# Finalize from afar?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finalize-from-afar/376260>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 12, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finalize-from-afar/376260 "2006-10-12T23:57:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finalize-from-afar/376260/1 "2006-10-12T23:57:41Z")

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So I recorded One Tree Hill for my daughter on my Sony DVD recorder, and before it could be finalized my wife shipped it off to her at school. Is there a way to finalize it without using the original DVD recorder? Is there a program to emulate the Sony DVD recorder? Programs that will do it no matter what it was recorded on?