Hi,
I have recently purchased the Time-Life "Get Smart" series (seasons 1-5) from Time-life, not some knock off. Needless to say this series is extremely expensive, and I can't have anything happen to the originals.

I am using DVDFAB 6.1.0.2, TDK DVD-R, and have tried several different relatively new Panasonic DVD player models (IDE and SATA). My issue:

When I try to backup any of the Time-Life DVD's, DVDFAB goes through the motions as if everything is working perfectly, and even at the end I get the "process completed" message.
HOWEVER, when I try to play the backed up DVD, Windows (XP) says that the format is one that Windows can't read.

In addition, when I right click on the DVD player with the backup DVD (in My Computer), select properties, select the DVD player with the backed up DVD, and select populate, I get a box showing that 0 bytes are free (which is normal), but it also shows that 0 bytes have been used. I am having no problems with any other DVD's that I have backed up. Oh, and by looking at the bottom (data side) of the backed up DVD, I can see that data has filled the DVD.
Like I said the strange thing is DVDFAB says everything went normally during the backup, but Windows doesn't recognize the backed up DVD.

Any thoughts?

Well, I figured it out (thanks in part to cdfreaks)

After looking around the forum, I found a completely unrelated post suggesting to use the Nero burning engine instead of the default VSO. I figured what the heck and tried it for my situation....IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY, and now I am using only the Nero engine to burn everything.
I would kind of like to know why this worked, but I guess it really isn't that important.

Very soon, I will have to spend copious amonts of time sifting through these forums. cdfreaks is fantastic!!!!!

Thanks for helping me make the connection,
Sunsetgrill

You could also look at ImgBurn for your burning needs & I would suggest installing VLC Media Player, both free.

http://www.imgburn.com/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/