First my apologizes to the OP for sort of hijacking the thread.
My intent was to show Windows Explorer can't read some discs.
When it can't most media players won't do it either.
DVDfab does not write DVD-VR discs.
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signals , Do you mean DVDFab doesn't write DVD -VR mode ?
From Wikipedia:
[h=2]DVD-VR & DVD+VR[][/h]
There are two quite different application formats commonly known as VR mode.
1) was established by the DVD Forum and can be found on DVD-RW and DVD-RAM
2) is the creation and responsibility of Philips Electronics and is seen on their DVD+RW recorders. [h=3]DVD-VR[][/h]
The recording mode offers advanced editing (including Non Linear Editing (NLE)) but is not compatible with DVD-Video. Recorders do not edit the video data stream directly. Editing is achieved by creating a 'playlist' which references segments of the recorded video data stream and compile the playlist by chapters of the video stream or can access the video stream directly by time reference. Recorders generally employ one method or the other, but seldom both. DVD-VR can also be used with DVD+RW media, but recorders seldom do so. [h=3]DVD+VR[][/h]
The recording mode (aka +VR functionality) is compatible with DVD-Video (normal DVD-Video players), but offers basic editing like partial overwriting, title dividing, chapter marker placement, replace the menu screens, etc. This can be accomplished easily on DVD+R media. DVD+VR can theoretically be used with DVD-RW media, but partial overwriting and replacement of menus cannot be so easily accomplished due to limitations of the media. In order to achieve this, it would be necessary for the recorder to read and store the entire contents of the disc, erase the disc and then rewrite it. For this reason alone, DVD+VR is seldom used with DVD-RW (or DVD-R) media.
The DVD disc is a Verbatim DVD-RW 4.7GB disc .
I didn't expect DVDFab to read or write -VR mode.
Only one standalone DVD recorder/player I've owned had this capability.
Even it offered the standard mode which Windows Explorer can read.
At one time it could read them as I recall if they were finalized.
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As I posted the DVD is closed to me this is the same as finalized.
I let DVDFab DVD Copy run until I got the Process error window to send a report.
I went ahead & did this.
So DVDFab should have this now.
As above the only DVDFab DVD Copy mode that would do anything with this DVD is Clone/Burn.
DVD Ripper didn't want anything to do with it.
I did get an .iso .
It had odd results.
In Windows Explorer the .iso size shows as 4,348,672 KB on one of the attempts.
When mounted in a virtual drive & opened the files in it show a total size of 282 KB .
The actual video file the .VRO shows 0(zero) KB .
However VLC & DVDFab Media player can play the .VRO file from the virtual drive.
It is the full 30 minutes that I recorded.
VLC will play the .iso directly but DVDFab Media Player won't.
Of course this means it can't actually be 0KB.
Neither VLC or DVDFab Media player can play directly from this DVD.
I have WMP completely disabled & never use it.
I seriously doubt it would play this DVD.
To me this is just an interesting "Test" DVD .
It shows that Windows has limitations on the discs it can read.
Same with a lot of software.
Funny how old Windows 98SE that came out before the -VR mode existed can view it in Windows Explorer but any Windows OS Vista or newer can't.
