[X4U] DVD data discs

[Kansas Territory]

On May 19, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Craig A. Finseth wrote:

>     ...
>    Is it possible, for someone on a Windoze box.. to burn a DVD data
>    disc, that is not viewable/loadable on a Macintosh with a DVD  
> reader ?
>     ...
>
> Sure.  I can burn a disk on a Windows box that isn't viewable from
> another Windows box.  If I create a proprietary format and don't give
> you a reeader, you're sunk.
>
> The disks themselves are interchangable and there's nothing in the
> format to keep any other machine out.
>
> Note that even if you use proprietary encodings such as WMP, a Mac
> running a Windows emulator can still view them.
>
> What's more to the point: why do you care?

"Because"     I have a DVD data disc that none of the Macs I have  
with DVD readers.. can read.
and wanted to verify my thoughts.. that it was possibly a DVD disc  
that was burned that I just won't be able to read on Macintosh.
Or if maybe there was some other reason, I was unaware of.

kansast