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grainger

Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Wonju, Korea
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: Windows Media Player Won't recognize blank DVD-R |
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The title pretty much sums it up. I'm trying to save a large audio file to a DVD-R and it won't recognize that there's a disk in the drive. I have the media player set to Data CD. Still nothing. If I press burn anyway, it will just eject the disk and ask me to insert a blank one. The thing is if I try to read from the disk it will recognize that the disk is blank. I've tried inserting a new disk...nothing. The file isn't protected. I don't know what's going on.
I've tried looking online for solutions, everything I've found suggests installing new software like ROXIO or Nero. Has anyone on here had a similar problem? Or, a suggestion.
Thanks in advance. |
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Thunndarr

Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Is there a setting to switch between CD and DVD? And which version of media player are you using?
Edit: Just googled and the first answer I came across says that XP doesn't support burning DVDs, so, if that's correct, you will need to use Nero or Roxio or some other program. |
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grainger

Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Wonju, Korea
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using Window Media Player 11. The thing about not burning DVD's would make sense except that I've stored music files on these disks in the past from this computer without issue. It's like the computer just suddenly decided it didn't want to do it anymore. |
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eamo

Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 12:48 am Post subject: |
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Just download good burning software like Nero 7. Windows Media Player isn't really intended to actually be used to burn. Although it can. |
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grainger

Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Wonju, Korea
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Ya, I finally tried that and it seems to have worked. Thanks for the help. |
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