Maybe you know....

[wall]

I have a friend that was backing up copies of my DVD's for me to DVDR. I was pleased with the copies so I decided to purchase a DVD +/- RW drive so I could do them myself.
My friend has been burning the DVD's to +R media, and my DVD player at home reads them fine. The problem is, when I burn a movie to +R media (exact same blank DVD's and software that he uses) my DVD player will not read them. I can burn the DVD's to -R media and my player reads them fine. Has anyone had this problem before? I have gone through two DVD +/- RW drives and both had the same issue.
He has no clue why his copies work with +R media and mine do not. He has verified that my settings in Nero are the same.
Any info is appreciated.

[ghoster]

well sounds to me that your dvd player dosen't play +r only -r. look up your dvd player under dvdplayers compatiblity and user comments.pver to the left of the screen under other. <---------

[wall]

But why would his copies on +R media work in my drive?

Here is the case... He is able to burn copies to +R media and my DVD player reads them fine.

I burn a copy of a move to +R media, and my DVD drive will not read them.

We use the exact same software and our settings are the same. The only difference is that he has an HP DVD +R RW burner and I have a Pioneer DVD+/- RW burner.

[Timmychuck]

I read diffrent forum on wierd promlems people have. In each one there
using Nero.

Try using a diffrent dvd software.

[Laddydaddy]

Hi wall,
Your friend's HP burner supports bitsetting, yours does not. His discs are probably burned with the DVD-ROM booktype, yours are burned with the DVD+R booktype. Your DVD player reads the lead in to the disc you burned and is looking for the DVD-ROM booktype. Instead it finds the DVD+R booktype and you are probably geting a disc error message. check out this link for more info; https://www.videohelp.com/glossary#BitSetting. Hope this clears up the mystery.

[wall]

You da man!

Your resolution (along with information on the provided links) applies directly to my situation.

It states that HP DVD +R (my friends drive type) drives automatically set the Bit Type as DVD-ROM where almost ALL other drives default to DVD+R. I have downloaded a tool to change the bit set and will post my results in case anyone else has this issue.

Thanks again.