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Originally Posted by DaveMatrix
Those Taiyo Yuden discs are cheap, but not great quality. I used them in the past but had issues, so I changed to a more expensive but less troublesome disc. What burning software do you use??? Nero has a toolkit in its software package that can be helpful to analyze the disc. What about firmware updates for your burner??? Sorry, thats all I can think of, but I'm brain dead at the moment, coffee may help....
Heres a link to some firmware, make positive you select the correct one. http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...ge=DVDFirmware
This is a stand alone recorder, so the firmware is all I can think of. Do you have a DVD player on your PC?? If so you can check download.com for a disc analyzer. |
Interesting.. I tended to have issues with the more common brands, and have yet to have a disc issue with a Taiyo Yuden disc. They weren't cheap either, and in fact were more expensive. I ultimately bought them on advice from someone that did DVD projects professionally and said he recommend, and used, them in his projects.
My PC is older and it does have a DVD drive, but it unfortunately does not work entirely. Sometimes I will put a DVD in and be able to see the start of footage, but usually it freezes up and is ultimately a failure.
The Panasonic support site has a "DMR-ES20P DVD Recorder Firmware Update" yet my device does not have a "P" at the end of the model number. Other than that, it's identical.
I just recorded the Superbike race at Philip Island and was able to finalize it without a hitch. I'd say that I am able to successfully finalize discs 20-30 times for every one that freezes, and the freeze has occurred regardless of the DVD brand.
Thanks for the response and suggestions. It would be great if I could analyze the DVD on my PC, but I suspect it won't even be recognized, as a result of my PC's DVD drive being only partly functional.