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More info?)
Thanks a lot for your help, I have been looking at the sites you indicated,
there is such a lot of info. there that it is going to take some time to
hopefully find a solution, but here goes!!
"Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
news:%23rtHV2WtFHA.3252@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hmmm, it's not something I've come across before but:
>
http://www.computerbb.org/about1384.html
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> and
> http://www.google.com/search?q=%22disc+with+an+unsupported+format%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=
>
> You might want to take a look throught some of these and see if someone
> has a fix.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
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>
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> "Peter Bowers" <peterbowers@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:eCRJceRtFHA.2756@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Yes I have Cyberlink Power DVD 5 on my computer, but when try to play the
>> disc a dialogue box appears which says"A disc with an unsupported format
>> in drive D:"Should I try www intervideo .com
>>
>>
>> "Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23OCBSBKtFHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> DVD decoding software is needed to play a video DVD (for want of a
>>> better phrase, as opposed to a data DVD which just contains regular PC
>>> files and folders).....
>>>
>>> WinDVD (www.intervideo.com) and PowerDVD (www.gocyberlink.com) are the
>>> two most common applications.
>>>
>>> Do you have either on your PC?
>>> --
>>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>>> Printing & Imaging
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Peter Bowers" <peterbowers@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23FpsErGtFHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi Cari,
>>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>>> I am not computer literate, I have used DVD+RW via Norton Ghost 9 to
>>>> back up my system and the discs I used to copy the videos was DVD+R. I
>>>> am afraid I do not know what DVD decoding software is, or whether I
>>>> have it or not.
>>>> "Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:O284Lr$sFHA.1568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Maybe you used DVD-R when your PC likes DVD+R. Do you have DVD
>>>>> decoding software on your PC?
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>>>>> Printing & Imaging
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Peter Bowers" <peterbowers@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Oyx$Yt4sFHA.908@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> I have copied some old videos to Dvd attaching a video player to a
>>>>>> Dvd player. The discs play through the dvd player on the Tv, but they
>>>>>> will not play on my computer, is it a different format and if so can
>>>>>> I get software to overcome this. Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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