NEC 3520 Issue

[pbguy1211]

I just bought one of these a few months ago and I'm having some issues all of a sudden.

I recorded something on my DVD recorder (DVD+RW disc) last weekend and I wanted to rip it to my hard drive, take out the commercials and put it back to a DVD-R. The problem is that my NEC drive won't read the disc. My laptop reads it fine, so it isn't the disc.

What I mean is DVD Decrypter won't read the disc, WinDVD won't read the disc, nothing will.

Do I need to DL the new firmware for this to work? Do I need to DL one of these altered "riplock" firmware files for this to work?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Poppa_Meth]

Can you access it via Windows Explorer? If so just copy and paste. There is no need to rip since the data isn't encrypted. There have been a lot of issues with the way settop recorders author discs and getting a computer to recongnize them.

[gshelley61]

If they are VR format .VRO files, and you have Windows XP, you may need to download a specific .dll file or driver for your system to "see" them. I have an expired trial copy of Cyberlink PowerProducer 2 loaded on my hard drive... after I downloaded and installed that program, all my other apps were able to deal with .VRO's.

Worth a try if that's your situation...

[spiderman2k1]

If it's VRo file try TMPG DVD author

[lenti_75]

it's not the drive, your sistem can't read those files.

[pbguy1211]

it's not the drive, your sistem can't read those files.

impossible. i've done it before.