im burning some home made videos and theres always the option of finalizing the disc with my program...does it help at all?
i know that it makes dvd-rws not work right anymore...but should i do them with the dvd-rs i have?
2007-01-07 05:45:01 · 3 answers · asked by life_will_be_ok 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Most stereo equipment, most non-computer appliances, and older computers do not like non-finalized disks.
A rule of thumb (with DVD+/-R disks is that you should finalize if you plan to use the disk on another computer/disc drive. So, for DVD-R's, you should always finalize.
DVD+/-RW discs should NOT be finalized unless you have something so critical that you do not want the potential to overwrite it, such as world domination plans and winning lottery numbers. In all seriousness, only finalize a DVD+/-RW disk only if you plan on not using it anymore.
Finalize? DVD-R, yes. DVD-RW, no.
Hope this helps!
2007-01-07 06:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by JC 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Finalizing a DVD-RW simply means that is "closes" the disc so that you CANNOT write to it again.
Main reason for finalizing is that alot of DVD players won't play a DVD-RW disc unless it's finalized.
2007-01-07 06:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by mrresearchman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have to finalize a disk before you can play it on something else other than your computer.
Finalizing also prohibits writing anything else to the disk.
2007-01-07 06:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by flywho 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋