From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 15 22:46:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A69A37B404 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msr9.hinet.net (msr9.hinet.net [168.95.4.109]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5998B43FAF for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:46:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net) Received: from sonic.utopia.com (61-227-219-163.HINET-IP.hinet.net [61.227.219.163]) by msr9.hinet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA08564 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:46:32 +0800 (CST) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:32:01 +0800 From: Robert Storey To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030716123201.3fc9f12f.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <200307152158.34789.racerx@makeworld.com> References: <000201c34b45$a5826a40$010b0a0a@windstorm> <200307152158.34789.racerx@makeworld.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.9 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: CDRom able to play DVD movies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:46:42 -0000 On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:58:34 -0500 Chris wrote: > On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:54 pm, Neu, Benjamin S. wrote: > > Nope! A cd-rom is built (hardware wise) for CD's not DVD's! > > I wanted to be sure - someplace, somewhere I heard, that under > windows, this could be done. Heh - I musta overheard that from some > other users in passing - I was sure that wasn't the case, but in a day > where you can purchase software (windows-wize) to boost your internet > speed, blah, blah, blah - I just had to ask. > > Thanks for confirming what I had expected all along. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chris > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:52 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: CDRom able to play DVD movies > > > > Hiya - > > > > Is there an app/emulator that will allow my ordinary CD Rom > > reader to play > > store bought DVD movies? I think I know the source of your confusion. There is a Windows program (or probably more than one program by now) which lets you pop a DVD into your DVD drive, and it converts the files into a format that you can burn onto CD-R - in other words, it lets you create a pair of VCDs from a single DVD. And of course, VCDs can be played in a normal CD drive. regards, Robert