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Ray Smith wrote: > It's very possible that the disc needs to be finalized. > I had a similar one recently and had to finalize it in my own dvd recorder so I > could use it on the pc. > > Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: 09 March 2008 23:22 > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [LUG] Playing recorded DVDs > > Hello. > I've got a DVD-RW from a friend with some stuff they recorded off TV > with one of these new DVD recorders. > > However, I can't work out how to play it. VLC just says it can't read > the device and mplayer dvd:// says: > Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd > No stream found to handle url dvd:// > > This suggests to me you have no encoders to play the file! have you Mplayer and the essential codecs? also libdvd > I can't mount the CD as iso9660 or udf. > > What most confuses me is that I can't cat or dd the device either- they > both think it's got 0 length. > > I've got a multi-burner in my PC which I know can read all formats of > DVD so that's not the problem. > > Even in Windows my friend can't play it with WMP (neither can I)- they > have to use InterVideo WinDVD 8 (came with their laptop- I don't have it > so can't test). > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance. > Simon > > -- Regards: Kevin Lucas Post Master (Sub) Minions Shop & Tea Rooms Minions Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE www.minionsbandb.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html