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From: JimL on 26 Apr 2010 12:03 I can play commercial movie DVD's on my XP Pro SP3, but it sees nothing on DVD's I have recorded. Both Windows Media and RealPlayer say I need decoders or something like that. The recorder/player (Toshiba) plays them, of course. Is this just a case of Toshiba trying to capture a market by making their recordings play on nothing but a Toshiba? JimL
From: Tom Willett on 26 Apr 2010 12:33 "JimL" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:hr4dg8$1ib$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... : : of course. Is this just a case of Toshiba trying to capture a market by : making their recordings play on nothing but a Toshiba? No, it's not. : :
From: LVTravel on 26 Apr 2010 16:24 "JimL" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:hr4dg8$1ib$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > I can play commercial movie DVD's on my XP Pro SP3, but it sees nothing on > DVD's I have recorded. Both Windows Media and RealPlayer say I need > decoders or something like that. The recorder/player (Toshiba) plays > them, of course. Is this just a case of Toshiba trying to capture a > market by making their recordings play on nothing but a Toshiba? > > JimL > What program and method are you using to publish the movie to the DVD media? Therein lies your answer but without knowing the answer we can't help you. If you open your created DVD in Windows Explorer, you should see at least one folder called Video_TS and also maybe one Audio_TS. Without the Video_TS folder you don't have a proper Video DVD.
From: JimL on 2 May 2010 19:37 "LVTravel" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message news:%23S$Xw5X5KHA.4888(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > "JimL" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message > news:hr4dg8$1ib$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> I can play commercial movie DVD's on my XP Pro SP3, but it sees nothing >> on DVD's I have recorded. Both Windows Media and RealPlayer say I need >> decoders or something like that. The recorder/player (Toshiba) plays >> them, of course. Is this just a case of Toshiba trying to capture a >> market by making their recordings play on nothing but a Toshiba? >> >> JimL >> > > What program and method are you using to publish the movie to the DVD > media? Therein lies your answer but without knowing the answer we can't > help you. > > If you open your created DVD in Windows Explorer, you should see at least > one folder called Video_TS and also maybe one Audio_TS. Without the > Video_TS folder you don't have a proper Video DVD. As I mentioned in the question, "their [Toshiba's] recordings..." I record them on "The recorder/player (Toshiba)." I didn't even know there was a way to record shows using a computer. Otherwise I would have said I record them on the recorder. JimL
From: LVTravel on 2 May 2010 21:43
"JimL" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:hrl2cf$bna$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "LVTravel" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message > news:%23S$Xw5X5KHA.4888(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> >> "JimL" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message >> news:hr4dg8$1ib$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> I can play commercial movie DVD's on my XP Pro SP3, but it sees nothing >>> on DVD's I have recorded. Both Windows Media and RealPlayer say I need >>> decoders or something like that. The recorder/player (Toshiba) plays >>> them, of course. Is this just a case of Toshiba trying to capture a >>> market by making their recordings play on nothing but a Toshiba? >>> >>> JimL >>> >> >> What program and method are you using to publish the movie to the DVD >> media? Therein lies your answer but without knowing the answer we can't >> help you. >> >> If you open your created DVD in Windows Explorer, you should see at least >> one folder called Video_TS and also maybe one Audio_TS. Without the >> Video_TS folder you don't have a proper Video DVD. > > > As I mentioned in the question, "their [Toshiba's] recordings..." I > record them on "The recorder/player (Toshiba)." I didn't even know there > was a way to record shows using a computer. Otherwise I would have said I > record them on the recorder. > > JimL > Well you are on a computer newsgroup with Windows XP in the title. Toshiba makes DVD drives for computers so one can only speculate. As for your issue, it may depend totally on the type of recording the Toshiba stand-alone machine makes, what kind of disc you are using and if the video has been finalized by the recorder. If it hasn't been finalized then you can't play it on any other machine, other than another Toshiba stand-alone device. If you are going to use the disc on a computer then you need to ensure that you are using a DVD+ or - R or a DVD + or -RW disk that has been finalized. You can not use a DVD RAM disc and there are other formats that some stand-alone recorders create that can't be played on anything else. I have a Magnavox like that. Have you attempted to look at the disc in Windows Explorer to see if the folder is there as I mentioned in my original reply? If it shows as a blank disc or not properly formatted disc when you attempt to view it's contents I would suspect that the disc was not finalized. |