[plug] Video DVD question

[James Clarke]

Sometimes Linux is not able to read DVD when the label is too long.  
But they work in Windows. I wonder if this is the problem. Do you have  
a dual boot box you can try it on.

James

On 16/03/2009, at 5:58 PM, Peter Sutter wrote:

> I recorded a few TV programs with a SAMSUNG DVD-VR375. The media I  
> used is
> Verbatim DVD-R, as recommended by the manufacturer. The sessions are
> finalised. The programs can be viewed on the recorder and all looks  
> OK.
>
> I tried to view the DVDs on a PC running SuSE Linux V10.3. The  
> drives are
> either a LG DVDRRW GSA-4166B or an ASUS DRW-1814BL.
>
> I can not mount the DVD on either drive. Either drive is capable of  
> reading
> DVD-R fromat.
>
> On a SuSE V10.3 system a mount results in:
> Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
> UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
>
> On a SuSE V10.2 system a mount results in:
> Buffer I/O error on device hdd, logical block 8
> cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
>
> I could lift off the image with dd, but th can't be mounted either
>
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 /media/disk/of1.iso /mnt
>
> Mar 16 17:48:20 basilisk kernel: UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
> Mar 16 17:51:36 basilisk kernel: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
> Mar 16 17:51:36 basilisk kernel: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
>
> What do I try next?
>
> Peter
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