Possible to play CDR disc on a not-supported DVD Player?

[thomasm]

Is it possible to burn a CDR (VCD/SVCD) that playable on a not-support-CDR DVD player (Panasonic A560)?

The player does support VCD and SVCD format. Any way to cheat machine?

[Shannafey]

A lot of players that don't support CDR, support CDRW. Have you tried that?

[RabidDog]

VCD and svcd are ONLY available on CDR so your player must support it.. burn one and try it ..... live a little.. risk a 12€ cdr!
ALso dont believe everything you read on here even in the DVD tables.

[FulciLives]

1.) There are commercially made VCD discs so just because a DVD player says it can do VCD does not mean it can do VCD on a CD-R although mostly this is just with older players.

2.) If you have a DVD player that does not like CD-R (probably an "older" model) then I suggest you try Taiyo-Yuden CD-R media. I have an old PIONEER DVD player (4th gen when most companies where barely on 3rd gen but still old) that will not play a CD-R but I tried some once by FUJI and found that it liked them both as normal MUSIC (standard CD redbook) as well as VCD. I found out that the FUJI CD-R discs I was using were re-badged Taiyo-Yuden CD-R discs which are about the best that you can buy. So try some Taiyo-Yuden which can be bought direct from various website or try the MADE IN JAPAN FUJI CD-R packs since they are Taiyo-Yuden (but only if it says MADE IN JAPAN on the package).

3.) If that doesn't work then give up because I doubt that if Taiyo-Yuden's don't work ... well ... no brand of CD-R will work then.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Shudder]

I'll second the CDRW rec.

My old toshiba won't play cdrs at all, but if I burn music to a cdrw it works just fine

[adam]

DVD players with cdr/w support have a second laser specifically designed to read this media. If your player doesn't have this laser, in other words it doesn't claim to support cdr/w, then your only option is to try to find media reflective enough that the usual red laser can pick up on. That is why cdrw typically works better on these types of dvd players, because its generally more reflective than cdr media.

[RabidDog]

If you look at the other PANASONIC players they nearly all cannot use CDR .. however they do say they can use cdrw. and as its unlikley they use a different haed /laser etc for each player then I bet cdrw will work.

[vitualis]

All DVD players that are rated to play CD-R and CD-RW either use a second laser head or some form of second set of optics when it detects recordable CD media.

As has been noted many times in the past and indeed has been explained by myself at least a hundred times, DVD players that AREN'T designed to read CD-R discs often WILL work with some CD-R discs ... though it may take some searching. CD-RW on these players often works better -- but that is not because they were designed to do so. It is simply one of those twists of fate that CD-RW media happen to be more compatible with the optics on a DVD system.

VCDs don't "only" come on CD-R. It is this fallacy that got all these people in trouble in the first place thinking that their players will play CD-R media. Professionally made VCDs are only pressed discs (i.e., just like the audio CDs or CD-ROMs you buy in a shop) and can be read by all players.

VCD compatibility has absolutely NOTHING to do with CD-R compatibility. It simply means that the player has the firmware to understand a VCD disc when it sees one. CD-R compatibility is a separate ability.

Regards.

[solarfox]

That is why cdrw typically works better on these types of dvd players, because its generally more reflective than cdr media.

Actually, no -- CR-RW media is less reflective, by a long shot, than CD-R. (Typical CD-R reflectivity is around 75-80%; CD-RW reflectivity is down around 40%, which is why a lot of audio CD players, especially the cheaper ones, that will play -R's won't play -RW discs.)

The problem is that the -R dye, which may be opaque when burned at the infrared wavelengths CD equipment uses, may not be so opaque to the visible-red wavelength used by DVD pickups. In other words, the red laser optics may "see" right through the burned dye layer to the reflective surface behind it.

The phase-change material used in -RW media, on the other hand, is the reflective layer, and its reflective properties are altered by the write laser. These changes in reflection hold true for both infrared and visible-red light, so the only problem with reading these discs is whether or not the optical pickup is sensitive enough to deal with the significantly lower total reflectivity of the material.