RE: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-10 Thread Peter MacGregor
Thanks for the idea Steve but unless the ability to add the region code is written in to the software on the CD writer I can't see it being that. And if that is the case it means companies like you and I can't send promotional videos around to overseas customers!! In fact UK and NZ don't share

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-10 Thread Scott Glasgow
, but then it won't cost anything but a little time to find out. Cheers, Scott - Original Message - From: Peter MacGregor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 6:34 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD My wife and I recently visited Australia and while

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-10 Thread Bj
- Original Message - From: Peter MacGregor Thanks for the idea Steve but unless the ability to add the region code is written in to the software on the CD writer I can't see it being that. Actually yes, it really is. It's the firmware (the operating software in a flash BIOS on board

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-10 Thread zazen
Hi Peter, I never saw the original post you made regarding the problem you are having (seems to happen on this list a fair bit) so I am a little unsure as to what your problem is. From the thread, I can only assume there is a playback problem with a video you have made yourself and are trying

RE: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-10 Thread Peter MacGregor
... Todd -Original Message- From: Peter MacGregor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 5:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD My wife and I recently visited Australia and while there of course took some video film. Our son out

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-10 Thread Peter MacGregor
Surely the PC used to burn the disk (not as a DVD as he doesn't have a DVD burner) doesn't add anything that it isn't told to add? I've made CDs and sent them to people and never had a complaint and I've just copied the files I wanted across in Nero and then burnt, which is what he did - I

[wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-09 Thread Peter MacGregor
My wife and I recently visited Australia and while there of course took some video film. Our son out there transferred it onto CD for us via his PC and we brought the CD home. The damned thing (pardon my language!) won't play on anything I have - but another son in London has been able to

RE: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-09 Thread Todd Richards
: Thursday, December 09, 2004 5:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD My wife and I recently visited Australia and while there of course took some video film. Our son out there transferred it onto CD for us via his PC and we brought the CD home. The damned thing

RE: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-09 Thread Cheryl D Wise
Probably missing a codec (big surprise with that error message) Might try the Nvidia DVD Decoder http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html Could also be that it was encoded for the wrong type of player. I'm not sure what they use in Australia but there maybe the issue of PAL and NTSC format.

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: Help with a stubborn CD

2004-12-09 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Hi Peter This is sounding like a codec problem i.e. you don't have the codec used to encode the video so you can't play it. Problem is though Microsoft (from what you've said it sounds like you're trying to play through Windows Media Player) don't have a lot of the commonly used video codecs