[MacDV] Do data DVD discs work?

[Alex]

NO :)

Not lucky, DVD Videos use the same UDF format as Standard Data DVD's

Alex


On 12 May 2005, at 02:17, Brett Conlon wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is the DVD disc similar to the Audio CD in that it has a special 
> format in
> order to work in DVD players or can you just burn a data disc with a
> VIDEO_TS folder and it'll work?
>
> I've sorta answered my own question but I'm not sure if it just worked 
> for
> me in my specific situation...
>
> I wanted to make a backup of my daughter's Hi-5 DVD but all the Apple
> utilities kept denying me as they are copy protected discs.
>
> In the end I used MacTheRipper to create the region-free, 
> de-macrovision'd
> folder to my hard drive. I then used Toast to create a data disc and
> burned it to a DVD-RW disc. To my surprise it played in my home dvd
> player. DVD-RW discs play in this player but often skip, which my test
> disc continually did. I then burned a -R disc and it plays perfectly.
>
> Was I just lucky or should this work normally with most everyone?
>
> Ta,
>
> Coj
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