From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 4 20:02:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC5A16A4A0 for ; Sat, 4 Nov 2006 20:02:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.org) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26AE243D91 for ; Sat, 4 Nov 2006 20:01:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.org) Received: from [194.192.25.130] (sos.deepcore.dk [194.192.25.130]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kA4K1Xkp070485; Sat, 4 Nov 2006 21:01:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <454CF1A0.2090504@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:01:36 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060531) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Franks References: <539c60b90611040831l3101a720i6cb87ee1cb8272ad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90611040831l3101a720i6cb87ee1cb8272ad@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v2.0beta Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: read cd's but not dvd's? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:02:50 -0000 Steve Franks wrote: > Any potential configuration-realted reasons that I can mount cd's just > fine in my dvd drive (atapi), but not data or movie dvd's (commercial > and dvd+r's)? I get an 'unrecognized or drive empty' type error. Just > a bad drive? It makes the standard spin-up noises and some reading > sounds after loading a dvd, and it's a fairly new drive. The faq and > man pages don't seem to suggest any configuration-realted differences > between cd & dvd. They are both iso9660 format, correct? Yes, but most movie DVD's are copyprotected where you need to perform the right woodoo agaist the DVD drive to enabling reading the data. When you get that far the data might be encrypted as well, needing a decrypt before they make sense. Welcome to the wonderfull world of copy protection :) -Søren