DVD compatibility

That might be the answer OP was looking for.

I think when I open Explorer on my PC the device is identified as a DVD-RAM
player. I don't think I have ever used blank DVD-RAMs.

Bitsetting is also used to identify voice circuits for phone companies, if I
am not mistaken.

Compatibility is always going to be an issue. Wikipedia likely has some
timeline to follow if I were truly interested.

"Stephen Stewart" <a.nonymous@no.spam> wrote in message
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> "ng_reader" <wilgrow_co@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Since i have no idea what you are talking about, I will have to agree
>> with you.
>>
>> In other words, a plausible argument won, on Usenet.
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>> "Stephen Stewart" <a.nonymous@no.spam> wrote in message
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>>> "ng_reader" <wilgrow_co@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> Stick with DVD-R not plus (+) R and it will always work.
>>>>
>>>> However, I use +R because they are faster, more reliable, and work in
>>>> all my players and 'puters.
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>>> If you use bitsetting +R is every bit as compatible as -R.
>>>
>>>
>>> Stephen
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> Bitsetting is changing the discs booktype to DVD-ROM which can be set in
> the burning software if your DVD writer supports it.
>
> It tricks the DVD player into thinking that it's a pressed disc as opposed
> to a DVD+R which makes it compatible with almost all players.
>
>
> Stephen
>

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> That might be the answer OP was looking for.

As the OP, all I can say is that I have no idea if this 'Bitsetting' is the
answer I was looking for, as I haven't a clue what it means.

The first reply (from Paul) seemed to answer my question, but what has
followed has, I regret to say, become more and more incomprehensible to me.

Thanks for the thoughts guys, but I am afraid it is now going over my head.

You probably already know that Microsoft and Apple really, really don't like
each other, right?

It might be as simple as an update to the Mac.

"Albert" <albert@nospam.com> wrote in message news:ftf9uv$uc$1@aioe.org...
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>> That might be the answer OP was looking for.
>
> As the OP, all I can say is that I have no idea if this 'Bitsetting' is
> the answer I was looking for, as I haven't a clue what it means.
>
> The first reply (from Paul) seemed to answer my question, but what has
> followed has, I regret to say, become more and more incomprehensible to
> me.
>
> Thanks for the thoughts guys, but I am afraid it is now going over my
> head.
>

"Albert" <albert@nospam.com> wrote in message news:ft24sa$ac0$1@aioe.org...
> Can anyone tell me what is the major difference between commercially
> burned DVDs that seem to play on virtually anything, and PC burned DVDs
> that will play on some machines and not others.
>
> I produced a DVD from some home video and whilst it played on my PC, my
> DVD recorder and a friend's DVD player, it would not play on another
> friend's Apple Mac.
>
> I have heard of others having similar problems. I an not looking to get
> into the individual case, just to know what the basic difference is that
> allows the commercial ones to be so much more reliable.
>

Commercial DVD Movies are stamped on DVD-ROM media.
Compatibility has nothing to do with DVD plus or minus.
It has to do with the disc being DVD-ROM compatible.

1) The disc must be (permanently) closed. No open sessions.

2) The "Book Type" must be DVD-ROM. Use bitsetting to change
the current book type.

It will now play on your friend's Apple Mac (or any commercial
standalone DVD player in livingroom or car).

bilm