Has anyone else found DVD's that can't be recognised on a PC? Is it copy protection?
Phil McKraken
(tested on LG and a Wintel) but not only does not play on the PC but
no software program (even Windows Explorer) recognises the disk in the
drive. I've tried a DVD-Rom and aDVD burner (Pioneer A09) to read the
DVD. The disk also manages to "stuff up" Windows XP somehow and the
PC needs a full reboot to clear itself.
The DVD itself is a burnt disk with a movie on it so it had to come
from a PC in the first place.
There is obviously some sort of pre-loader on the DVD that stand alone
players don't see. Has anyone else come across this problem? Any
ideas on how to copy the DVD or read the image onto a hard drive when
the PC does not even know there's a disk loaded?
I hope this is not the DVD copy protection of the future?
Phil
Mal
<PhilMc...@yoho.com> wrote:
>I've been given a DVD that plays perfectly on a stand alone player
>(tested on LG and a Wintel) but not only does not play on the PC but
>no software program (even Windows Explorer) recognises the disk in the
>drive. I've tried a DVD-Rom and aDVD burner (Pioneer A09) to read the
>DVD. The disk also manages to "stuff up" Windows XP somehow and the
>PC needs a full reboot to clear itself.
Soem movies have the new copy protection which can't be reade on
computers, only on dvd players.
Koenig
> Soem movies have the new copy protection which can't be reade on
> computers, only on dvd players.
The disc is a burnt one so that can't be it.
BA
<PhilMc...@yoho.com> wrote:
I've experienced a couple of fairly old dvds not being recognised by
my LiteOn 812S e.g. Leaving Las Vegas. One common characteristic is
that they have all been single layer discs i.e. DVD-5.
BA
Jimbo
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> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:06:16 +1000, Phil McKraken
> <PhilMc...@yoho.com> wrote:
>
>>I've been given a DVD that plays perfectly on a stand alone player
>>(tested on LG and a Wintel) but not only does not play on the PC but
>>no software program (even Windows Explorer) recognises the disk in the
>>drive. I've tried a DVD-Rom and aDVD burner (Pioneer A09) to read the
>>DVD. The disk also manages to "stuff up" Windows XP somehow and the
>>PC needs a full reboot to clear itself.
>
> Soem movies have the new copy protection which can't be reade on
> computers, only on dvd players.
Rubbish! I'd say the disc is just a dud.
David Barnett
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: "Mal" <M...@nospam.com> wrote in message
How can it be a dud if it "plays perfectly on a stand alone player"?
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David Barnett
Aaron
Jimbo (James August of Pc on a budget) has no idea what he is talking
about an dhas a grudge with life in general.
I have a dvd moviie title which has on the front cover, only works on
players and not rom drives. This is why some of the new titles will
only play on players and can't be ripped to the pc cause the drive
can't see the media.
Brissie
But you can still play them
Same as these new CDs that can't be played in computers, only on audio
players. So incredibly easy to get around
a
All DVD players have different lasers. That's why some disks can be read on
some and some on others.
This is not copy protection.
It is simply a quirk of DVD-r's and +r's
"BA" <nob...@example.org> wrote in message
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Phil McKraken
wrote:
>
>Same as these new CDs that can't be played in computers, only on audio
>players. So incredibly easy to get around
Do you know of a technique or software to get around the fact the PC
can't see the DVD? I have considered using an analogue capture card
as the only way of getting a signal into the computer from a stand
alone DVD player. Is there any other way?
Regards
Phil