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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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 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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ffmpeg won't subtract VOB subtitle, but VLC can show it
I want to download the subtitle using ffmpeg, but I cannot make it. I have tried many parameters but it seems the subtitle hidden somewhere. But when I play using VLC, I can use it.
This is the ...
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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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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.
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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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Adding custom text after portable USB drive letter
Kinda fancy question, but how can I add custom text after portable drive letter name?
My DVD has the following name pattern:
Label (DriveLetter:) CustomText
But my other USB portable drive has:
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Unable to access a data track or sector on a Music CD?
I have a November 2006 music CD Single that has 3 audio tracks and it contains a artist specific software that allows the fans to do various things. This is an advertised selling point of this version ...
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Recover Data from a Re-writable CD/DVD
I have a re-writable CD/DVD that had a priceless (to me) document on it. When I went to copy the document it was not there. Instead there were three photos of my brother.
I am guessing that due to the ...
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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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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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Optical drive failing at specific disc locations: bad drive or bad disc?
I have an issue with my optical drive (DVD/Blu-Ray). It fails to read specific discs always at specific points on those discs. For example one disc always fails at the 49.5% point. Some other discs ...
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Convert DVDSUB to srt and then to mkv
I have ripped a lot of my dvd's. But it is in an ugly and non-supported DVDSUB format. I saw in Subtitle edit I could convert it to srt. I tried it and it works great. But there is one thing, it costs ...
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CD DVD BD - Does it spin left or right?
So, how do those discs spin? Clockwise or counterclockwise? I cannot find any information on the topic.
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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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Can i Still Burn DVD-R even if im using SATA USB 2.0 for external disc drive
Ok I removed the disc drive of my laptop because its no use anymore to me and good thing the disc drive still works the last time i use it, it has Ability to burn anytype of dvd but im worried about ...
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What is the "0x00000000" region mask on locally ripped DVDs?
The region mask appears to be changed to 0x00000000 when using various ripping software which can decrypt (i.e. remove the DRM) the discs.
mpv reports:
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region ...
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Can a broken cdrom drive cause I/O errors in programs like dd, ddrescue, etc.?
Can a broken cdrom drive cause I/O errors in programs like dd, ddrescue, etc. even if the disc itself doesn't contain bad sectors?
Note that I'm interested in purely technical, factual answers, not ...
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Count non-fatal read errors on optical disks
Optical disks use Reed-Solomon codes to deal with limited amount of bit flips and hide them from user.
Is there a way under Linux or Windows to count these bit-flips?
Essentially I want to find out ...
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Unable to back up / rip an encrypted DVD
I have a home server with a bunch of disks to back up all my data (documents, pictures, etc).
I have a bunch of DVDs that I wish to use with post 2010-technology, eg devices without DVD drives. I don'...
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Cannot properly mount music CDs under Xubuntu Linux
I have three systems running Xubuntu:
Dell E5440 running 18.04
ThinkPad T420 running 20.04
Dell PowerEdge T110 (headless server) running 20.04
I am trying to mount the optical drive and I cannot do ...
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Handbrake videos displayed letterboxed, how to avoid?
I have encoded a DVD with HandBrake as mkv with one of the GENERAL (720p) presets. When I play this on my SONY TV (with the TV's function to play video files) it is shown letterboxed (black bar on top/...
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BD-RE eject only with disc on it
My BD-RE Drive on pc eject normally only if it have disc on it
If there no disc i eject it only by using needle on the hole
Why?
I opened it and clean it but didn't fix
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Why does my dvd player eject spontaneously
Why does my dvd player eject spontaneously even while playing a dvd? This happens on Windows10, and a restart sometimes seems to fix the problem temporarily. I have searched google for this problem, ...
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DVD-RW and 3.5 inch Floppy Drive recognized in BIOS. Neither can be read
The bios recognizes both the 3.5 inch Floppy and the DVD-RW, but as I try to boot from the DVD drive, it tries and fails to read any disk.
I installed FreeDOS onto a SATA HDD to test drive function. ...
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Is there a possibility for a batch conversion of video files (different formats) and delete metadata with ffmpeg?
I have a lot of video files of my family. I'am on Windows and the video formats are different:
Video files:
DVD directories contain:
Files in DVD directories were recorded with a DVD recorder and ...
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DVD-RW disc mounts as DVD-R in every disk drive I use
I have a few blank DVD-RW discs, though old, worked normally until recently. Every drive I insert them in, recognizes them as DVD-R discs, and once I write to them, they become read-only. I have tried ...
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FFmpeg commands for best quality conversion mp4 to DVD9 PAL
I need to convert a mp4 H264 to DVD9 PAL with the best video quality.
I have tried to convert by WinFF, using the profile DVD PAL HQ Widescreen and the I added some commands like this:
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VirtualBox - Use DVD RW Drive in Windows Guest (POPOS Host)
In VirtualBox 6.1, how to I make my DVD RW Drive usable from a Windows 10 Guest? It is hosted in POPOS 21.04. I thought this just worked when you installed the Guest Additions but apparently not. If ...
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cutting titles/features/subvideos out of a VOB file using ffmpeg
I have a VOB video file obtained from a DVD. The video contains several separate subvideos from the DVD, which play one-after-another (e.g., the first subvideo is the main feature, the second subvideo ...
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Can I use Desktop's DVD writer on laptop via sata data connection, powering it with SMPS externally
Can I use Desktop's DVD writer on laptop via sata data connection, powering it with SMPS externally (SMPS of desktop)?
I mean power supply to Desktop's DVD writer will be done though Desktop's SMPS ...
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DVD-drive opens automatically on wakeup
After updating my system to use Kernel 5.13.1-3-MANJARO, my DVD drive opens up automatically after waking my rig up from suspend.
I have read this thread already but the suggested fix won't help me.
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BURN-Free and DVD burn quality
BURN-Free is the generic name of a feature some DVD burners have which helps avoid issues that result from a buffer underrun during burning. The feature is turned on by default, but is very rarely ...
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Finalized DVD-R: can it get infected by malware?
Can a finalized DVD-R get infected by virus or malware? Normally finalized DVD (not RW) cannot be changed. Can it be safely put into infected PC?
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Why does my laptop recognize my external DVD player that turns on, but not play any DVDs on it?
I bought a Lenovo BP40N external DVD player in 2015. Since May 2 2021, it stopped playing DVDs.
Moderator, please approve this picture.
I troubleshot on two Windows 10 computers. When I plug in the ...
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Mysterious interface?
I took apart my external DVD-RAM drive, and found that it was a normal desktop drive inside a caddy, with an interconnect board screwed on. But I haven't been able to find out what the interface on it ...
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Rip all video clips from a DVD using VLC Windows 10
I have some old DVDs with family videos on them. When I play one of the DVDs, I get a menu where I can play one of many video clips. However when I use VLC’s ‘Convert/Save’ tool to rip the DVD ...
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How do you change the DVD+R drive's region after the maximum changes have expired in Windows?
In Windows, when you change a DVD+R drive's region, it removes a change from the available changes and when it gets to 0, it stops you from changing the drive's region. How can you bypass/change this ...
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Is it possible to use it as a laptop external CD player through USB or AV in AV out?
I have a Sylvania DVD/CD player that has a small screen, you can play movies, music from any CD/DVD and SD card/USB on it. Is there any way for me to connect it to a laptop, with the USB male to ...
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Is there a way I can use a Virtual Machine (alternately Windows itself) to use an .iso file as a writable medium?
I have a very specific need. I will have an exam in a couple months and I have absolutely no training in how to burn disks. I had a PC that could do this several years ago but that one's long gone, ...
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When transcoding DVD contents, should I keep the 29.97 framerate?
I'm using handbrake to transcode (the main stream of) a DVD into a x265+AAC file, using the handbrake application.
The source material has a frame rate of 29.97 fps.
My question: When transcoding, ...
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testing to see if a dvd has css encryption?
I occasionally buy DVDs of older TV series off of eBay and one thing I like to do before leaving feedback is to see if the DVD is legit or not by testing for the presence of CSS encryption. I figure a ...
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How to connect a 5.1 DVD Home Theater Speaker to PC?
Recently I found an old DVD player in my garage. It seems like the speakers work fine, but can I connect it to my PC instead of CD/USB? I want them work as my PC speakers.
The input:
Am I able to ...
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SSD configure on linux
I changed my Alienware 17 R1 DVD drive to an SSD disk of 1000 GB.On windows 10 i can
see the disk as on normal, however,on Centos 7 installed on VMware I could not access the same
disk.
Any help on ...
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(How) can I burn a 1080p video to DVD5 (not BluRay)?
I've been stuck on this for a few days now.
A friend of mine wants to have a movie burned on DVD and she doesn't have a BluRay player. Obviously, I want the movie to be of the highest resolution. I've ...
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Install original ssd in in place of the DVD drive?
I have a MacBock Pro 2012 no retina. Would like to move my 500 crucial ssd to dvd drive and insert a hybrid HDD as data storage into the drive where the SSD is now.
I bought this:
To replace SSD I ...
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Can outdated drivers cause a DVD RW to read but not write to discs?
I tried two different DVD+-RW drives on a dozen of new DVD-R discs and non of them were burned successfully. Both devices can read discs, but not write to them.
I tried installing fresh copies of both ...
