Need To Master Format A Dvd+rw But Can't Figure Out How

I just bought a Blu-ray player and the instructions say, "You have to set the disc format option to [Mastered] in order to make the discs compatible". But I can't figure out how to do that. I erased all data on a disc using CDBurnerXP, then formatted the disc from the Windows context menu, and then ejected it. But every time I reinsert it, a window pops up asking me ro drag and drop files into it. So it's obviously formatted to work like a flash drive. But I need it formatted to work with my Blu-ray player. What should I do? Or do I just need a brand new disc I've never used before?

 

See if this link helps you. https://www.linfield.edu/assets/fil...o_help_pdf/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-53bac5cdd2787.pdf.

 

Tim W is right. You need these. https://www.amazon.com/Optical-Quan...&qid=1516129941&sr=8-2&keywords=blueray+disks

 

What are you talking about? Of course they do. I've never heard of a Blu-ray player that doesn't also play DVDs.

 

Thanks. I'll read it.

 

Nope. I don't know what he's talking about. Blu-ray players can play DVDs. Certainly, this one can. If I hadn't already been certain of that, I wouldn't have started the thread.

 

It's an LG BP350.

 

Sorry, I've read through every post on that page and I don't see how it's relevant. I may be worrying about nothing. Maybe I'm just confused between recorded discs and data discs. I attached the Blu-ray player's instruction manual to my last post. Page 8 lists all the playable discs. There's a note on page 9 that says at the bottom, "
You have to set the disc format option to [Mastered] in order to make the discs compatible with the LG players when formatting rewritable discs. When setting the option to Live System, you cannot use it on LG player. (Mastered/Live File System : Disc format system for windows Vista)". I took that to mean all discs, but maybe it just refers to recorded discs. Because on page 29 of the manual, "Playing a file on disc/USB device", it says, "This player can play video, audio and photo files contained in the disc or USB device.

1. Insert a data disc on the tray or connect a USB device."

So am I worrying about nothing?

 

I don't know why you'd think I was suggesting putting a formatted disc with no data in the player. That doesn't make any sense. I had simply said in that post that I thought I was getting confused between recorded discs and data discs, and that only recorded discs had to be master formatted, whereas it didn't matter how data discs were formatted. That's the impression I had been under. Can you tell me how to change the formatting on a previously used disc to master format? As I said in the opening post, I've tried erasing it securely with CDBurnerXP, and then I tried formatting it from the Windows context menu, but wasn't given the option between Live System and Master. Is there no way to Master format a previously used disc? Do I have to use a completely brand new one?

 

What I really couldn't understand was why the dialog box in the image at the top of this page,

https://www.howtogeek.com/126547/htg-explains-live-file-system-vs.-mastered-disc-formats-in-windows/

wasn't appearing when I reinserted the disc after erasing it with CDBurnerXP. I had thought that dialog box automatically appeared on insertion. I now understand that it doesn't automatically appear and that I have to double click on the drive. Problem solved.

 

Ah dr.moriarty youve done it again!

 

FYI A little more info...

If AutoPlay is enabled, when you load a disc and click Burn files to disc using Windows Explorer, then the dialogue box in the thread you posted will appear.

 

Great, thanks.