What did I do wrong?

[ktsamis]

I recently used Movie Mill and Windows Movie Maker to transfer some home videos to DVD. Thanks to all of you! I also have a vhs tape of my daughter when she was on tv and I was trying to transfer this to DVD as well. I can do it and it will work on my computer, but when I sent a copy of it to my sister, (the same dvd) her dvd can't read it. I had her send it back to me and I tried it on my laptop (not the one that I made it on) and I get an error message saying that Windows can't read the disk. It can however read the disks with the home video. Any suggestions?

[yoda313]

Hello,
What format was it -r or +r? If you have a dual FORMAT drive go ahead and switch types. Also, try different brands.
Kevin

[ktsamis]

It was DVD +R. Should I try a DVD-R?

[DVD_Ripper]

It was DVD +R. Should I try a DVD-R?

Yes... the -R's are a tad more compatible, especially with older machines... also make sure you are using top shelf media. (My personal favs are Maxell, Sony, Fuji or Apple)

[ktsamis]

So you don't think because it was a tv show that I was recording from my vhs that there was something that has to do with the copyright? I heard that when you try to copy some vhs movies that they won't allow you to view them on any machine besides the one you originally made it on.

[ktsamis]

by the way..I was using Memorex DVD+R.

[BobK]

> So you don't think because it was a tv show that I was recording from my vhs that there was something that has to do with the copyright?

No.

> I heard that when you try to copy some vhs movies that they won't allow you to view them on any machine besides the one you originally made it on.

Some commercial VHS movies have copyright protection (macrovision). Not something yourself off TV.

[gitreel]

All Macrovosion does on videotapes is discolor the picture and the brightness will fade and then appear when you copy it.