[ltp] DVD not working
RICHARD CARTER
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:31:47 -0800 (PST)
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Thanks to everybody for all your suggestions. Some of you have mentioned =
checking or changing the "region". I don't know what this is. It is some=
thing one does in Windows? I'm still using Windows on this T40 until I get=
this hardware problem fixed.=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Rich=
ard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk>=0ATo: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org=
=0ASent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:55:18 PM=0ASubject: Re: [ltp] DVD not w=
orking=0A=0A>> The MATSHITA UJDA745 DVD/CDRW on my refurbished T40 Thinkpad=
seems =0A>> faulty. It will read: CD-RW data discs, audio discs and photo =
discs. =0A>> But it will not read DVDs containing movies which can be read=
on =0A>> another computer running Mandriva 2007. =0A=0AAnother thought, wh=
ich may help:=0A Put in a commerical DVD, but instead of trying to play th=
e disc, try =0Ato mount the filesystem. You should find 2 directories named=
=0AVIDEO_SOMETHING_OROTHER and AUDIO_SOMETHING_OROTHER (sorry - can't =0A=
recall exactly what!).=0A=0AIf you *can* see them =3D> it's a DVD playback =
problem, either regionset =0Aor css.=0A=0AIf you can't see them =3D> almost=
certainly a hardware fault (possibly a =0Adirty lens or badly scratched di=
sk though)=0A=0AObviously, you'll need linux for this - a nice way to do it=
is here:=0A https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent=0A=0ARicha=
rd=0A-- =0AThe linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:=0Ahttp://mailma=
n.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
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erif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks to everybody for all your suggestions. =
Some of you have mentioned checking or changing the "region". &=
nbsp; I don't know what this is. It is something one does in Windows?=
I'm still using Windows on this T40 until I get this hardware proble=
m fixed.<br><br><div style=3D"font-family: times new roman,new york,times,s=
erif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Richard Neill =
<rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk><br>To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org<br>=
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:55:18 PM<br>Subject: Re: [ltp] DVD not wor=
king<br><br><div>>> The MATSHITA UJDA745 DVD/CDRW on my refurbished T=
40 Thinkpad seems <br>>> faulty. It will read: CD-RW data discs, audi=
o discs and photo
discs. <br>>> But it will not read DVDs containing movies=
which can be read on <br>>> another computer running Mandriva 2007. =
<br><br>Another thought, which may help:<br> Put in a commerical=
DVD, but instead of trying to play the disc, try <br>to mount the filesyst=
em. You should find 2 directories named <br>VIDEO_SOMETHING_OROTHER and AUD=
IO_SOMETHING_OROTHER (sorry - can't <br>recall exactly what!).<b=
r><br>If you *can* see them =3D> it's a DVD playback problem, either reg=
ionset <br>or css.<br><br>If you can't see them =3D> almost certainly a =
hardware fault (possibly a <br>dirty lens or badly scratched disk though)<b=
r><br>Obviously, you'll need linux for this - a nice way to do it is here:<=
br> <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUs=
bPendrivePersistent">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent</a><=
br><br>Richard<br>-- <br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<b=
r><a target=3D"_blank"
href=3D"http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad"=
>http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a><br><=
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