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Geek Culture / weird computer cd-dvd drive thing.

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 14th Jul 2007 20:32
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this is a weird problem i never ran into before and i would like some advice.

Yesterday i formatted a laptop IBM T30. the thing has a cd-rw/dvd drive. Weird problem involved the dvd drive part. It can read cds and it can read commercial dvds i bought like oblivion. However when i pop in a dvd i made myself, i does not respond to it.

the dvds are not damaged as my other laptop can read all of them.

I really have no idea. and to add to that. One dvd with 2 movies my friend burned for me Do work on the IBM laptop any other home-made dvds do not.

anyone have any idea?

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 14th Jul 2007 20:37 Edited at: 14th Jul 2007 20:37
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It might be because your DVD drive can't read certain types of discs. There are DVD-R and DVD+R. Some readers aren't 100% compatible, so it may be having issues with that. See if your friend's DVDs are + or - and compare them with yours.

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 14th Jul 2007 21:03
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it did manage to read one dvd+r with movies on it. This disk is the same as all my others.a dvd+r 16x.

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GatorHex
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Posted: 14th Jul 2007 22:18
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You are probably missing some Codec drivers.

Try installing the Movie recording software you used.

If that don't work try installing the DivX universial drivers.

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 15th Jul 2007 02:37
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what kind of a dvd drive doesn't read dvd+r format?

i think its a driver or some software because i found 2 more dvd+r that the drive reads.

can someone point me to th divix universal drivers, i have trouble finding it on google.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 15th Jul 2007 07:13 Edited at: 15th Jul 2007 07:15
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Can anyone else play these DVDs? The burn might have been corrupted and not completed 100%.

try googling "divx" perhaps? It's not that difficult to find.

I'd recommend http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm. Install multiple codecs so you never have to worry about supporting other crap you might not know about.


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