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From: Stephen
Subject: You work in computers don’t_you?
Date: 26 May 2014 16:39:23
Message: <5383a67b$1@news.povray.org>
And you know the next line is. Can you look at my laptop?
And what he brings round is a ruggedized laptop running XP. My neighbour 
is a car mechanic and his laptop is for running car diagnostics. The DVD 
reader will read data discs but not video DVDs. The device drivers for 
the DVD player are up to date. When I put a Video disc in it did not 

Windows 7 disc in. And although it said that it could not run the 
programme it did read the file structure.
I did try an external DVD reader/writer but the system did not even see 
that. To be fair takes a lot of power and has two USB inputs the laptop 

properly.
Another thing it is a reconditioned machine, still with warranty.

Any suggestions?





-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t_you?
Date: 26 May 2014 17:35:46
Message: <5383b3b2$1@news.povray.org>
> When I put a Video disc in it did not

> 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"...


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t_you?
Date: 26 May 2014 19:03:05
Message: <5383c829@news.povray.org>
On 26/05/2014 22:35, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> ), but I'm baffled as to how it fails to see the disk at all...
>

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)}

> ...unless this is a region-coding "thing"...

I am reasonably sure the two Videos I tries were region free.

I am wondering if it might be the operating system. A cut down version 
of XP. It is after all a tool. It might be a design feature allowing 
only essential services.

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Regards
     Stephen


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t you?
Date: 26 May 2014 19:36:37
Message: <5383d005@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 26 May 2014 21:39:23 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> Any suggestions?

Use the warranty? ;)

Jim



-- 
"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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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t you?
Date: 26 May 2014 19:38:00
Message: <5383d058$1@news.povray.org>
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

-- 
"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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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t you?
Date: 27 May 2014 02:12:48
Message: <53842ce0$1@news.povray.org>
On 27/05/2014 00:36, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 26 May 2014 21:39:23 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> 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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From: Le Forgeron
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t you?
Date: 27 May 2014 03:37:33
Message: <538440bd$1@news.povray.org>
No, I work as pianist in a brothel.


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t_you?
Date: 27 May 2014 04:23:48
Message: <53844b94$1@news.povray.org>
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
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: You work in computers =3D?windows-1252?Q?don=3D92t_you=3D3F?=3D
Date: 27 May 2014 07:55:00
Message: <web.53847c24e2713e707f6b03a40@news.povray.org>
Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>
> Note the 'dated' in the definition
>


Note the "dated" in the OP. ;-)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: You work in computers =3D?UTF-8?B?ZG9u4oCZdCB5b3U/?=3D
Date: 27 May 2014 07:55:01
Message: <web.53847cf15a9948e87f6b03a40@news.povray.org>
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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