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Jimellow · 03-06-2007, 06:57 AM

Last week I recorded the World Superbike race at Losail, and when I attempted to finalize the disc (to make it playable on all DVD players), it hung/froze at the sub-menu screen. The freeze lasts seemingly "forever," as I've left it at the sub-menu/frozen screen for hours, only to come back and see it still there. A hard power off (pulling plug) seems to be the only way to temporarily unfreeze the player, and after that it works perfectly fine; but still doesn't allow me to finalize this specific disc.

The DVD plays perfectly well on my player and the one in our living room (same models), but without finalization, it won't play on any other DVD players.

The DVD Recorder make and model is Panasonic DMR-ES20. I've experienced this issue before, but this time it's a bigger concern as I actually would like to finalize and archive the race for future viewing. I am pretty certain it's a DVD player issue, but I do find it odd that the exact same issue occurs on both my player, and the one in the living room. They are identical, except one also has a VHS capability. The DVDs are made by Taiyo Yuden, and are generally reliable and of high quality, and thus I suspect it's the DVD player. I've also had this issue occur with other brands of DVDs.

Any help, feedback, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I realize my issue might be a bit specific, but perhaps others have experienced similar issues with their own DVD recorders, even if they aren't identical to mine.

Thanks!

03-06-2007, 06:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jimellow Junkie	DVD Recorder... Disc won't finalize, what can I do? Last week I recorded the World Superbike race at Losail, and when I attempted to finalize the disc (to make it playable on all DVD players), it hung/froze at the sub-menu screen. The freeze lasts seemingly "forever," as I've left it at the sub-menu/frozen screen for hours, only to come back and see it still there. A hard power off (pulling plug) seems to be the only way to temporarily unfreeze the player, and after that it works perfectly fine; but still doesn't allow me to finalize this specific disc. The DVD plays perfectly well on my player and the one in our living room (same models), but without finalization, it won't play on any other DVD players. The DVD Recorder make and model is Panasonic DMR-ES20. I've experienced this issue before, but this time it's a bigger concern as I actually would like to finalize and archive the race for future viewing. I am pretty certain it's a DVD player issue, but I do find it odd that the exact same issue occurs on both my player, and the one in the living room. They are identical, except one also has a VHS capability. The DVDs are made by Taiyo Yuden, and are generally reliable and of high quality, and thus I suspect it's the DVD player. I've also had this issue occur with other brands of DVDs. Any help, feedback, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I realize my issue might be a bit specific, but perhaps others have experienced similar issues with their own DVD recorders, even if they aren't identical to mine. Thanks! __________________ Desperation is no excuse for lowering one's standards.