(This answer also covers “why unfinalised DVD doesn’t play on my DVD player”)

When you write to a DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW or other type of writable DVD without finalizing it, the directory information is written to a temporary area after the most recent recorded session. Players that can read unfinalized DVDs look at these areas in reverse order to get the most recent directory information.

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