Panasonic SA-BTT270 DVD player doesn't recognise disc

[allycat]

Hi

Please could someone help. I have a dvd of wedding photos that I want to copy. I've used various programmes to copy the disc but nothing plays each time I put in the copied dvd, it says "unrecognised format". I've used Nero, Burnaway and other programmes.

I don't really want a slideshow, just want to be able to see the photos as they are on the original.

Can anyone steer me in the right direction please.

Thanks from a newbie.

[hech54]

Unless there is an extra folder on the DVD that is NOT a VIDEO_TS or AUDIO_TS folder, the photos are now encoded to video and you cannot retrieve the original images.

[Baldrick]

Is it a dvd-video(video_ts folder with vob files)?

Can you play it on your computer?

[allycat]

Thanks for the quick reply. All that is on the DVD are JPEG's, no folders. I can get the dvd to work on a Phillips and Technika but not the Panasonic.

[allycat]

No video_ts folder

[Baldrick]

But the original works on your Panasonic?

Maybe you are burning it wrong...like a multisession dvd or wrong file system(ISO,UDF,ISO/UDF).

I would try Imgburn.

[allycat]

Yes the original works fine. I've just used the "copy dvd" option.

[allycat]

Which option should I use in Imgburn?

[hech54]

Thanks for the quick reply. All that is on the DVD are JPEG's, no folders. I can get the dvd to work on a Phillips and Technika but not the Panasonic.

It's quite possible that the Panasonic just does not recognize jpeg images, or jpeg images on DVD. The owners manual keeps mentioning JPEG/MPO:
http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/SC-BTT270?t=specs&support#tabs

MPO The Multi Picture Object (.mpo) format consists of multiple JPEG images (Camera & Imaging Products Association) (CIPA).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats
bottom of the page.

[allycat]

It also looks like I need to use DVD-R. I'll try Imgburn and see what happens.

Thanks

[hech54]

Oh yea. I forgot Panachronic's hard-on for -R.....I thought they would have gotten over that irrationality by now.

[allycat]

Haha, don't think I'm going to be able to do it then as my dvd writer is "+" but thanks for your all help.

[jman98]

Haha, don't think I'm going to be able to do it then as my dvd writer is "+" but thanks for your all help.

Maybe it's time to just get a new burner. How old is this burner any way? 7 years? 10? Good grief man, "only burns + OR - discs and NOT both" burners are ancient now.

In case you don't know because you haven't priced burners since the last decade, they don't cost $100 (US dollars) any more. You can buy DVD/CD (not BD) burners for about $20 or less now. I don't own Panasonic equipment, but honestly I haven't heard of any players anywhere in the world in a long time that only support -R or +R discs and not both. Your player seems to be made within the last 2 years or so and it really shouldn't refuse to play +R discs at this point, but if Panasonic has truly done something weird and they still don't support +R discs, then there's not much we can do to help.

Note that most consumer burnable DVDs are very poor quality these days and the only consistently high quality ones anymore are Taiyo Yuden (you'll have to buy these online) and Verbatim (avoid their Life series, but everything else is good). Both companies make high quality -R and +R DVDs. Using low quality DVDs can lead to its own set of problems and it may be that your player is really not fussy about +R and -R and supports both but it is fussy about low quality discs.

[allycat]

Problem solved, I used Imgburn on a dvd-r and it worked perfectly well. It is the Panasonic that only plays dvd-r and seeing it isn't my dvd player it isn't my problem. I was doing this for someone else. thanks Hech54 for your help.