Sony recorded DVD does not play in Mac

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Sony recorded DVD does not play in Mac

I recorded a tv show on a DVD recorder at my hi-fi system. It is beautiful there. It plays well there.
I took the CD to my computer. It shows up as a read only folder called Sonata_volume, and there is nothing in the folder. Getting info on it shows that it is formatted UDF, with 4.3 GB used.
How can I get this to play on my computer?

MacBookPro 15", iMac G5, TiBook, G4 MP 500; G3 beige 333, iMac 333, others, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 2, 2006 4:28 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 2, 2006 4:41 AM in response to Judy

Can you play it on other DVD players or computers? Sony has been known to use proprietary formats that only work in Sony devices or with Sony software.

EDIT:
Which model DVD recorder do you have? I checked the manual on Sony's site for RDR-GX330- Did you Finalize the disc?

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Answer 2

Dec 2, 2006 4:39 AM in response to Judy

Hi

I can only suggest you try to open it with VLC media player.

Matthew Whiting

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Judy Author

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Dec 2, 2006 12:33 PM in response to Mike-N-nahyunil

sony rdr-vx500 is the recorder. I did finalize the disc. It plays just fine in my sony recorders and players. But not on the Mac.

I did try to see it with toast, but that did not work either. It just shows up as a locked folder named Sonata_volume

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Judy Author

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Dec 7, 2006 5:52 PM in response to matthew whiting

VLC sees the same SONATA_VOLUME, but again there is nothing in it, and it does not play.

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Answer 5

Dec 8, 2006 4:39 AM in response to Judy

If you haven't already, you should probably seek help direct from Sony. If the DVD is not recorded in a standard format, or even if it is, they should be able to help figure out why it doesn't show up.

Try playing it in a Windows computer to see if there is any difference.

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Answer 6

Dec 10, 2006 1:27 AM in response to Judy

Hi Judy

I have had a quick look around on the Internet, and it seems that you are not the only one with this problem. From what I have found it looks like nobody has managed to get a Sonata volume to play on a Mac. Sony really should not be using a DVD burning format that is not a general standard. On more than one site I have read that HandBrake might be able to rip the DVD and convert it to a different format.

Matthew Whiting

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Judy Author

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Dec 11, 2006 2:08 PM in response to matthew whiting

I did try handbrake. One time it was able to see the video, and I tried to downlaod a small it of it just to see if it worked. It did, but when I tried it the next time, it did not see the video.

I am a bit hazy on this, as it was a while ago. see posts
I was hoping that something would have been developed since then, but I gues not. I will probably have to play it on the player that works with it, and import the video into the Mac while it is playing.

It never occurred to me when buying a DVD player that this would happen. It was a good price on the player/recorder and an impulse purchase. By the time I realized it was not working it was too late to return it. And so, I will not buy Sony again.

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Answer 8

Dec 11, 2006 4:30 PM in response to Judy

It could be a media problem. Try a Verbatim DVD-R 8X or DVD+R DL if you are doing double layer.

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