While your computer can read either kind of disc, the differences are important. You are simply burning files onto a DVD in the same way you might copy them to a thumb-drive or upload them to the MEDIA workspaces.Ī 'DVD-Video disc ', on the other hand, is a specifically formatted disc which contains specifically encoded files that are laid out in a specific way which allows them to play back on a standalone DVD player.
The first thing to recognize is the difference between a 'data DVD' and a 'movie DVD'.Ī 'DVD-Data disc' is when you are using a blank DVD like any other kind of file storage media.