Reading DVD-R disks
Aaarg! Frustration^2 here. I just received my LG GSA-4160B, which supposedly reads the following formats: CD-ROM; CD-ROM/XA; CD-I; CD-Extra; CD-RW; CD-Text; CD-DA; Video-CD; CD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R; DVD+RW; Multisession-CD; DVD-RAM; DVD Dual Layer; Photo-CD; DVD+R; Mixed Mode A friend of mine sent me a DVD in DVD-R format that I cannot read. Another disk he sent me is DVD+R and I can read it. Based on the technical info I have found about my DVD drive, I should be able to read them right? Well, I don't seem to be able to. It could be that I am missing a option in the kernel or I need a specific parameter when I mount the filesystem: mount /dev/dvdram /media/dvdram/ /dev/dvdram: Input/output error mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvdram /media/dvdram/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/dvdram, or too many mounted file systems mount -t udf /dev/dvdram /media/dvdram/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/dvdram, or too many mounted file systems It is possible that the disk is not readable at all, but since my friend is in the States and I am in Germany, I would like to explore all the possibilities before I have him send me another disk. Any help is greatly appreaciated. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting.
It is possible that the disk is not readable at all, but since my friend is in the States and I am in Germany, I would like to explore all the possibilities before I have him send me another disk.
Any help is greatly appreaciated.
From my experience, some drives are picky about what manufacturer of the DVD+/-R media. My laptop's drive will only read the darker DVD-R media, where my desktop will read anything... (The laptop is SUPPOSED to read DVD+R and -R, I have yet to find any +R media it likes, and having to buy 5-packs of discs just to test with is expensive).
At 08:59 PM 10/20/2004 +0200, James Mohr wrote: /snip/
A friend of mine sent me a DVD in DVD-R format that I cannot read. Another disk he sent me is DVD+R and I can read it. Based on the technical info I have found about my DVD drive, I should be able to read them right? Well, I don't seem to be able to.
Some disks just don't like to play in some players. In CD, I find that some factory-made CD's don't work right in my car (Cadillac) player, but almost all home-made CD's play fine. I don't pretend to understand it, but this may have nothing at all to do with the software, or perhaps very subtle variations in the reading software, whether from SuSE or BOSE-- the Caddy CD player. I would expect that DVD's would have similar problems. --doug
At 08:59 PM 10/20/2004 +0200, James Mohr wrote: /snip/
Some disks just don't like to play in some players. In CD, I find that some factory-made CD's don't work right in my car (Cadillac) player, but almost all home-made CD's play fine. I don't pretend to understand it, but this may have nothing at all to do with the software, or perhaps very subtle variations in the reading software, whether from SuSE or BOSE-- the Caddy CD player. I would expect that DVD's would have similar problems.
-- Nothing to do with the DVD-stuff, but maybe you could check that those CD's you're having problems with are copy-protected. It's a known
Doug McGarrett wrote: problem that these can make troubles on car-CD-players. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.
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