Burning DVD without DVD-R or DVD+R displayed on player.

[jeespot]

Hello,

I've authored several DVDs with DVD Studio Pro.

When I burn the DVD, all my players (including Blu-ray and DVD) show what kind of disc it was burned on (DVD-R, DVD+R DL etc).
All my retail DVDs purchased from a store are shown as "DVD" in my players.

I have both a Mac and PC.

Is there software out there where I can burn a DVD that will show up as "DVD" in a player and not "DVD-R" or "DVD+R."

Thank you

[MOVIEGEEK]

I have never heard of a standalone player that shows what kind of DVD it is, however it's probably impossible to make a DVDR show up as pressed DVD.
The closest you can do is burn a DVD+R as DVD-ROM via the booktype, not all writers support it though.

[hech54]

Oh my.

[fritzi93]

My Sony BDP-S360 does show the media type on screen when you hit "Display" for information, along with time, etc. Even if a DVD+R disc is burnt with DVD-ROM booktype, it identifies the disc correctly as DVD+R. So it's doubtful one could do what you want.

But why would you want to?

[jman98]

I have never heard of a standalone player that shows what kind of DVD it is,

This is a new one for me too. I guess we were about due for another "I want to do something that nobody else in the world wants to do" type of post.

[hech54]

I have never heard of a standalone player that shows what kind of DVD it is,

This is a new one for me too. I guess we were about due for another "I want to do something that nobody else in the world wants to do" type of post.

I personally think it's one of those "I want suckers to believe that I'm selling them a legit DVD when it's actually a bootleg" type of posts.

[jeespot]

Thank you for responding, but why do some of you immediately think of the negative.

I recently authored a Yoga video that my friend shot to sell at a fitness shop. We are also responsible for the final printing (using printable discs and a printer) and the inserts.

We just wanted to deliver a professional looking product, even if it was going to be sold at this one store. I wasn't trying to do anything shady or illegal.

Please people... If you don't have anything nice to say...

Thank you to those once again who didn't jump to conclusions

[jman98]

We just wanted to deliver a professional looking product, even if it was going to be sold at this one store. I wasn't trying to do anything shady or illegal.

Yet oddly you have no ethical problem with essentially lying to your customers by asking if there is software available that will deliberately misrepresent the disc as being a commercially pressed DVD when it is not. I'm not sure if we've been clear enough so let me say simply - "No".

If you want it to show up as a commercially pressed DVD you could just pay for it to be commercially pressed.

[jeespot]

I don't want to lie to anyone! I just wanted to deliver a professional looking product.
I came to this forum asking for help and not to be shot down! Had I known that my only option was a professionaly pressed DVD, I wouldn't have asked this forum for help.
I'm just starting out, so please understand that us newbie's don't know as much as you do. I wasn't trying to be unethical, I'm just uneducated.
All you have to say is "The only way to do it is to have you DVD professionally pressed." Instead you made me feel like a criminal!

[orsetto]

Don't be too upset: we get many "shady" questions here so we're a little quick to jump to conclusions sometimes. In your case, you listed several red flags in your question: its extremely unusual that someone who's tech-savvy enough to use authoring software on both Macs and PCs would not know burned DVDs cannot be disguised as pressed DVDs. In any event, the answer to your question is "no", Hollywood made damned sure before they ever allowed DVD recorders to be sold that no one could ever confuse a burned DVD with a pressed one. Also, even if you could disguise your disc's display on a player, you might still get caught out by savvy customers: nearly all burned discs are purple instead of silver on the bottom side, and people with finicky or old players often have big problems playing burned discs.

These days burned discs are everywhere, even Warner Bros. studio now sells its classic movies online as "burned on demand", so the stigma you fear is not that big a deal. Just add a disclaimer to the packaging noting "DVD-R media: may not play on older hardware: returns not accepted unless disc is defective".

[jeespot]

Thanks Orsetto,

Although I've authored DVDs in DVD studio Pro, this is the first one I've actually got paid for. We're on a limited budget, and I just wanted to deliver a professional looking product. I do feel stupid for not knowing that this only could be done commercially. I foolishly thought that it could be done with burning software.

I really appreciate you clearing things up. Your responce was very informative. Thank you