you will never have a problem, unless the DVD itself is bad. The reason is commercial DVDs are pressed and produced by a totally different process then you could produce with a burner, and all DVD players can read and play those. It is similar to CDs, whether commercially produced or burned, since there is only one standard for burner made CDs. BUT, with the 2 DVD burner standards, it causes a headache when trying to read and play home burned DVDs, whatever is on them - this is especially true with DVD players for audio system and portable use. You can find DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW. The R and RW is the same as you would find in CDs. BUT the + and - are VERY different media, are written differently, and at different speeds. They may look the same BUT they sure are VERY different - similar to the idea of 100 Meg versus 250 Meg versus 750 Meg Zip carts - they all look the same, but just try to use a higher density cart in a lower density drive. And to complicate the problem, video/audio DVD players units will not generally read both formats - a number of DVD players (approxiately 20%) can play a DVD+ disks, but more (approxiately 80%) currently can only play the DVD- format, though more players are being produced that can handle the + format. The ONLY DVD computer burner(s) I have found that eliminate, at least part of the problem, are ones such as from Sony and similar which will take and work with both the + and - format media with the one burner - they apparently can detect which you insert in the drive, and set internal settings so they work properly. So at least, no matter what the DVD player you want to use, whether it works with + or -, you can burn a DVD that will work with the player in question. Otherwise, you have to have available 2 DVD burners, to be able to handle both the + and - media, depending on what you want to do or who you want to give the DVD to. After all that, the end result of your original posting - you will have to find out IF your DVD player can even handle a DVD+ media or will it ONLY handle a DVD- media disk. With the WHOLE range out on the market of DVD players, that one you will have to find that out for yourself. You will probably have to check the web site of the manufacturer of the player or directly call them to find out which DVD media it can handle, or does it handle both + and - media. Good luck, Ralph Ted Mozer wrote: > > I have a DVD burner, a ton of MP3's and at least one DVD player that will > play MP3's off of a CD. > > Before I try it and possibly ruin a DVD+R disc, does anyone know: > > Can I burn 4.75 gigs worth of MP3's to a DVD and expect the DVD player to > play them??? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
