technology woes

[alonewiththemoon]

The Raqia Hassan DVD I had been anxiously awaiting arrived today--but it turns out it's a DVD+R, which happens to be a format my player can't play. I can play DVD-R and DVD-RW, but not +R. This is very frustrating because I'd been so looking forward to this DVD with its cane choreography. My cd-drive doesn't recognize the disc, although I thought it was supposed to be able to read +Rs. I've contacted the person who sold it to me about exchanging it for a format I can play, but that's a rather forlorn hope. Do any of you dear readers have the technological capability to copy a DVD+R onto a DVD-R or -RW? There's also a possibility that the DVD is encoded for whatever code they use in Egypt, I'm not sure where it was originally produced. Any advice or ideas gratefully appreciated...

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[developer.livejournal.com]

I have a mac with a DVD player as well as an external dvd burner, so when I get back I can give it shot.

Could it be in PAL format?

[alonewiththemoon]

it sounds like cris has the solution, but if that doesn't work i'll be in touch!

It *shouldn't* be in PAL format, but you never know...

[cris.livejournal.com]

I should be able to rip an image of the DVD on my PC and reburn it to a DVD-RW or DVD-R disc for you. When do you get home usually? I can drop by on my way in from work; when I'm on the bike, you guys are more or less on the way. Otherwise, you can have M bring it with him on his Wednesday forays to Comicazi, and I'll pick it up along with the week's batch of comics.

[alonewiththemoon]

That would be great--I get home at all kinds of crazy times, so maybe giving to Mat for Wednesday would work best. That way the woman who sold it to me has a chance to respond as well. Thanks so much!

[cris.livejournal.com]

I figured that your schedule might be a little random; and I am also overdue for a visit to Comicazi, so it works for both of us :)

... I have a spindle of DVD-R and -RW discs at home, but if you want to use up your own stack, give one to him as well. I can drop off the burned copies in your mailbox in a couple of days.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Not that this is exactly help, but I may have a stack of blank DVD-R's at home you are welcome to have, as I can't use them.

[alonewiththemoon]

thanks, but i have a big spindle of them I will never get through either--I can use them, but RWs are more useful because you can't create menus on Rs, at least not on my machine. Wish I'd realized that before I bought them...