[Hidden-tech] What to do with DVD-R

[Jeff Brand]

Without seeing something firsthand I can guess at a few possibilities:

  * DVD-R vs DVD+R player compatibility: I vaguely remember this being
    an issue. There's some detail in this post
    <https://www.bestbuy.com/site/questions/verbatim-16x-dvd-r-discs-50-pack-white/4409505/question/54884ae2-1fb5-3998-8163-54f774f390f8>
    but I'm sure more can be learned elsewhere.
  * There's a chance that the media has deteriorated depending on age
    and storage conditions.
  * I believe the discs needed to be "Finalized" before being readable
    on a TV DVD player.
  * Region lock: US is Region 1. I assume that the TV station's burners
    specified this but problems could arise if not.


A PC DVD drive should be able to cut through most of this (as long as 
the +/- format is correct.) If you don't have a visible VIDEO_TS folder 
then something definitely off. Can you see the burned region from a 
visual inspection of the disc? If you have disc burning software, it 
might go the extra mile to try to parse data that is on the disc that 
Finder/File Explorer would not.

Handbrake (https://handbrake.fr/) reads DVD Video discs and will also 
transcode into a video file. It's free and might help you rule out some 
of the points above. Hope that helps..

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