Pressed disk - work around?

[glynnkjk]

How is everyone? And thanks for your help in advance if there is any help to give....
I was asked why my DVD-R's would not play on a reletives player...Well the player only
plays DVD, CD and Video-CD. Its a Samsung Model# DVD-909. I tried a DVD+/-RW and
still no go....is there a checksum or a marker I could add to trick it into seeing a pressed disk?

I hope to hear from you....

[aedipuss]

try a known good media like a verbatim or t.y. in dvd -r format burned at half it's rated speed. it can't play any dvd-rw.
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=samsung+909&Submit=Search&Search=Search&dv...y=Name&hits=25

[glynnkjk]

It's not raw...encoded from dv to dvd on ffmpeg. Mpeg-2 video/AC3 audio----
Video_TS and Audio_TS folders.

[Heywould3]

changing the book type to ROM this only works with + r/RW DVDs though... thats the only way to make the player think its a "pressed" or store bought.. but its not fool proof

[CrayonEater]

The capabilities and comments by some users are here:

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDnameid=359&Search=Search&#comments

[guns1inger]

Bitsetting can fool a player that won't play +R by design into trying to play it, however it may still be unable to actually read the disc.

[drjtech]

According to the comments on your player it will play DVD+R and DVD-R but does not like DVD-RW or DVD+RW. If all you've tried is RW then that's probably the problem right there.

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDnameid=359&Search=Search&#comments

-drj