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    A friend has a Pioneer DVD recorder. We're trying to get the footage transferred to the computer, but it has so far failed.

    Through some searching, I've discovered that the problem is that he's recorded them as DVD-VR on DVD-RW discs.

    I've seen various suggestions of how you can read them, but so far none of the suggestions have worked for me. I have several computers we can try, but so far no luck.

    Has anyone found anything that works? Or rather, if you found that you can read them, have you isolated what it is with your computer or what you did that enabled it?

    I tried Isobuster, and it reported the disc as open. My friend says he's finalized them, but I wouldn't necessarily trust him with technical toys, or manuals.

    I see a difference in how a DVD player and a DVD burner on the same computer sees the disc. The player hangs...
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    i dont really like dvd-vr, but if i have to deal with it, i usually dont finalize them since it takes forever.

    what i do is i open the disc with isobuster, browse to the DVD_RATV folder, extract that folder to my hard drive, and then use tmpgenc mpeg editor to extract an mpeg from the DVD_RATV folder on my hard drive.

    can you actually explore the disc in windows since it's finalized?
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    No. I see that it's got one track, and it's open. That's it.
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    the only time i get that "track 01" thing is when i put in an unfinalized dvd-video disc.. you really cant do anything with it, you have to finalize it on the dvd recorder first..

    dvd-vr, unfinalized = unexplorable by windows, but you can extract DVD_RATV folder with isobuster

    dvd-vr, finalized = explorable with windows, will display a "DVD_RATV" folder, a hidden file called ".Sys-Reserved-RW-Bitmap.GROW", the TOC label is "$ Pioneer DVR-04S Bases Volume $" and you can use it with isobuster, but there is really no need.

    dvd-video, unfinalzed = no exploring through windows, isobuster will show "track 01", but you cant do anything with it.

    dvd-video, finalized = regular old dvd, explorable with windows, with VIDEO_TS folder.. has "LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER" as TOC label.. isobuster not really needed..

    my best guess would be that he recorded in dvd-video mode & did not finalize..

    it might also be that your version of isobuster doesnt support that, i kind of doubt it.. i'm using isobuster pro 1.5..

    if he did record in dvd-video & did finalize, he should have no problems exploring the drive, like i said before the TOC label will be "LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER" & there will be a "VIDEO_TS" folder inside, easily explorable by windows.. it could be that his drive doesnt read dvd-rw.. but i doubt that since isobuster can recognize the disc.
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  5. "I've seen various suggestions of how you can read them, but so far none of the suggestions have worked for me."

    What are these suggestions that have not worked?
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    I haven't tried each and every suggestion I've seen. I did install the UDF reader.

    But there's another problem. This guy is perfectly capable of saying he's done something, when he really hasn't. It's not that he's lying, it's that he's technologically challenged.

    So it's quite possible none of the discs are finalized, although I specifically asked if they were.

    For now I'm thinking the best way to solve the dilemma is for him to extract the video on to the hard drive in the recorder (yes, it has one), and then make DVD-R discs. As long as he actually finalizes them, it should work well enough for me to be able to play them on other players beside a Pioneer one.

    And that's another factor. Those discs play on my relatively recent Pioneer DVD player (not a recorder).
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