CD/DVD Technology
CD/DVD Players/Burners/Media and duplication software/techniques
CD's not being recognised by my drive
Hey,
there are some discs that my drive does not detect : it detects something in the drive but no data shows up, the discs work on other computers
My drive handled such discs before, maybe it's the actual format of the disc - i'm not sure
I...
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VOB and IFO questions
Heya everyone.
I got my series ripped on my hard drive (see thread in same sub-forum) and now have an IFO and VOB file for every episode. Now,
1) Can I rename the VOB file or will that confuse the IFO rendering problems? Do I have to rename ...
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Drive Help! CD error.
Hey guys,
i'm having a little problem with my drive.
Whenever i put a empty Cd in it, and i go to 'my computer' and try to open it it, it says ' E/: is not Accessible, Incorrect Function. '
I tried with many different empty CDs, s...
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Good IDE DVD Burner
I'am needing a real good IDE DVD Burner for my PC.Any suggestions?
I do alot DVD burning & ripping.And burn music every now and then.
Here's the type of blank media that use:
1.)Taiyo Yuden DVD-R
2.)Taiyo Yuden DVD+R
3.)Verbatim DVD-...
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DVD/CD-ROM drive won't read DVD's
I have recently formatted my Acer TravelMate 3000 Series laptop and since doing so my DVD/CD-ROM drive doesn't seem to read any DVD's.
When I insert a DVD disc it makes a bit of noise and the green light at the front of the drive comes on and ...
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Is it a DVD drive error or Win Installer?
I've been having a problem recently with installing a new game of mine. I purchased the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game today and attempted to install it. When the Windows Installer didn't pop up, I went to Run and then typed in ...
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md5sum question
Awhile ago, I downloaded Debian 4 iso file through the official site.
After the download I checked the md5sum and it was equal, burned the disk, installed the OS, everything works great.
Now, I just tried to create an iso file using the d...
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CD/DVD RW shopping help !
my cd/dvd rw broke down on me recently and i need to shop for a new one, i dont quite understand this on what theyre talkin about
Cache: 2MB
CD-R: 48X
CD-ROM Access Time: 120ms
CD-RW: 32X
DVD+R: 18X
DVD+RW: 8X
so could u make it more...
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Getting new DVD Drive/Burner
Ok i just need to know if im getting a suffcient upgrade, Ok i have a Sony DVD RW DRU-500 EIDE. It is pretty slow and I have problems with installing games off of it. So im thinking of this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136120...
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Nero message ?
I have Nero 7 ultra edition on my pc and today I wanted to use it and it keeps giving me this message
Nerovision has stopped working
Windows is gonna close the program and try to find a solution ...
What happened ??
Thanks for your he...
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DVD Over-written
Is there any way to reover data from an over-written dvd.......I had a dvd with some data on it (i burned it using Nero Express) and then i added some more data to it (using Nero Burning ROM) and to my surprise my previous data was lost...........
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Split DVD movie
I have a DVD format movie with 10 chapters(.vob files). I need a software to split the movie because is big so I need to put it on 2 DVD.Also I want to filter(remove) some sound noise.What software would you recomend?
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problem with dvd drives
I am having strange problems with my dvd drives. I have 2 different dvd-rw drives, one that came with the computer and the other I put in myself(Sony DRU-810A). Now whenever I put a blank cd-r in the Sony drive, it says there is 0 bytes of sp...
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Noisy Dell CD drives
Anyone else have a similar problem? For whatever reason, my dell Oplex 50 has such a noisy CD-rom drive. The hard drive and fan are silent, but the cd drive makes the computer sound as loud as those pcs you buy that have 8 fans in them. Any su...
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DVD drive broken?
Is my cd dvd drive faulty? When ever i pop a disc in it in my computer it only says CD drive and cant access the disc - made sure its all connected properly - dont understand how it could just go faulty just like that?
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SATA DVD Burner
I have an IDE dvd burner and a ide hard drive and my mobo only supports two ide devices, so thats maxed out. But I want another optical drive, so the criteria is it needs to be a SATA drive and then I figured why not get another DVD burner bec...
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DVD burning software
Hey, I need to burn a DVD with a bunch of files on it. However the computer doesn't have a DVD burner. I downloaded DeepBurner which received a pretty good rating on download.com but I'm getting an error when I go to burn the actual DVD, does a...
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Portable DVD Players
Hi all, I was wondering if I could get some opinions on portable DVD players, I'm going to be taking a 28 hour train trip and then 24 hours coming back. So I'm thinking of picking one up.
Have any good brands to look for or bad ones to stay a...
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Cassette to CD
i need cheap salution to doing getting songs of of a tape onto a CD and i need to do it in, like, 3 days. Any ideas?
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Help me Please!
One mintue the drive works, the next it dont! in device manager i get this
"A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionality. (Code 32)
Windows did not start a related de...
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Windows activation Problem need HELP !!!
The other day I had my friends re-boot the whole computer for me. The only problem is that I have a HP pavil;ion vf52 but I didn't have the disk that the pc brought along with it. So my friend used his Dell one and re booted the pc for me that ...
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DVD+R problem?
hi,
i'm haveing trouble with some format, or program technicalitys, and everyone that i know who is computer savy is out of ideas, so i turn to you.
I am trying to take pictures put them into a slideshow with music, useing DVD slideshow, put ...
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Hide a file on CD-R
Is there a way to simply hide a file on a CD-R. I would like to burn a data CD with normal viewable files on it with one file that does not show up unless the user is told it is there or actually digs for it. Is that possible?
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DVD won't read
I've got an Acer TravelMate 3000 Series laptop which has an external DVD/CD-RW combo drive. When I inserted a DVD movie, Windows Media Player 10 automatically opened but then displayed a message saying I had no DVD Decoder. Hence I downloaded D...
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audio recording
came across some old LPs in the loft and a record deck (no amp). is it possible to connect up to my hp pc and record onto cd disc. pc does have a cd/dvd burner. other problem seen is record deck as phono plugs on and pc as mini jack sockets
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need knowledge
I'm interested in coping some of my older DVD's. Is this called burning or coping. What external hardware is the best. I need some help. I'm a novice at this. Thanks to anyone who can lead me.
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Are DVD movies DVD ROM?
I know this is for computers, but I dont know where else to find out.
I was going to buy a "Samsung VR-330 Multiformat DVD Recorder and VCR Combo" on ebay,
but when I read the user manual from the Samsung website
http://www.sa...
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Printable Media ???
Where can I find the cheapest printable blank dvd media.
I just bought an Epson R260 and I want to print covers.
Media must be DVD's and 4.7 gb.
What media can I use.
Does it have to be white inkjet printable only
or can it also be whit...
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Burning a previously burnt dvd?
I am having a problem and I am hoping someone will be able to help me. I will try and explain my problem the best I can. I bought a burnt copy of a movie from the flea market, I am now trying to make a copy of this burnt dvd. When I used nero t...
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