If you have questions on how to burn DVDR discs, how to play them, which discs to buy, etc -- ask here, we'll help! Wed, 13 May 2026 07:11:42 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 07:11:42 +0000 AfterDawn Discussion Forums https://forums.afterdawn.com/forums/dvdr/ Wed, 21 May 2025 19:51:26 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/could-this-be-the-future-of-optical-discs.801809/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/could-this-be-the-future-of-optical-discs.801809/ invalid@example.com (Sophocles) Sophocles
Could This Be The Future of Optical Discs?]]> 19 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:41:55 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/the-end-of-bluray-and-optical-disks-for-consumer-market.801626/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/the-end-of-bluray-and-optical-disks-for-consumer-market.801626/ invalid@example.com (Sophocles) Sophocles
Sony along with Panasonic, Philips, and Toshiba pioneered the consumer recordable DVD format, an innovation that along with PC building and video transcoding/reencoding led many of us to join AD. Where does it all go from here?...

The End of Bluray and optical disks for consumer market]]> 5 Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:29:39 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-can-i-make-tv-episode-dvds.796281/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-can-i-make-tv-episode-dvds.796281/ invalid@example.com (Accept) Accept
I've heard of DVDStyler but don't know if it's any good.]]> 8 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:09:02 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/changing-aspect-ratio-and-making-a-new-dvd.430948/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/changing-aspect-ratio-and-making-a-new-dvd.430948/ invalid@example.com (EDM317) EDM317
A while back I made an ntsc dvd from a pal dvd, and the result was great quality, except that the aspect ratio was a little messed up. The original dvd is 16:9, anamorphic and though the dvd i made was still widescreen and preserved pretty much the entire picture, the picture was stretched quite a bit, but not to the point of being stretched to complete full screen. Its...

changing aspect ratio and making a new dvd]]> 16 Thu, 30 May 2019 06:48:21 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dvd-copy-widescreen-to-fullscreen.781501/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dvd-copy-widescreen-to-fullscreen.781501/ invalid@example.com (rhiny) rhiny
dvd copy, widescreen to fullscreen]]> 2 Wed, 22 May 2019 06:07:28 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/usb-to-dvd-copy.779858/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/usb-to-dvd-copy.779858/ invalid@example.com (rhiny) rhiny 4 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 22:13:04 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/calculations-with-disk.772992/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/calculations-with-disk.772992/ invalid@example.com (Jeddy55) Jeddy55
Calculations with disk]]> 11 Sun, 21 May 2017 08:09:07 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-create-the-vob-ifo-bup-files.626433/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-create-the-vob-ifo-bup-files.626433/ invalid@example.com (wisconsin) wisconsin Thanks]]> 2 Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:11:58 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/question-about-winx-dvd-author.765829/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/question-about-winx-dvd-author.765829/ invalid@example.com (deanna) deanna 2 Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:19:04 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dvd-r-problem-only-shows-59-minutes.764586/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dvd-r-problem-only-shows-59-minutes.764586/ invalid@example.com (Cryptic66) Cryptic66 I'm having a different problem now, and I've tried several different methods, I'm lost though.
Anyway,
I just got a bunch of really good quality Commander USA DVD-R's in and quite a few of them have some serious problems.
It seems like when the original DVD's are playing they will play all the way through, but when I copy the discs (yes, even image copy), they stop playing around...

DVD-R Problem (Only Shows 59 Minutes)]]> 4 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 00:52:16 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/questions-taiyo-yuden-media.760189/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/questions-taiyo-yuden-media.760189/ invalid@example.com (gamer1987) gamer1987
What is the lifespan useful in years of a DVD-R Taiyo Yuden?]]> 20 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:00:43 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/will-dual-layer-dvd-discs-support-making-720p-video-dvds.761850/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/will-dual-layer-dvd-discs-support-making-720p-video-dvds.761850/ invalid@example.com (varxtis) varxtis If Not a Dual Layer DVD Disc,...

Will Dual Layer DVD Discs support making 720p video DVDs?]]> 6 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:46:10 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/editing-mds-file-for-dldvd.762246/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/editing-mds-file-for-dldvd.762246/ invalid@example.com (dbzj14) dbzj14 1 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 13:10:25 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/did-not-finalize-dvd.761386/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/did-not-finalize-dvd.761386/ invalid@example.com (DRH64) DRH64
I hope someone can help

Cheers]]> 5 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:26:53 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dvr-on-a-dvd-rw-disc-showing-blank-in-pc.760207/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dvr-on-a-dvd-rw-disc-showing-blank-in-pc.760207/ invalid@example.com (Mickoz74) Mickoz74
thanks in advance]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:55:54 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/cannot-watch-dvd-rw-on-dvd-player.759684/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/cannot-watch-dvd-rw-on-dvd-player.759684/ invalid@example.com (xcmbm) xcmbm 9 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:54:25 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-keep-original-dvd-menu-screen-in-home-copy.759612/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-keep-original-dvd-menu-screen-in-home-copy.759612/ invalid@example.com (robertme1234) robertme1234 Does any know How I'd go about doing this. Either by editing and putting the media back on the original DVD...

How to keep original dvd menu screen in home copy]]> 3 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:47:37 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/coping-a-dvd.754929/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/coping-a-dvd.754929/ invalid@example.com (anumbnut75) anumbnut75
I would like to make copies of my DVD's that are copy protected ~ On my old vista pc I used nero & dvdshrink. I now use windows 8.1 What program or programs would work?


Thanks!!!]]> 17 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 18:32:01 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/testing-a-dvd-before-ripping.757831/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/testing-a-dvd-before-ripping.757831/ invalid@example.com (boriscat) boriscat 7 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 02:38:24 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-burn-rip-dvd-dl-discs.757725/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-burn-rip-dvd-dl-discs.757725/ invalid@example.com (blakeas) blakeas 1