DVD-Lab Pro: DVD-R DL burning problems

[jonghyunchung]

I have a dual layer DVD I want to burn, but every time I click on Write, I keep getting the message:

"Unknown media in the DVD. Please insert blank recordable media!"

There is NOTHING in the blank DVD-R DL. How can I burn the data now?

[jman98]

Don't burn DL media with anything but ImgBurn (it's free). If you don't like that answer, you won't find help here.

I strongly discourage the use of DVD-R DL. You really should use DVD+R DL discs instead. If you must use -R for some reason, then ONLY use Verbatim. You should be aware that burners must use some special settings to burn DVD-R DL discs correctly and ImgBurn is the only burner I know of that can do ti correctly. DVD-R DL discs are insanely expensive so you really need an excellent reason for using them. DVD+R DL are not only significantly cheaper, they are much easier to burn and offer somewhat better compatibility with DVD players in my experience.

[lordsmurf]

"somewhat better" is an understatement.

[jman98]

"somewhat better" is an understatement.

LOL! You may be right. My experience is too limited to draw any definite conclusions, but I can say that most of my DVD players had big problems with -R DL media. My newest ones did not though.