On May 26, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
>
> On May 26, 2009, at 1:05 PM, MacGuy wrote:
>
>> On May 26, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
>>
>>> I think you're using mistaken terminology?
>>
>>
>> You'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge when it comes to terms
>> Kris, yes, your right.. these discs are from non-copyrighted
>> material ... also, for some reason, the .dmg's that I've stored on my
>> hard drive months ago that used to "launch" dvd player don't want to
>> do it now? make sense?
>
> Yes, this means the issue is DVD PLayer not autolaunching, not that
> something's wrong with the disk image.
>
> You can try deleting the DVD Player prefs. That might fix this. Or
> just select the disk after manually starting DVD player.
>
Ok, time to start over....
I went to walmart and they made a DVD of some great old camping
video's the folks had taken years ago. (obviously not protected in any
way) now, I need to make .dmg files that I can simply burn to a blank
DVD when I want to, to give to family and friends to watch on a
standard DVD player (because they don't all have computers)
Now... I want those nice .dmg files saved on my computer for
convenience as well as backup purposes. These .dmg files should if
"double clicked" on should automatically launch the DVD player
application if they're made correctly as I've done this before in the
past....
Kris said:
You may have made a DVD of the ".dmg file" instead of
burning the
image of the .dmg onto a DVD. To burn an image file,
you'll need to
drag the .dmg into the left column of Disk Utility
under the HD
icons,
then highlight the .dmg icon and press the "Burn"
button in the upper
left corner.
I suspect your DVD's have a data file of the disk image
on them? I
also made this mistake the first time I tried to burn a
DVD. I
haven't
done this again, mistakes are a quick teacher.
I've followed these instructions to the letter.... I did notice that
when the file is made it's not a .dmg file but instead a .cdr file.
For some reason none of the files I make will "launch" dvd player...
go figure. (even when I use my "Guest account") I'm clearly missing
something here....
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