Is it possible that you have a data DVD containing the 8mm movies in DV format so that you can edit them. That would explain the disk not playing in the DVD player. Gerhard Kuhn On Jan 16, 2004, at 6:00 PM, Paul Williams wrote: > Hi All, > > Just had my 8mm movies transferred to DVD. I plug it into my G5 and > DVD player won't let me view it. When ever i hit any of the controls i > get a little "Not Permitted" message. > > Any ideas? >