Panasonic vhs dvd recorder

big3b69 · 08-02-2009, 09:15 AM

Hey all,
My brother has transferred several 8mm tapes to dvd on his panasoinc vhs dvd recorder. He said at first they played just fine but now the machine does not recognize anything on the dvd and if he tries to record on the disc, the player says it is full. if he puts the disc into another dvd players, nothing. Is there anything that can be used to retrieve the information off of the dvds onto a mac or a pc? Matt B.

~~zerofire~~ · 08-02-2009, 08:13 PM

What played fine? 8mm tape or DVD?
Was the DVD written on compatible media?
Was the DVD written in a DVD player compatible format?

big3b69 · 08-03-2009, 05:26 AM

Both the tape and the dvd played fine. If I remember correctly he left the dvd as and open format to add videos at a later date. The dvd's were burned on the panasonic vhs/dvd player recorder. I believe that the dvd's were rewritable.
Matt

~~zerofire~~ · 08-03-2009, 07:04 PM

DVD's should be finalized when written. No additional data should be written on them after the first burn. Make sure that the DVD player normally accepts rewritable media because many that I know of do not.

big3b69 · 08-04-2009, 05:28 AM

Is there any software that I can use to recover what is on the disc?

~~zerofire~~ · 08-04-2009, 06:38 AM

I can't think of any but you should have the source tape to make a new copy with proper media and formatting.

big3b69 · 08-08-2009, 07:23 AM

Actually that is part of the problem, the source tapes are gone. Matt B.

~~zerofire~~ · 08-08-2009, 06:59 PM

I can't help you on that problem. You should find the tapes and write a proper copy of the disks on proper media.

08-02-2009, 09:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
big3b69 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Panasonic vhs dvd recorder Hey all, My brother has transferred several 8mm tapes to dvd on his panasoinc vhs dvd recorder. He said at first they played just fine but now the machine does not recognize anything on the dvd and if he tries to record on the disc, the player says it is full. if he puts the disc into another dvd players, nothing. Is there anything that can be used to retrieve the information off of the dvds onto a mac or a pc? Matt B.

08-02-2009, 08:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~zerofire~~ Troubled Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 637 OS: Windows 95/98se/2000 Pro/XP Home, Pro, or MCE/2003 and 2008 Server Enterprise/7, Debian, Ubuntu My System	Re: Panasonic vhs dvd recorder What played fine? 8mm tape or DVD? Was the DVD written on compatible media? Was the DVD written in a DVD player compatible format?

08-03-2009, 05:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
big3b69 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Re: Panasonic vhs dvd recorder Both the tape and the dvd played fine. If I remember correctly he left the dvd as and open format to add videos at a later date. The dvd's were burned on the panasonic vhs/dvd player recorder. I believe that the dvd's were rewritable. Matt

08-03-2009, 07:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~zerofire~~ Troubled Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 637 OS: Windows 95/98se/2000 Pro/XP Home, Pro, or MCE/2003 and 2008 Server Enterprise/7, Debian, Ubuntu My System	Re: Panasonic vhs dvd recorder DVD's should be finalized when written. No additional data should be written on them after the first burn. Make sure that the DVD player normally accepts rewritable media because many that I know of do not.

08-04-2009, 05:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
big3b69 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Re: Panasonic vhs dvd recorder Is there any software that I can use to recover what is on the disc?

08-04-2009, 06:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
~~zerofire~~ Troubled Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 637 OS: Windows 95/98se/2000 Pro/XP Home, Pro, or MCE/2003 and 2008 Server Enterprise/7, Debian, Ubuntu My System	Re: Panasonic vhs dvd recorder I can't think of any but you should have the source tape to make a new copy with proper media and formatting.

08-08-2009, 07:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
big3b69 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3	Re: Panasonic vhs dvd recorder Actually that is part of the problem, the source tapes are gone. Matt B.

08-08-2009, 06:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
~~zerofire~~ Troubled Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 637 OS: Windows 95/98se/2000 Pro/XP Home, Pro, or MCE/2003 and 2008 Server Enterprise/7, Debian, Ubuntu My System	Re: Panasonic vhs dvd recorder I can't help you on that problem. You should find the tapes and write a proper copy of the disks on proper media.