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Gear / Technical Help => Photo / Video Recording => Topic started by: momule on July 13, 2006, 06:48:07 PM
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I have a friend who has a DVD of his band playing a local gig and wants to make some copies for his friends.
He tells me that he can view it on his G5 but if ya load it in a PC the disc is unreadable and it will play in a home DVD player but locks up after a few minutes.
Anyone have any idea on what may cause this.
I told him it sounded like a format problem to me but I don’t even know what format a Mac uses. I’ve never touched a Mac in my life.
Any help is gratefully appreciated.
Nick
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I don?t even know what format a Mac uses
the same formats pc's use...
maybe the disc is just corrupt and the mac drive had more tolerance to handle it?
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That’s kind of what I thought Scott. But he got 4 separate copies form the venue (they taped everything via 3 pro HD camera's and edited it for him for him allowing them to tape the set) And they say everything is fine on there end.
He's gonna drop me a copy at the Rusted Root show tomorrow evening and I will see what I can make of it.
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and they burned standard dvd-video discs?
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To be honest i have yet to see the disc's. I should have a copy in hand over the weekend sometime and Will update then.
Thanks for your help Scott. Another +
Nick
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I've had this issue before on my G5 and the only way around it was to extract and re-burn the DVD. I've found that my Mac seems to be quite tolerant of discs that other players won't play.
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Thats what Im gonna try. It played in both My windows machines. (xp pro)
I spun the disc again myself and am gonna give him a copy this weekend and see if this copy plays for him.
Thanks for the help Guy's.
Nick
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hey Nick, whats it burned on? DVD-R or DVD+R media, I have had strange problems with the +R DVD's not playing in some players. So I have tried to avoid them and only use the -R's. just a thought.
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+ for the thought . The copy I got from him was on a Fuji -R
I spun it again and will give him a copy when I tape his band tomorrow evening
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hey Nick, whats it burned on? DVD-R or DVD+R media, I have had strange problems with the +R DVD's not playing in some players. So I have tried to avoid them and only use the -R's. just a thought.
thats a good point, based on how old the player is
most old players have a hard time playing +r discs (assuming they play -, some don't play - either)
however new players, for the mopst part, will play both - and +
the older the player usually the pickier it was with brand too