DVDs reading as CDs

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bart

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Well, I created a DVD with DVDA3 and it plays fine on DVD players, however when it is placed in a PC DVD Drive Windows says it's a CD and will not open it up. What in the world??? I've tried it on a couple of different PCs and they still say it's a CD that will not open.

The PC I created it on is new so I'm assuming it is on my end.

Help is good.
 
Ok, updated the firmware on the DVD drive. Changed the region to 1. Burned a DVD with NERO on the same PC and it plays fine on other PCs.

However, DVDs burned with DVDA3c play fine in DVD Players, but PCs will not recognize the DVD including the PC that made it.

Help.
 
This particular problem has probably made my DVDs more compatible.

* The problem: (essentially compatiblity) My DVD-Rs burnt with a Lite-On burner using DVDA3 would not play on all PC DVD Drives, but they played fine on DVD Players.

* Solution: After much googling, I learned that a DVD-ROM is a highly compatible DVD even more than a DVD-R and (here's the sweet part) my Lite-on DVD burner can change the booktype of a DVD+R to DVD-ROM. So, I downloaded the utilty from Lite-on and ran it. Result: My DVDs play on all the PCs I've tried and start up on DVD players faster.

:) :) :) :) :)

You might want to read the article at: http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/113
 
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