This option is in my manuel for my DVD camcorder, and I did not utilize it before recording on the DVD. Did I make a huge mistake? Will my data be erased once finalized? ....Oh, what does "finalize" mean anyway? 1000 points for the best answer! (well, maybe not 1000......)
2006-12-01 16:56:38 · 3 answers · asked by dinah259 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
Finalizing a disc means that you are saving data permanently on a DVD. Once it is finalized, it cannot be recorded over or erased.
If you don't finalize a DVD, it will not play in other DVD players.
You can record over a DVD-R if it is NOT finalized (all the data on the DVD will be recorded over with the new data).
Hopefully this explains it all.
2006-12-01 17:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by curlytop312 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Formatting a DVD is for storing Computer Files, not for recording movies or audio.....
Finalizing a disk closes the disk so it can't be written to anymore.
But Finalizing that disk makes it usable with any DVD player out there, rather than just your DVD player/burner you burned it on....
Finalizing does not erase anything....
2006-12-01 17:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by reggieman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
finalize means finish and format is to erase all data
2006-12-01 17:12:41 · answer #3 · answered by madz luv's ya 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋