How to convert DVD+R to DVD-R?

[satanking]

Is this as easy as copying a dvd-r to dvd-r or is the format different enough to require more than just copying?

thanks

[roach76]

Just copy the disc. But you must have a drive capable of copying to a DVD-R.

[Denvers Dawgs]

Just use Recordnow, Easy cd creator, or any disc copying program.

[satanking]

thanks, my dvd rom only recognizes dvd-r so I haven't been able to try it yet. Guess I need a new one.

[Laddydaddy]

Even though your dvdrom drive doesn't play DVD+R you may still be able to rip the disc using dvd decryptor. Try ripping in the iso mode and writing in the same mode the way you would rip a DVD. Even though the two formats are different it shouldn't matter. DVDs and DVD+-Rs aren't the same format, but you can still rip from one to the other. If you try it, let us know if it works.

[Karate Media]

If your drive will only read DVD-R, then no dvd decryptor-type program will help you read a DVD+R disc-- the drive won't recognize the +R disc in the first place, so you won't be able to access the disc with any app.

My setup includes a DVD-ROM drive and an external Sony DVD burner. The DVD-ROM only reads DVD-R, the Sony DRX500UL will read anything. I archive my most important information onto DVD-R, so if the Sony takes a dive, I'll still be able to access the information. Everything else goes on whatever I have around (+R or -R). Any information on DVD+R (or RW) that I need to copy to another disc has to go on the harddrive via the Sony, then burned onto a new disc thru the sony as well. That new disc could be a +R. -R, RW, or even a CDR, if I wanted to break the information into smaller pieces.

But, obviously, if you have setup like mine, the one thing you can't do is straight disc-to-disc copying if the source disc is +R. D2D copying with a "dash" R source is a breeze - just like CD-to-CDR copying. Other than that, though, there is nothing unique about either the +R or -R format that would keep you from transferring data from one format to the other.

[DVDJET]

I'd try ripping it through your dvd drive anyway as according to nero info tool my drive is not capable of reading dvd+r but it does anyway.I have succesfully ripped and copied a dvd+r to a dvd-r many times with no problem.So I guess the answer is to just try it and see if it rips,if it does then there is no problem.

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[Laddydaddy]

DVDJET is right. Your dvd drive should be able to rip the disc.

[Karate Media]

I'm confused -- I know from experience that my DVD-ROM drive will not recognize any +R media. It simply doesn't register the disc -- it would be as though I put a DVD into a CD-ROM drive. The disc is completely inaccessible.

If satanking's DVD drive won't recognize +R media at all, I don't understand how he can rip the contents of the disc onto his harddrive. I know that it is impossible on my end.

[Laddydaddy]

To karate media,
To be honest, I'm not sure if my suggestion will work. I am assuming that ripping raw data is a little different than "recognizing" a particular format. I may be wrong(it wouldn't be the first time). That's why I asked satanking to let us know if it works.

[Karate Media]

In reality, it will be hit-and-miss -- when I say my DVD-ROM drive only reads -R, that just means that 100% of the time that I put a -R disc in it, it will recognize and read the disc. On one very rare occassion, it actually did read the DVD+RW that came with my Sony burner. I have not been able to get it to read any of the +R discs (verbatim and fuji) that I have put into it -- so I use +R rarely (mainly for backing up movies that I will only watch on my standalone player)

My point is that DVD-ROM drives ultimately haven't really been built to read either +R or -R, they're built to read DVD-ROMs -- and some end up being more successful at recognizing one of the write-once formats over the other. Future DVD-ROM drive will obviously have more built-in compatibility with +/-R discs, but most of the drives that people own don't -- they just happen to prefer one format over the other sometimes (someone with a greater understanding of the mechanics of a DVD-ROM drive can feel free to jump in with hard facts regarding reflectivity, laser types, etc., and either back me up or teach me a lesson...)

So satanking does have chance that his drive may recognize some DVD+R media, but if the drive just keeps spinning when he puts the disc in and never recognizes the disc, then he's probably never going to get anything off it (at least not from that drive). It'd be like putting a CD on a record player -- the music is there, but that's not the machine you're gonna hear it through...

Just my 2 cents, tho...