Dubbed from Vhs tape - won't play in iMac

Wishing to get them onto a DVD, I had some 8mm home movie films transferred to videotape, which I then dubbed onto a disk using a friend's Toshiba recorder/player. When I insert that disk into my iMac in hopes of editing the content it and making a permanent final disk, it won't read. In finder it shows up with the suffix .fpbf and containing only 8KB. That disk will, however, play on the Toshiba. I've spent at least a dozen hours on this over the weekend. I redid the dubbing (twice now) making sure the disk was finalized at the end. That time I used a DVD+RW and my iMac won't even accept it for reading -- no prompt, it just spits it back out.
Any advice would be very welcomed.
Thank you.
DMZ

It sounds like the labels are causing an out of balance situation that the optical drive isn't able to compensate for. As you've noted, removing the labels is your best option. If they are paper labels then you should be able to remove everything but the adhesive using a simple water bath. Provide ample time for the labels to soak up the water so that they are easy to remove. Once the paper portion is gone and the CD has been dried you may find that you can read the discs and transfer the files. I wouldn't continue using the CD's with the adhesive still exposed because the adhesive will tend to collect dust, lint, etc and could get into your drive. Unfortunately I'm not sure if the chemicals in WD-40, which I would normally use to remove adhesive, will damage the CD. If you decide to atempt removal of the adhesive make sure you only appy it to the label side of the surface. Do not appy it to the edges of the CD since that is where the various layers come together and may provide an entry point for any liquids to wick their way into the media layer.
For future purchases I suggest staying away from labels and instead purchase discs that are ink-jet printer ready (assuming your printer supports printing on CD's).

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