VCD on CD-R and CD-RW

[yildirimbilgehan]

Hi there!
I am capturing video via my Dazzle DVC I. But when i burn them to a CD-R as a VCD format my standalone DVD-Player doesn't play them. But when i burn them to CD-RW,dvd player plays them perfect. It is Sony but i cannot remember the model.But i bought it 2 years ago.. why can this be?

[Greg12]

CD-R and CD-RW use different chemicals

CD-RW has a higher reflectivity. It looks more like a DVD than CD-R.

Most Sony Drives dont' play VCD because sony owns a huge motion picture concern.

[setagames]

i have a sony dvp s360 or something like that
i have yet to try any cdrw but the cdr i use is digital media brand that you can buy from circuit city
any princo cd silver blue

[vitualis]

Most Sony Drives dont' play VCD because sony owns a huge motion picture concern.

Conspiracy theory...

DVD drives use a different wavelength laser compared to a CD drive. As it turns out, the optics lead to CD-R and CD-RW media being difficult to read. For a DVD drive to be specifically designed to read CD-R or CD-RW media, an additional laser (dual-laser) or specially designed optical system (dual-optics) is required.

DVD drives without this capability are cheaper to produce and presumably this is the reason why many DVD players (not just Sony) can't read CD-R/W properly.

As it turns out CD-RW happens to be more compatible on DVD drives not designed to read CD-R/W which is probably why it but not CD-R works on your player.

Regards.

[Piper]

I have a Sony dvd player as well and it plays CD-RW's perfectly but has so far rejected any CD-R that I've tried with it which makes me wonder; Are there any CD-R brands (colours) out there that have similar reflective properties as a typical CD-RW that MAY work in this player and others like it?

-Piper