Hi lads and lasses
Does anybody know if it is possible to play finalized DVD-R disks with mplayer/xine/ogle? I have just installed a Panasonic DVD recorder and recorded a test disk with cable TV input. The disk plays back fine on the LCD television but the aforementioned players fail to read it at all under Mandrake 9.2. The disks are 4.7Mb recorded at 3x. Commercial DVDs play back without a problem in all three. Would DVD-RAM fare better? I chose DVD-R for permanent recording of some 20 year old videotapes which I would like to review on a PC or laptop.
The front panel light flickers a bit and then a report comes back that libdvdread and libdvdcss failed. I have no idea if there is any encryption.
An error window also appears with a message implying that there is no disk in
the drive or that the medium is invalid or that there is a permissions problem
(there isn't).
Grateful for any leads. There does not seem to be any information on this particular topic on the web.
DVD media is by far a complex topic when comparing the actual media and the technology relating to the -R and +R system. The DVD players (PC drives or consumer TV recorders) do not always support all available technologies. I have a DVD recorder in my PC which supports all formats, it writes to -RW disc just fine, but my Panasonic DVD player struggles to play them (spec says it does support it). Give it a +RW disk and everything is great!
I think most people buy small packs of diff types of disk until they find one that works perfectly in their hardware, which is what I did. Not very scientific as it would be nice to simply trust the specs of the equipment :-(
HTH
PS: http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk this is my supplier for what its worth.
-- Thanks,
David
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