Fedora Coverstory in Linux Format

[Scott van Looy]

Today Tim did spake thusly:

> Tim:
>>> I wouldn't have thought it necessary.  5 Cd's should fit onto a
>>> single layer DVD.
>
> George Arseneault:
>> Necessary or not, it wouldn't work in my DVD drive.
>> (It's about 8 years old though)  My friend said it was
>> probably because the disk was dual-layered, since his
>> drive could read it and his wife's could not. (a
>> slightly newer but still not dual-layer drive)
>
> Were they guessing, or had they checked?  It'd be easy enough to check.
> The only reason I could see for them using dual layer, where it wasn't
> needed, would be getting a good deal on the pricing.
>
> For what it's worth, all DVD players (including computer ones) can read
> dual-layer.  It's been in the specs since the beginning, and required of
> them.  That's not to say that some particular discs could be
> sub-standard, and don't work well in some drives.
>
> It's just that, until recently, most burners couldn't write to
> dual-layer discs.  That's something quite different than reading them.

Indeed, if that drive can play DVD movies then it can read dual layer... 
;)

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