Verbatim DVD-Rs won't multi-session, it always finalizes.

[Stealth3si]

Sorry I don't know which thread to put this...

Whenever I click the options to burn a mutlisession data dvd or untick the "finalize" or DAO option it still burns it as finalized. I can never get a multisession disc.

What is the problem and how can I fix it?

i used Ahead Nero Micro Lite and Ashampoo burning studio.

[MEL15]

Sorry I don't know which thread to put this...

Whenever I click the options to burn a mutlisession data dvd or untick the "finalize" or DAO option it still burns it as finalized. I can never get a multisession disc.

What is the problem and how can I fix it?

i used Ahead Nero Micro Lite and Ashampoo burning studio.

You cannot multisession with Dvd-rs only Dvd-rw.Dvd-rs are not rewriteable.

[G)-(OST]

Get your self some DVD/RW disks.

[tomlee59]

Right answer, wrong reason. DVD+R supports multisession, and is also a write-once medium. The problem is that DVD-R is essentially preformatted as a single volume by design. Some drives/software will attempt multiple sessions with DVD-R, but almost no drives successfully read anything other than the first session.

That said, multiple sessions are such a compatibility headache that perhaps avoiding them altogether is best. Media is so inexpensive that cost isn't a real motivation anymore. In the most extreme case, use DVD/RW media to support multiple sessions, then burn a single-session DVD+/-R when you've filled it up. Rinse, repeat.

[jman98]

That said, multiple sessions are such a compatibility headache that perhaps avoiding them altogether is best. Media is so inexpensive that cost isn't a real motivation anymore. In the most extreme case, use DVD/RW media to support multiple sessions, then burn a single-session DVD+/-R when you've filled it up. Rinse, repeat.

Yes! I totally agree. Multisession burns are very problematic. Most (but not all) standalone devices will only read the first or the last session on the disc. It's just not worth the hassle.