DVD-R Dual Layer - searched and no results on D3

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 04:07 UTC#1

Hi guys,

Sorry if i repeated a previous post. I just bought a spindle of DVD-R DL to backup my navi discs and burn divx and mp3s on to, however i dont have my D3 yet.

Does anybody know if the DVD-R will work? or should i return it for DVD+R DL discs.

A store did a little research and found that DVD-R was actually invented by PIONEER!!!

Any advice would be great..

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 06:07 UTC#2

I copied my nav disk with +R DL so I can tell you they do work. I would say that -R DL should also work but I dont think anyone has tested them.

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 14:52 UTC#3

yea i copied my nav disc to a dvd+r DL verbatim and it worked perfect. i backed up my dvds on dvd-r's and they all work perfect too. (not DL)

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 16:10 UTC#4

Works for music as well. I put nearly 2,000 songs (MP3/WMA mixed) on a DVD+R DL and the D3 plays them all. Nice having 8GB of music on one disc!

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 16:42 UTC#5

So am I reading this right that we don't need DL discs to back up the D3? That would be nice

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 17:03 UTC#6

yea i copied my nav disc to a dvd+r DL verbatim and it worked perfect. i backed up my dvds on dvd-r's and they all work perfect too. (not DL)

He used a DL for the NAV discs. He used a single layer to back up his DVD movies.

Unless you want to pick apart the disc image and remove POIs you need to use a Dual Layer disc.

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 17:11 UTC#7

Gotcha...that's what I thought we had to do, his post just confused me

Posted Jun 26, 2007 · 23:03 UTC#8

Sorry guys,

What i meant was, I know that everybody has been using DVD+R dual layers. I just wanted to know if i should return the spindle of DVD-R dual layer DVD's i bought to get DVD+R's.

Weird thing is that on the pioneer site, it says DVD-R's. I want to back up the navigation discs on DVD-R dual layer, and put my MP3's on dual layer as well as divx.

Posted Jun 27, 2007 · 07:41 UTC#9

Sorry guys,

What i meant was, I know that everybody has been using DVD+R dual layers. I just wanted to know if i should return the spindle of DVD-R dual layer DVD's i bought to get DVD+R's.

Weird thing is that on the pioneer site, it says DVD-R's. I want to back up the navigation discs on DVD-R dual layer, and put my MP3's on dual layer as well as divx.

Ok, shouldn't be a problem.

Posted Jun 27, 2007 · 15:10 UTC#10

Sorry guys,

What i meant was, I know that everybody has been using DVD+R dual layers. I just wanted to know if i should return the spindle of DVD-R dual layer DVD's i bought to get DVD+R's.

Weird thing is that on the pioneer site, it says DVD-R's. I want to back up the navigation discs on DVD-R dual layer, and put my MP3's on dual layer as well as divx.

Ok, shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks VBLUE.

Posted Jun 30, 2007 · 05:31 UTC#11

CONFIRMED.

DVD-R dual layer does work with MP3's and the NAVI discs.