You will have to wait until M$ updates Media Player for the Mac
(supposed to be sometime this fall) or until they release the codecs so
that other players can play those files.
But it does appear from what you are describing that whomever made the
DVD goofed and did not test it on various computers / dvd players.
Jerry
On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 10:04 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> Thanks Jerry. VideoLan player cannot read/play this DVD. I put the DVD
> into a PC and was able to see the slide show on the PC with windows
> media
> player. However, windows media player for the Mac does not recognize
> the
> files.
>
> I'll try the extraction program you suggest tomorrow.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Harry
>
> P.S., I have no idea why they used a rw disc.
>
> Monday, September 15, 20034:10 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com
>
>> You might try the VideoLan player
>> http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html
>> If it can be played, then VideoLan should be able to do it.
>>
>> Extraction is another question, as there are mainly two types of DVD
>> movies: encrypted and non-encrypted. A lot of people like Forty-two
>> for
>> the non-encrypted ripping.
>> Try http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdripping
>> for several articles on how to do extractions.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> p.s. Why in the world would they use RW discs for something like this?
>> I would think they would not want folks re-writing those
>> "memories"...,
>> not to mention they cost more than the R discs do, but hey that's just
>> my thoughts.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 03:53 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In August Sherry and I attended a wedding in Key West. In today's
>>> mail
>>> I
>>> received, from the bride, a "DVD-RW" with all the wedding photos. A
>>> note
>>> in the DVD case says, "This DVD-RW will play in most new model DVD
>>> players, as well as in computer or laptop DVD Players."
>>>
>>> I popped this baby into my G4 Desktop (OS 10.2.6) and got an error
>>> message
>>>
>>>
>>> "DVD player encountered a serious error. The current machine or
>>> system configuration is not supported [-70013]"
>>>
>>> I don't know what's going on there! DVD player version 3.2.
>>>
>>> Next I put the DVD-RW into my G3 iBook (also OS 10.2.6) and opened
>>> the
>>> DVD player (version 3.2) and when I pressed play got a message which
>>> said
>>> "not permitted." By the way nothing appeared on the screen other than
>>> not
>>> permitted.
>>>
>>> Finally I put the DVD-RW into the DVD player attached to my TV. The
>>> player is probably 2-4 years old. When I put it in the player the LED
>>> readout on the player showed VCD. The VC was a paler shade of red
>>> than
>>> the D (if that means anything?).
>>>
>>> When I pressed play a nice screen appeared with a small image of a
>>> "slide" and the words slide show. BUT, no matter what I did, I could
>>> not
>>> get the slide show to play.
>>>
>>> So HELP! Please.
>>>
>>>
>>> And, There are only a handful of files on the DVD-RW. The largest
>>> file
>>> is
>>> 161 MB. Did the bride forget to include the photos? If not, is there
>>> anyway to extract the photos from the dvd? And if the photos are
>>> really
>>> there, is there what do I need to play the slideshow?
>>>
>>> I've posed a lot of questions, but thanks for wading through all
>>> this.
>>>
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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