[olug] Mini DVD

[Jon Steckelberg]

Did some more testing last night and this is what I found.

A blank miniDVD inserted into the DVD drive shows up fine.

If I have the file browser open to the computer level it shows the DVD
drive in the right hand pane, if I then place a recorded miniDVD into
the DVD drive it acts like it is accessing the drive and then the DVD
line disappears in the file browser.

If I open gnome player and direct it to the DVD drive manually it will
play the DVD, VLC will also play it, Openshot and Kino will not.  None
of the programs actually shows the files.

I am wondering if the problem is in how the camcorder finalizes the
disc.

Annoyingly windows has no problem with the miniDVD discs or files.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?


> The mini-DVD works fine in the one windows box I still have and it
> also
> works in my DVD player. I have not tried a blank mini-DVD in the TP
> yet,
> I will try that tonight and see what it does.
> 
> Thanks
> Jon
> 
> >         I agree with Marc.  DVDs are read from the inside outward,
> so
> >         the size
> >         shouldn't matter assuming the drive holds it.
> >         
> >         It could also be a difference between "DVD-RW" and "DVD+RW".
> >         Can you put in
> >         a new/blank mini-DVD and have the Thinkpad write some file
> to
> >         it?
> >         
> >         Dan
> >         
> >         On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 13:58, Marc Mapes
> >         <marcmdm2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         
> >         > Almost sounds like the disc wasnt "finalized" by the
> >         camcorder
> >         >
> >         > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Jon Steckelberg
> >         <jonsteckelberg at cox.net
> >         > >wrote:
> >         >
> >         > > I have a Thinkpad X61 with LM9 installed on it.
> >         > > I am having problems with the DVD-RW in the ultrabase.
> >         > > It works fine on full size DVD's but it does not even
> see
> >         the disc if I
> >         > > try and read a mini DVR-R from my panasonic camcorder.
> >         > > Anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong?
> >         > >
> >         > > Thanks
> >         > > Jon Steckelberg
> >         > >
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