Questions tagged [dvd]
DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Time Warner in 1995.
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Kali linux won't open dvd-r disc
Good day. I inserted DVD-R into my computer kali linux but it won't turn on and when I click on it this error comes up. How can I solve this? Help me? I'm tired of these problems, can you help me?
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Why does a DVD-RW with data on it show as empty? [duplicate]
I have an old DVD-RW disk which shows as empty in both Windows 11 Explorer and ImgBurn. However I know there is data on it because the written part is clearly visible on the data side. But I do not ...
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How to connect a internal DVD writer to PC via USB Adapater
I would like to know if I can connect my internal DVD writter to PC using a USB adapter. Myproblem is that I have a old computer and have a IDE DVD writer. I want that to be connected to my laptop ...
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Fast synchronisation of films and subtitles in VLC 2.2.51
VLC 2.2.5.1 on macOS Sierra 10.12.5
I have reviewed various questions and answers on this topic, but I'm unable to make my subtitles work.
The situation is the following: I have a DVD of a ...
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What is the best way to make an ISO file out of a DVD?
I downloaded the huge Windows 7 .iso file and burnt it to a DVD.
I then used that DVD to install Windows 7 on my machine and then realized that I the .iso file was on the Vista operating system that ...
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What is the best way to clean your dvd-burner?
What is the best way to clean your dvd-burner?
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How can I find out what region code a DVD is in on my Windows PC?
How can I find out what region code a DVD is in on my Windows PC? I use AnyDVD so the DVD plays regardless, so I'm not sure whether the region code on the DVD packaging is correct or whether it is ...
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Suspiciously fast XCOPY on 2nd CD
I'm checking the integrity of my 'Old projects' CDs/DVDs with XCOPY *.* /s to my hard disk.
I have two copies of each CD/DVD, so the first copy goes to Folder1, the second to Folder2, and then I ...
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Where is the serial number of the DVD/CD writer stored on the CD?
I was reading the Wikileaks FAQ (archived here), it says:
Many CD and DVD writers will include
the serial number of the DVD or CD
writer onto the CD/DVDs they write. If
the post is ...
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How can I see the hidden data of a bootable CD/DVD media?
I have this bootable DVD that holds a recovery program. When I insert the disc in Windows I can only read the label of the disc. When I try to explore the contents I don't see anything. But when I ...
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dvdauthor Can only have 128 commands for pre, post, and cell commands
I create bash script to archive my audio CD archive onto DVD with menus. Result dvdauthor.xml with title menu of artists list and 9 menus with artist's songs list. It is 67 songs.
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Unable to write Windows 10 ISO file to a standard DVD because it is too large
I am trying to burn the ISO image file that the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool generated onto a standard DVD-R disc. The problem is that the ISO is about 150 MB too big for the disc I am using. I have ...
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How to properly extract the content of multisession CD/DVDs?
When I was 11 years old or so, I made copies of my Web 0.9 websites onto CDs among other original content.
Now I'm 25 years old, I had forgotten about the CDs and the content still has sentimental ...
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ffmpeg convert dvd vob to mp4 sometimes no audio
Using this cmd (from here : https://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/rip-dvd-with-ffmpeg.htm) to convert dvd vob files to mp4. (adjusting file names as needed)
ffmpeg -i "concat:VTS_01_1.VOB|VTS_01_2....
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Open DVD Menu with VLC from command line
For some DVDs, VLC opens track 1 when I open a DVD. I prefer to open the menu. Is there a way from the command line that I can have VLC open the DVD menu? Currently I have to open it and then right ...
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Issues while trying to make an ISO from a DVD in macOS
I have already read most of the questions and answers relating to this issue, which is supposed to be simple, but I still can't do it.
The unmount step goes ok:
sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk4
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Running ISO Without Burning to DVD
I'm thinking about trying VS 2010, and I plan to download it from here. However, it's in the form of an ISO file.
Is there anyway to run an ISO image file without burning it to DVD or using a DVD ...
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Using FFMpeg to match images with videos
I've recently been ripping some of my DVDs, however the output isn't in order or labelled in a helpful way. I want to use FFMPEG to find still frames in these episodes in order to name them.
I can ...
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How do I burn an MKV with picture-based subtitles into a DVD?
I'm trying to figure out how to burn a series of MKV files with picture-based subtitles (not srt) to a video DVD but I can't figure out how to achieve this. I tried DVDStyler and it did import the ...
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Connecting a desktop SATA DVD drive to laptop over USB with USB HDD adapter
I have a SATA DVD drive (pulled from an old computer) that I want to use with my laptop over USB. I have a USb-SATA hard drive adapter that I'm trying to use to make this work. When I plugged the ...
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What is the best ways to duplicate DVDs in bulk?
I have some instructional videos I am getting ready to release on DVD and I want to know what is the quickest and most cost effective way to produce these in bulk?
I am open to both customized PC ...
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Best option to interface laptop with blu-ray disk rewriter
I have a blu-ray disk rewriter (this model), which I would like to gift to someone, who owns a laptop, but not a desktop computer, and isn't very tech-comfortable. Ideally, they would plug it into a ...
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My computer recognizes the DVD-ROM drive in windows 10 but never reads discs
I have a Gigabyte H510M H motherboard with 4 SATA ports, which all of them either connected to a HDD or SSD drive. I decided to check my discs from 2012 and I realized since I upgraded my PC less than ...
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How do I clone a game CD- or DVD-rom that gives IO-errors whenever I try to clone it, but I can access the files just fine?
EDIT: I managed to do it with Gnome Disk Utils, as it just replaces unreadable bytes with 0s
I am trying to make a backup of all my old CD- and DVD-rom games so that I can access them from anywhere ...
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Since computers don't have cd-rw drives anymore
Since computers don't have CD-RW drives anymore,
can I still play and burn CD-R or CD-RW disk with a DVD-RW drive?
The file types are mostly wav or mp3 files.
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How to convert 50 episodes from DVD into 50 .mp4 with HandBrake, easily?
I loaded a DVD with 50 episodes in it (chose VIDEO_TS from the program), now when i open it in HandBrake, it shows 50 "titles" in there. i choose 320x240 output format and start converting. Then i ...
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cdrtools and dvd+rw tools installing issue in am5728 linux kernel?
I am installing dvd+rw-tools-7.1 and Cdrtools-3.02a09 in am335x using below commands
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root@am57xx-evm:/dvd+rw-tools-7.1#sed -i '/stat.h/a #include <sys/sysmacros.h>' growisofs....
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Small .iso file becomes huge when burned to DVD
I created an .iso with:
mkisofs -o isofile.iso file
The iso was small, about 300KB
And then I burned it with:
cdrskin dev=/dev/sr0 -v padsize=300k isofile.iso
And to my surprise, when I took out ...
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Windows 7 Ultimate files to Iso
So i had copied my windows 7 files from an installation disc to a flash disk which i had made bootable to format a mini laptop with no DVD drive, then by mistake broke the installation disc but still ...
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Is there a tool to check filenames before burning to discs?
Is there a software that can check for filenames in a certain folder so that there wouldn't be any error when trying to burn those files into a DVD or any optical media?
I always burn different kinds ...
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VLC cannot play a non-UDF mastered DVD
The VLC player cannot play a DVD disk on my computer. Whenever I click the menu "Media > Open disk..." from the player or "Play with VLC media player" from the context menu, the error prompt "Cannot ...
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How to make a Bootable CD from a HDD image
The title says the idea, i need to make my ubuntu server and all the modifications & instalations i do on it be imaged into a CD, with the idea, of course of use this CD to install the clone in ...
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How to boot from CD drive on Dell Precision 3630
My Dell Precision 3630 Tower cannot boot from CD/DVD. The drive works under Windows 11, and I tested with several disks that boot on other machines.
These are some things I tried:
A bootable FreeDos ...
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How to sync subtitle from DVD to Bluray
If i have .srt subtitle for DVDrip movie .
Is there any tool or program to sync it to work properly with the same movie in bluray format ?
I'm not professional in this field so i want the most ...
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How Does Duplicating Files To Reduce Read Time On Disks Work?
i recently looked into game files of a Sega Dreamcast game called "Tokyo Bus Guide", and i found a odd thing, there were tons of duplicate files!
when i researched on it and an Quora Comment ...
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I need to copy office 2010 DVD to usb. Are there hidden files on the DVD
I have an Office 2010 DVD and product key. I want to install it on a new computer.
The new computer doesn't have a DVD drive. When I mount the DVD drive on a Ubuntu PC it says that there are 2 ...
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Why doesn't it work to write a Windows ISO to an USB drive using dd? [duplicate]
For Debian Linux you can simply copy the installation ISO to an USB drive without modifying one single bit using dd. It's also possible to burn the ISO to a DVD without any modification.
But Windows ...
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How to watch a DVD video with external subtitles in Windows?
Some DVD movies contain no subtitles - or some subtitles that are not on the DVD may be needed.
Is there a way to see external subtitles when watching a DVD movie?
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Lenovo IdeaPad N580 - Windows 7 - Optiarc DVD RW AD-7740H
I recently formatted my IdeaPad N580 laptop, it came with Windows 8 installed and i downgraded to Windows 7, the Optiarc DVD RW device stopped working, more specifically it "works" but the drivers are ...
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Does accidentally putting in a dvd damage a cd player?
There was a bonus disc with my cd which I assumed to be another cd, writing was very faint. After putting it in realized it was a dvd and now the cd player rarely works, was mostly working before. It’...
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Unable to mount a DVD on HP-UX 11
I'm trying mount a DVD (or a CD) on HP-UX 11.31, like so:
$ mount -F cdfs -o rr /dev/dsk/c0t2d0 /dvdrom
/dev/dsk/c0t2d0: unrecognized file system
I've tried each other devices listed in /dev/dsk/ ...
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FFMPEG - process interlaced frames in mixed footage separately
I have a video file - an NTSC DVD rip. I want to convert it into PAL. The problem with that NTSC DVD is that it's a mixture of 23.976 fps telecined content and true 29.97 fps interlaced content.
I ...
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Bad graphics and unfinished boot from live CD, DVDs
i3-9100F, Nvidia RTX 2060 Super
I cannot seem to get live CD/DVDs to boot. I tried:
esSET sysRescue (2022-07-18 download) boot stop screenshot:
Kaspersky Rescue Disc v18.0.11.0 boot stop screenshot:
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Mount CD/DVD as external harddrive
I'm trying to use CDs and DVDs with Steam to play games off them. The only issue is that when you eject the CD, the list of installed games does not update like it would with a normal external drive.
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DVD+RW writing occasionally fails
EDIT: The issue has slowly and steadily gone away with much, much reading and writing through the night... Not sure what it is that's been fixed, if you're reading this and you're having the same ...
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How can I create an ISO image from a dvd with my Mac?
I can only create an cdr image, but not iso. Is it possible to create an iso image using mac standard software (disk utility)?
Regards Christian
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Can't open door of DVD RW Drive on desktop PC
My computer is an "emachine". The brand of the device is ATAPI DVD A DH16AASH SCSI CdRom Device. Door to the drive is vertical (side ways).It used to open very well. I've hardly used it, so ...
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Rip CD/DVD with ffmpeg
Is this possible with ffmpeg? Do you have any links that explain how to do this?
I have searched with Google but had not many results.
I just want to be able to convert a CD or DVD to MP3 audio ...
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How to burn DVD/Blu-Ray disk with copy protection
I've created video studying material for my students and would like to know if it's possible to burn my disks with basic copy protection. I realize that it will be possible to copy them anyway if one ...
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How to convert home movie DVDs to .mpeg files?
My wife brought me a box of DVDs with her home movies from her life before me. I would like to store the contents permanently on our Linux home server alongside 100,000 jpg files and some more recent ...
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