On Monday 01 January 2007 23:37, vineyard saker wrote: ... > > I turns out that I needed either a Dual Layer DVD+R (DL) or a Double > Layer DVD-R(DL) which each have 8.5GB of space (This is the first > time I had heard of such double-layer DVDs) > > Today I bought three DVD+R(DL) and all went perfectly until I stuck > the DVD into my regular (living room) DVD player which could not read > it! I tried on my computer with mplayer and it could read it with no > problem whatsoever so the DVD itself is not at fault. I can only > conclude that some DVD players do not play DVD+R(DL).
I am told (although I don't have direct experience) that many NON PC DVD players only will read DVD-R NOT DVD+R (although I have also read that for data archiving DVD+R has better error protection). I don't know the difference between DVD-R and DVD-R(DL) - but since your friends seem to have given you DVDs which you could play, my guess its the +R against the -R thing. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]