About Canon DC310 DVD Camcorder, I need help please.?

Question

ok we just got this camcorder, and I initialized the DVD before recording like Im supposed to and I recorded only 7 mins. And we played it on the TV to try it out. And I was going to take it out until the next time we use it. But when I went to go finalize it. It wouldnt let me. It still said initialize. Is this because I have to use all the 60 mins of the DVD before I can finalize it? I had to erase what we did, unfortunatly. But it was only 7 mins. Is that why it didnt finalize yet!?? thanks.

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Answer 1

You didn't say what sort of DVD you used (-R, +RW etc) - are you sure it needs finalising?  The amount of time shouldn't matter.