Flint Heart on Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:41:41 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Sorta OT, working with VCD and DVD players


both my 1 disc and my 50 disc sonys can't read cd-r or cd-rw discs.  My
apex has no problem with either.  my 50 disc changer would be soooooo much
nicer if It could read vcd's of all the stuff I capture.  Thats a big
criteria on whatever replaces the 50 disc changer.

N-Tropy

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Michael D. Barlow wrote:

> Depending on the age of the dvd player, it will not read any kind of cdr or 
> cdrw  or dvdr disks.  Most of the new ones come with this capability along 
> with mp3 playback.
> At 08:26 AM 1/24/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi list!
> >
> >Lets see, I like to download stuff from the net.  Some of this stuff is 
> >movies that come in the form of a .avi or a .mpeg or whatever.  I can then 
> >put some of them to disc (others are simply too large) and others I can 
> >watch directly on my computer.  (I have a 36 inch HDTV hooked up to my 
> >computer)  But but but BUT, when I burn a said image to a disc, and then 
> >proceed to run downstairs and try it in a standalone DVD player, the 
> >player will not read the said disc.
> >
> >What to do?
> >
> >Is there a compability matrix out there for DVD players and VCD discs? Or 
> >should I just wait unitl everyone has a DVD burner and put the whole image 
> >on that :P
> >
> >I guess I am just curious if anyone is playing around with the same sort 
> >of thing and has any solutions/work arounds
> >
> >Later
> >
> >Anthony
> >
> >
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