Burned DVD-R Always shows up as a blank DVD-R

I know there are a lot of threads on the forum regarding similar issues, but I haven't been able to find a solution. I doub't its a hardware issue as my MBP can read other DVD-R discs without a problem.
I've got a DVD-R which contains video footage of the titanium forge machinery I work on, which the team have asked me to try and drag off the video and photos files and turn it into a video DVD that will work in a normal DVD player.
The only problem is that Finder cannot find any files on the DVD-R, it thinks it's a blank DVD-R and I get the 'Untitiled DVD' icon on the desktop. The DVD-R clearly has data on it (75%). Because although Finder thinks it's a blank DVD and allows folders and files to be dragged onto the 'Blank DVD' (yes i've tried to see if it would burn them to the DVD but I get a drive communication error prompt and it spits the DVD-R out!), but when I go into the Disk Utility, then select 'Superdrive' and view the details, the drive knows a 'DVD-R' is present, and that data Cannot be written to the DVD-R.
Its kind of an odd situation, Finder thinks it's blank, but the superdrive knows the DVD has data on it.
Does anyone have any advise or suggestions on how I can get around this issue? I've tried it in a PC but won't even bother trying to read the dvd and it just spits it out! The DVD-R is spotless and has no scratches or damage to the foil surface or the data surface.
Many Thanks =)

You could use Toast or similar to read the disc info?
It is likely they used packet writing (UDF).

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