Re: DVD driver
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On 01/02/08 18:09, hce wrote:
> On 1/3/08, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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>> On 01/02/08 17:07, hce wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a DVD+R driver, sometime it can detect a DVD disk
>>> automatically, sometime it is not:
>>>
>>> 1. If the DVD driver cannot detect a DVD disc inserted to the driver,
>>> what is the command I can use to manually mount the DVD?
>>>
>>> 2. Can a DVD+R driver work to a DVD-R disk? I thought the different
>>> between the DVD+R and DVD-R is the laser beam, if I can copy DVD-R
>>> video files to harddisk, then play video from harddisk should be fine,
>>> is it correct? Or any alternatives or tricks to watch video from DVD-R
>>> disk?
>> I don't think there *is* a DVD driver, per se. There's the UDF fs
>> driver, though. You might mean that.
>
> To be hornest, I am not clear how the DVD system works. Is the DVD
> like a CD, the module need be loaded, then be mounted to a file
> system? I guess that UDF fs is the file system for the DVD. I more
> concern with the DVD formats for different DVD RW devices. Are the
> different formats DVD-R and DVD+R only presented in physical device,
> not on a file system? As long as the device is mounted to a file
> system such as UDF, there won't be any difference to read contents
> from the file system, is that correct?
>
>> What DE do you use? GNOME, KDE, xfce??? That's what usually auto-
>> recognizes inserted DVDs.
>
> I am using GNOME.
Does the DVD's icon appear on the desktop?
Open an xterm, make it large, and then run
# tail -n40 /var/log/syslog
See what happens when you put a movie DVD into the machine. Then a
"burned" disk.
Also, do you have gnome-volume-manager and gnome-mount installed?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian
because I hate vegetables!"
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