How to copy DVD created with DMR-E20

[tjrueberg]

I have a Panasonic DMR-E20. I currently use Nero v5.5.10.7b. I use OPTODISK DVD-R media.

I recall making copies of some DVD's I have recorded with the E20. I thought I simply used Nero to copy the DVD to an image, then burned the image to a blank DVD. I recently tried this and Nero said it can only read 1st track. The resulting image was 3meg.

What am I doing wrong?

Also, One of my DVD's created with my E20 will not play in my Sony NS-700P but works fine in my Apex AD-1200 and Pioneer 525. My Sony has never quite seemed to read all DVD's I've tried. Is the Sony a bad machine in regards to compatibilty?

Thanks for any replies.

T.J.

[tjrueberg]

Found my own answer. Downgrade to Nero 5.5.8 and I'm back to copying my own DVD's. Go figure.

Also, I copied the DVD that would not play in my Sony and the copy plays fine. Must have been some problem with finalizing the DVD-R.

[pluche]

I also have a DMR E-20, the only DVD-R's that caused problems so far are Imation; you can even see it: the Panasonic is very slow to recognise these; others like Optodisc do very well;
on my Mac I also had to figure out how to copy DVD-R's made with the DMR E20, it is not al that obvious and largely depends on the program that one uses;
the fact that your computer copied DVD-R plays better than the original DMR E20 made DVD-R has nothing to do with the finalisation, apparently the computer DVD writer is somewhat different and therefore compatibility of the copied DVD-r is different, most of the time better as I noticed ; have no explanation for that