Walt,
I'll get to the files in a moment, but before that, I don't know that the conclusion that "it did its job" is yet verified. As someone pointed out earlier in this thread, different VCRs will be more sensitive to the same DVD than others. If (and this is hypothetical), Roxio 6 and Pinnacle produce a more robust disc that will work in both the Memorex and the Sony, and the EMC 9 only works in the Memorex, it would suggest a relative deficiency in the EMC 9.
Having said that, I've since tried something else that further muddies the water. I took a file set from a different DVD that had burned successfully with Roxio 6, and just burned that in with EMC 9. In this case, the Sony was able to read it.
I'm thinking of the following experiment, if this sounds right. I have XP Pro. I set a restore point just before I cleaned off Roxio 6 and installed EMC 9. Is it possible that if I set a second restore point now, I could go back to Rox6 and verify if it will suceed with the first file set that failed on EMC 9. If it does not, it might just be a faulty file set. If it does, then it would point an accusing finger on EMC9. My hope then is that I could, if needed, go back the the restore point I've just created and return to the current condition. {I know you can go back to a previous restore point, but can you return to a future restore point after going back to an earlier one}?
The files that are on the disks are in the following six folders. I burned them by using the "Data" function in EMC 9 to make a data disk, and just put a copy of these six folders and their contents on the blank DVD:
DVDTmp
Menus
mpi
VIDEO_TS
vmgm
vts_1
Terry