Posted by Terry Pinnell on 10/06/05 16:06

"AnthonyR" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote:

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>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>news:j0i8k11acmgetalfq055a376hosv146aub@4ax.com...
>>>>>I'm also, based upon his latest posts, wondering whether he's burning
>>>>>his DVD-RW discs in DVD-ROM (data) format or DVD-Video format.
>>>>
>>>>This is a murky area for me, so please bear with me! I've been doing
>>>>*both*, and perhaps that's causing or at least contributing to my
>>>>problems? Basically, I've been repeating operations from a very
>>>>limited repertoire:
>>>>
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>
>Terry,
>I quickly just wanted to say that multi-session recording is when you record
>something, put data, onto a disc
>and then end the session, without finalizing or closing the disc.
>Then later on, you record onto the disc again, it adds it in a seperate
>session.
>
>When you read the disc, some software allows you to see the seperate
>sessions.
>
>And if you record as a DVD-Video disc, you have to close or finalize the
>disc for the files to be read correctly by dvd players other than the one
>you used to make the session.
>With a DVD-ROM format it mainly for data and would be read by a computer not
>a dvd player so finalizing the disc is less important.
>That's how i basically understand the difference, maybe others can elaborate
>better.
>
>Also their is a difference on how the -RW and +RW behave in this respect
>with dvd players, I believe the +RW doesn't need finalizing
>to be read by another +RW machine where the -RW disc does no matter what,
>this is why some people found the +RW discs easier to use the the -RW. I
>might not be exact in technical reason but just wanted to get the idea out
>there.
>
Thanks, Anthony, appreciate the explanations. I'm slowly getting to
grips with some of this. But I must say that the more I read, the more
there seems I have yet to learn!

Have included a batch of Verbatim DVD+RW 4X in the new discs that
arrived a few minute ago (and more DVD-RW, and some DVD-R).

So many permutations now to remember: Drive, Medium, Program being
used, Last program used, Phase of the moon... <g>

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

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