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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 14, 2017 21:41:06 GMT
I may already suspect the answer to this, but sometimes I learn that I can do things that I never thought possible,so here goes.
We have a couple DVD players, each about ten years old, connected to our three-year-old "smart" TV.
I have made and successfully viewed several slide-show DVDs using Windows Movie Maker.
Now...., whenever I pop a blank DVD in the computer, it gives me two choices; the top choice is to write files to the disc, such that the content can be added to or removed at a later time, even on different machines; the bottom default choice is to write files to a "mastered" disc, such that they can be viewed on any computer or DVD player.
That last bit brings the question ..... , can I just pop one of these discs that has files written to it in a plain old DVD player and view the images on the TV ?
I thought about just poking one of these disc in the DVD player and see what happened; but I was afraid I might only mess up the disc or the player.
I do know that the TV will read and show images from a flash-drive.
Does anyone know ?
Thanks for reading.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 21:48:02 GMT
Well that worked on my parents old DVD player with a disk my sister had created. I'd say just see what happens...
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Post by Major Major on Mar 14, 2017 22:24:13 GMT
You can't possibly do any harm to a DVD player by inserting any DVD. The player will either read it properly or it won't. Give it a shot.
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Post by Andy on Mar 14, 2017 23:40:45 GMT
You can't possibly do any harm to a DVD player by inserting any DVD. The player will either read it properly or it won't. Give it a shot. Agreed. There is no harm in putting it in. The question is whether the DVD player will read it, and that has two components: 1) There are several formats of DVD's (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW). Old DVD players may not read all those formats 2) Some DVD players will only recognize the disk if it isn't created like a DVD movie (which means specific folder structures and files). Some may allow you to read it just like you do on the computer (if you want to show pictures, for example). |
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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 15, 2017 0:31:11 GMT
Thanks for everyone's suggestions and input.
Well, I gave it a try in what I think is the newest of our players and got "Disc Error"
The disc we have are DVD+R.
I am going to investigate newer players and see what I can come up with.
This whole question came about because I have sort of became the official family keeper-of-images and some of the family members do not have computers; I make DVDs containing the image files of various family events and it would be nice if these computerless members could make use of these DVDs; also, it would be nice if we could all view them at the same time on a TV, rather than taking turns with a laptop.
I could just make some slide-show DVDs that I know will play on any old player, but doing so requires quite a bit more time and involvement.
Thanks for reading.
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Post by WayneS on May 8, 2017 23:49:54 GMT
I ran into the same scenario, when trying to play some R+ discs on my older dvd player, and they will not read them, just simply get "disc error". Talked with some knowledgeable people, and they advised that R- only can be used on older equipment. Bought some and they work fine.
Just an additional thought on this, if you buy newer equipment, and record the R+ discs, just remember, everything will work for you, but if you provide these R+ discs to family members with older equipment, they will be faced with the same issue! So in my opinion, best to go with R- discs across the board!
Hope this helps
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Post by BuckSkin on May 9, 2017 2:59:20 GMT
I ran into the same scenario, when trying to play some R+ discs on my older dvd player, and they will not read them, just simply get "disc error". Talked with some knowledgeable people, and they advised that R- only can be used on older equipment. Bought some and they work fine. Just an additional thought on this, if you buy newer equipment, and record the R+ discs, just remember, everything will work for you, but if you provide these R+ discs to family members with older equipment, they will be faced with the same issue! So in my opinion, best to go with R- discs across the board! Hope this helps Yes, it is helpful; thanks ! I am still at sea when it comes to all the many flavors of DVD discs. |
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