Pioneer DVR-A05 Questions

[jimmyault]

Hi.

As the subject shows, I have some questions re: the Pioneer DVR-A05 DVD-R/RW. I just bought this unit and am impressed with it for the most part.

I've burned a multisession DVD-R with it (just misc files not a movie or anything) and am having a problem reading the disc in various other DVD-ROM drives.

My laptop drive will read it, but only what was contained on the first session. I've since tried it in 2 other drives (one was a creative labs 6x.. not sure the make of the other) and they both couldn't read the disc at all.

My question is this: Am I going to encounter this problem alot? I don't really like the idea of only being able to read my discs properly in the drive that burnt them. I wanted to use this for easy backup and mobility of data, but it seems now I won't be able to.

I burnt the DVD-R in the latest ver of Nero, if that has any bearing on the situation.

Any help you guys could offer would be great!

 

[jimmyault]

Nobody can help me out? Come on! This is Tom's Hardware Guide! The best hardware site on the net! Someone here has to be able to help me out.

 

[elzt]

It would be nice if we can have only one format for DVD recordable. I guess your problem is just incompatible format among the drives.

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[jimmyault]

Yeah.. but what I don't understand is why does the one drive read it OK, but then won't read anything past the first session?

 

[elzt]

In that case, the problem could be in the particular DVD-R that you're using. Have you tried other multisession DVD-Rs (burned by your A05 and other burners) on your laptop?