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On Mon, 26 May 2014 22:35:48 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> When I put a Video disc in it did not recognise that there was a disc
>> mounted at all. “Insert a disc”. I put a Windows 7 disc in. And
>> although it said that it could not run the programme it did read the
>> file structure.
>
> A video DVD is merely a data DVD using the UDF filesystem, containing
> files with specific names. It's not like CDs where an audio-mode CD and
> a data-mode CD have a totally different structure. I can believe that
> the device won't *play* a video DVD (that requires access to an MPEG-2
> codec, which usually requires actual *money), but I'm baffled as to how
> it fails to see the disk at all...
>
> ...unless this is a region-coding "thing"...
Not usually. The disc usually shows up and the software says that it's
the wrong region and offers to burn one of the "change region" toggles in
the firmware, which is usually a limited number of times thing.
Unless you use Linux, in which case the software doesn't care, doesn't do
anything with the firmware, and just decodes the region the way it should
because region coding is a stupid idea. ;)
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 27/05/2014 00:36, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 26 May 2014 21:39:23 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> Any suggestions?
>
> Use the warranty? ;)
>
>
My first thought too.
But other than not seeing video DVDs it is working fine.
And as it is second hand, quite a bit cheaper than a new one I imagine.
Really it is a nice to have.
I'll take another look at it and check the build. Also put a PS on my
external DVD player.
--
Regards
Stephen
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No, I work as pianist in a brothel.
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On 27/05/14 00:03, Stephen wrote:
> Me too. I didn't have time to look at it for long and he was looking
> over my shoulder all the time. As if it were one of his cars and I was
> about to pull a flanker. {Golly Gosh! I can't find a correct meaning for
> that word on Google. I mean pull a fast one. (braces for Dr John)}
>
From oxforddictionaries.com
Flanker
noun
<snip>
pulled a flanker on the army
Note the 'dated' in the definition
John
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Protect the Earth
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You hold it in trust for your children
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Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmail com> wrote:
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> Note the 'dated' in the definition
>
Note the "dated" in the OP. ;-)
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Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> No, I work as pianist in a brothel.
Well I never. I did not know that. :-)
I thought that you bent hard things after pumping your bellows. ;-)
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From: Le Forgeron
Subject: Re: You work in computers =3D?UTF-8?B?ZG9u4oCZdCB5b3U/?=3D
Date: 27 May 2014 08:35:54
Message: <538486aa$1@news.povray.org>
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Le 27/05/2014 13:54, Stephen nous fit lire :
> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> No, I work as pianist in a brothel.
>
> Well I never. I did not know that. :-)
The difference is small to notice. I'm behind a keyboard all the working
days long and my performance is pretty irrelevant with the reasons our
customers want to trade with the house. The selling team promises a lot,
far more than really provided, so there is a lot of fakes but as long as
the customer is happy, nobody cares.
>
> I thought that you bent hard things after pumping your bellows. ;-)
>
Yep, that's a longer story, but I needed the money of the job.
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On Tue, 27 May 2014 07:12:48 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> But other than not seeing video DVDs it is working fine.
Arguably, that fits the definition of "not working fine" - if the DVD
drive is faulty, then a warranty claim is appropriate. :)
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 27/05/2014 19:38, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 27 May 2014 07:12:48 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> But other than not seeing video DVDs it is working fine.
>
> Arguably, that fits the definition of "not working fine" - if the DVD
> drive is faulty, then a warranty claim is appropriate. :)
>
It depends on your point of view. If what you bought it for was to
connect it to a car's ECU. Then it is working fine.
If you bought it to watch video's in a war zone. Then you bought a
ticket to see the Egress. ;-)
But all is revelled. Serge phoned the shop he bought it from and the DVD
reader is actually a CD ROM reader.
My only excuse is that when he came round he has some extra strength
tobacco. ;-) ;-)
And it was black ink on black rubber.
And I've not seen a laptop with a CD instead of a DVD reader for so long
that I've skipped over that phase.
Andrew! Remember when DVD writers cost about £1000?
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 27/05/14 23:01, Stephen wrote:
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> But all is revelled. Serge phoned the shop he bought it from and the DVD
> reader is actually a CD ROM reader.
D'oh! (((8(|)
>
> Andrew! Remember when DVD writers cost about £1000?
>
How have they solved the data-packing problem? 4.7 GB on a small plastic
disk is clearly beyond our technical abilities.
John
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