Tool/download/upgrade to read troublesome DVDR?

[ecc]

I have a DVDR which a friend gave me to check out since he could not get it to play. It played on my DVD player (it said bad disc a couple times and took a couple reloads before it played) but when I put it in my computer, no ripping program can read it and Windows Explorer says its an empty CD-R while Isobuster says its a blank DVDR but there certainly is material on it. Another post suggested downloading an update for the UDF reading dll (I have no idea what that is but I did it) and the computer still does not see the disc.

Is this a bad burn or was it written in some weird way?

[Baldrick]

Bad media. Try on more computers, some dvd reader out there may read it. You can also try cdroller and dvdfab decrypter if you haven't done that already.

[victoriabears]

isobuster may also work, make sure it is clean and it may be it was not finalised on the original dvd recorder?

[ecc]

Neither DVDFabDecrypter nor CD Roller recognize that there is a disc in the drive. If it is bad media, then Datawrite certainly does not live up to the hyperbole on its website.

But how is it that a hardware player will read it but not a computer drive?

[victoriabears]

this is where y finalise suggestion came from,,how did you friend create the dvd?,,isbuster should read it though, have you a dvd player and seperate dvd recorder, hitch the player up to the recorder and just copy it but make sure you finalise the new disc.

[ecc]

He didn't create the DVD. It was a trade. I guess I'll have to look into DVD recorders.

[victoriabears]

does windows say there is a disc there

[ecc]

No. It says the drive is inaccessible and to please insert a disc.

[victoriabears]

Try rebooting your pc with the disc in it

[ecc]

No dice.

[guns1inger]

ISOPuzzle is very persistent, although you may have to let it run for a day and let it cycle the drive frequently.

[ecc]

As far as ISOPuzzle is concerned, the disc is empty. It says UNNAMED_VOLUME (0 MB).

[freebird73717]

Just a suggestion but perhaps the disc isn't finalized. If you have nero (and yes this is the only time I will suggest nero) try to finalize the disc with it. I had a disc I once forgot to finalize. It would sometimes play on my standalone player. Could not read it from pc-dvdrom. Only drive that would read it was the burner I used to create it. Finalized it with nero and problems went away.

Edit... Just re-read your post and noticed that you couldnt read it in any drives so I guess my suggestion is moot. Sorry.

[victoriabears]

This is an "oh screw it" situation, I always offer to sort the disc out for free if you'd mail it to me, or if you can play it on a dvd player and you know someone with a dvd recorder thats one idea, or if you can connect the dvd player to your computer and capture it.