I am having trouble with above dvd player in that discs I made on my recordable dvd wont play on the Grundig model. Can anyone help please ?
So you're trying to play a DVD that you recorder ... and the Grundig won't play it ... What did you record the DVD on? Was it a set top recorder or a PC recorder? Did you booktype the DVD? What brand DVD did you use? And ... by the way ... This forum is for set top recorder questions
I recorded it on a Daewoo DF4150P Dvd recorder using Dvd+RW Brand TDK. I am new to this and don't know what "booktype " means
I assume that the Daewoo is a set top recorder. I don't know of any set top recorders that support booktyping. As far as your Grundig playing DVD+RW discs .. a lot of the older DVD players will not play this format ... sorry •What is Booktype /BitSetting? Physically there is a difference between a DVD-R disc and a DVD+R disc that is made during the production process. During the production of a DVD-R disc the lead-in is pre-embossed (pre-written). This overwrites parts of the DVD that contains information about the disc. E.g. the CSS key (part of the copy protection) is in this part on commercial movie discs (This is why you can’t make a 1:1 copy of a DVD). But in this space there is also room reserved for the so called ‘booktype’ field. •Changing the booktype field The booktype field identifies the disc as either a DVD-ROM, DVD+R/RW or a DVD-R/RW disc and is, in a large part responsible for compatibility. Because this setting is overwritten during the DVD-R production process, it can’t be modified afterwards. The laser of a DVD recorder simply can’t write to that part of the DVD-R disc. During the production of DVD+R discs the space is untouched. Still CSS keys can’t be written to DVD+R discs because every DVD recorder and DVD player has a limit in its firmware to write or read to this space. However, there is no limit for writing the booktype field. Therefore, a DVD+R/RW recorder will be able to modify this field by sending a command to the DVD recorder and fool the DVD player. When the booktype field is changed to DVD-ROM, DVD players are fooled and will think the user has put in a DVD-ROM disc instead of a DVD+R disc and will read it accordingly. This results in an increased chance that the player will be able to read the disc and that’s why changing the booktype field (or bitsetting) is essential. Certainly owners of a DVD player that requires this field to be set to DVD-ROM, in order to work properly, will prefer a DVD recorder that supports setting the booktype field. (from bbmayo's site)
