Xbox 360 will not read DVD+R DL media

I just made two DVD's for a friend and when I was testing them on my Xbox, together, they both had results ranging from completely undetected to partially inadequate.

This is what the first DVD+R DL disc contains;



and the second DVD+R DL disc contains the following;



Here's the problem. When I put each disc into my Xbox's drive, one at a time, neither were detected. At first I thought it had something to do with a file type that the Xbox couldn't read but the only file type on both discs is AVI. I've never had a problem reading AVI's on DVD+R discs before but I can't remember if I ever had a problem playing AVI's on DVD+R DL discs on my Xbox 360 before and quite frankly, I'm not willing to waste a disc just to find out.

Another thing that I think is worth mentioning is that I once sold a friend the complete series for Seinfeld, which I burned onto several DVD+R DL discs. The episodes were all in AVI format as well. He said he didn't have a problem playing them on his Xbox 360.

So now, I'm confused between two possible issues;

• It could be because the Xbox 360 doesn't have the firmware in it's drive to read either of the layers on the DL disc

OR

• It could be because I have a flashed firmware and something just went wrong, plain and simple.

I called Xbox's customer support and they said that its most likely the first possible issue and recommended me to just re-burn the contents of the DVD+R DL discs onto DVD+R discs. He also took the time to thank me for notifying him about this slip-up because it was the first time he'd heard about it and reassured me that he'd have some troubleshooting done.

So, unless anyone has any other suggestions, here's what I think I'll do for the time being. I'm going to sell the guy the two DVD+R DL discs I burned for the price we agreed on. If it pleases him and I don't hear back from him with any issues, I'll know it's my godforsaken flashed drive that finally needs to be replaced at my mod-shop. If he comes crying back, I'll just put everything on the DVD+R discs (fucking waste of DVD's, not to mention).

Are there any objections? :nice:

My guess would probably be the DVD Drive. Something had to have gone wrong.

If you can find someone who is willing to let you on there Netflix account you can watch all the Spartacus ^^

KukamongaKrackerKiller said:

If you can find someone who is willing to let you on there Netflix account you can watch all the Spartacus ^^

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It's not for me. I'm selling DVD's to friends.

What brand of discs are you using? Xbox's tend to prefer Verbatim's over anything else.

I didn't know Xbox 360s can read burnt discs.

Cybr said:

I didn't know Xbox 360s can read burnt discs.

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A retail console can read discs that have movies burned onto them. To play burned games, you need to have your DVD drive firmware flashed.

Bunk said:

What brand of discs are you using? Xbox's tend to prefer Verbatim's over anything else.

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The DVD+R's are Nexxtech and the DVD+R DL are Verbatim discs. How do you know which discs the Xbox prefers?

Cybr said:

I didn't know Xbox 360s can read burnt discs.

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They can. I didn't know you didn't know how to read my OP properly. :sneaky:

Bunk said:

A retail console can read discs that have movies burned onto them. To play burned games, you need to have your DVD drive firmware flashed.

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Any console, retail or flashed, can read mixed media discs; you just need to install the 'Optional Media Update' when you're prompted to do so. You're getting confused with playing back-ups. Back-ups and burnt DVD-/+R's with movies aren't the same thing.

Re-read the thread.