computer will not read dvd_rtav from ram disc

[captcrunch]

I just installed a new dvd ram drive on my computer so I can reauthor videos recorded on a ram disc from my panasonic es-10 recorder.It seems to read recorded discs just fine,but when I go to my computer and click on the drive no, image from ram is there to play with.Is there something I need to do with the panny before putting it in my computer drive,I know there is no finalization with ram.Should I be able to record something on the burner then just place it in the disc drive to read it???I find that hard to believe with no finalization.

[non-linear]

AFAIK, you shouldn't need to do anything to get RAM to work. It's possible that the drive is defective. I had a drive that suddenly stopped reading RAM discs. Perhaps updating the firmware would solve the problem. You could take the drive back and get another one and see if that changes anything.

[captcrunch]

So I should be able to just pop the ram disc out of the standalone burner and place it in the pc drive and it should read some kind of image.Maybee I do need to install something on my pc to read ram??

[oldfart13]

If you are running Windows XP, it should pop up a DVD_RTAV folder. Mine just did (LG4040B)...

Check the settings of your drive in XP. I also turned off DLA on mine when I was having problems reading discs with multiple programs on them that I wanted to copy to the drive with the Panasonic Movie Copy Tool software. That allows me to copy the separate programs back to the HDD for post processing. Check with the drive manufacturer to see if there is any driver you may need to get the OS to recognize the DVD-RAM discs. You never know...

[captcrunch]

I'm using windows 2000.
But It appears that the drive is reading the disc,But I can't seem to pull any video files from the disc.I also did a test recording 1min on the ram,is this too little to see anything.

[non-linear]

It shouldn't matter what OS you're using, the ability to read the DVD-RAM media is embedded in the DVD drive's firmware.

Are the video files actually showing up on the disc? You should see a .vro file on the disc.

[captcrunch]

O.K I did a test where I burned data to the dvd ram disc and was able to open the data no problem.So the idea of the disc drive not reading the ram disc is squashed.It seems that the video burned to the disc is just not showing up on my pc,I am not showing a dvd_rtav file whatsoever.It plays in the standalone burner with video.So the troubleshooting comes to 1."is there something I need to do with the panny standalone"?
2."Is the dvd_rtav file showing up somewhere else on my pc"?
3."Is my pc not able to present a dvd_rtav file for some reason"?
Advice is greatly welcome here.

[captcrunch]

Well it opens in isobuster.

[gshelley61]

There's something about Panasonic VRO files and Windows... sometimes they can be buggy and there are problems like what you are describing. Try downloading a trial copy of Cyberlink PowerProducer 2. There is a dll file or something in that software that fixed it for me. I didn't even use the software, and my PC could still read Panasonic DVD-RAM VRO's even after the trial period ended.

BTW, If you record in DVD-Video format to DVD-RW's, you won't run into this issue at all, and your MPEG files (VOB's) will definitely be compliant.

[oldfart13]

I hope you are using "copy" and not "move". That will screw up the file transfer big time. Unrecoverable from the RAM as well...

Never had a problem transferring content from my E80H and my friend's E85 to my PIII or another friend's P4, so I don't know what the problem is. What drive are you using to transfer content with?