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Old 29-04-2006, 09:48   #1
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XP reading DVD as CD ???
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I have been recording Tv programmes on my DVDR on DVD-R discs. When I come to try and play them on my PC it seems that windows XP thinks they CD and will not play them. In explorer the drive shows them as CD any ideas please.

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Re: XP reading DVD as CD ???
Do you have any software installed on the PC that can play the DVDs back? If not then XP will just report them incorrectly.
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Do you have any software installed on the PC that can play the DVDs back? If not then XP will just report them incorrectly.
Would windows media player (10)reconise them ???. Just thinking about it I have not finalised them in the DVDR. Would that cause a problem
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Re: XP reading DVD as CD ???
WMP 10 will not play back DVDs without either decoder hardware or software installed. Can you play back normal DVDs in the PC?
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WMP 10 will not play back DVDs without either decoder hardware or software installed. Can you play back normal DVDs in the PC?
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Re: XP reading DVD as CD ???
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Just thinking about it I have not finalised them in the DVDR. Would that cause a problem

If by DVDR you mean a stand-alone recorder, that's probably the reason.
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