i have an aopen dvd drive on my pc (not a dvd writer). Anyway i got given a dvd+r disk yesterday and my computer wont even recognise the disk (no disk in d:/)/ iv played the disk on the home dvd player (its a disk with pictures) so i do know that the files are burnt on the disk. Also i played another dvd in the pc drive and it worked so i know that the drive works.(the dvd i played was also a burnt dvd not sure the format)
2006-07-17 20:42:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
the modle i think is the Aopen 1648 DVD Drive
2006-07-17 20:50:18 · update #1
the files are music and pictures and video's. its not a dual layer disk. is there any way to update my firmware to surport dvd+r
2006-07-18 01:25:50 · update #2
There are two kind of DVD formats, DVD +R and DVD -R. Unless your DVD drive supports both, you wont be able to access it.
2006-07-17 21:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by AreAce 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well there are several reasons why your dvd-rom may not read a DVD+R. There are several DVD formats, DVD+R and DVD-R being the most popular. I have never seen a DVD-ROM that will not read either of these formats. I think the problem lies in the files on the DVD you speak of. What are the files, music, movies, data??? In order to answer your question properly we need to know what files are on the DVD (not specifically) just the type. If it is downloaded music or movie files. Then compression type becomes a factor. There are many compression types used for file transfer, and many that Windows default codecs will not recognize. You may need a codec pac in order to recognize the file type on the DVD. This is most likely your problem. Check the file extension and see if Windows supports it. If not find a codec pak that does. Good luck.
PS: The following links provide players and codec paks, that standard players usually will not support. My favorite is the VLC Player. When I ran into the problem you are experiencing I downloaded this player and all was fine.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://www.divx.com/
2006-07-17 22:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the DVD given to you is DOUBLE LAYER? If it is then your DVD player on PC is not compatible. Check the drivers.
2006-07-17 22:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by Joe_Young 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a similar question on yahoo answers before--i am sending you the link for the same--you can check out the answers
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AsIoA4oMLFzJII_GTlSxP_gjzKIX?qid=1006050131981
2006-07-19 20:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by Help G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe it's not a CD-ROM
2006-07-17 20:52:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your computer hardive could not take the fomat it could be to old
2006-07-17 20:47:35 · answer #6 · answered by dahmsjohn2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋