You missed the part where I said the only way to retrieve the files was in Windows and that I wanted to enable whatever error correction or multiple read settings that Windows has but while I'm in Linux.
Any ideas? On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 09:25, Robert Couture wrote: > Originally to: Bryan Simmons > > Hello Bryan! > > On 20/10/2002, Bryan Simmons was caught whispering to All about > Re: CD-ROM settings and hardware resources.... > > BS> The CDs I'm trying to read were made in Windows (98, 2000, XP) with this > BS> very same drive about a year ago. They all contain home-made movies > BS> that I created in XP. The range in sizes is 9MB to 200MB. Now, I have > BS> never been able to play any of them directly off of the disk in Windows, > BS> but I have always been able to transfer them from CD to hard disk. My > BS> problem in Linux is that the drive "stalls" during a copy or a read of > BS> the media during playback in xine or kaboodle or xmovie, etc... It > BS> would play the first 30 seconds of the film and then stall out. The > BS> media program freezes and the drive is locked until I kill the processes > BS> accessing it. The same is true when I attempt a copy from CD to hard > BS> drive in Konqueror. The copy window says it transfered 4MB and then the > BS> drive status windows says "stalled" and that's as far as I can get. > > To be honest, the symptoms you describe sounds more like a bad CD than > anything to do with Linux itself. This is based on you needing to copy the > files to play them in Windows. There are likely bad "sectors" that re > recoverable with multiple reads and error correction. That would explain it > not working in the Windows and Linux media players. > > Just a thought. > > Robert. > > <-> Gateway Information. > This message originated from a Fidonet System (http://www.fidonet.org) > and was gated at TCOB1 (http://www.tcob1.net) > Please do not respond direct to this message but via the list > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- Regards, Bryan Simmons =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Integrity: "I'm going to be as good as they let me and as mean as they make me, and they all know that. I don't ever lie. If I tell you a rooster can fly, get the harness." --Burl Cain, Louisiana State Pen Warden =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
