simple DVD read error - ALL DVD

Balint Szigeti balint.szgt at gmail.com
Mon Aug 4 11:43:37 UTC 2014


On Wed, 2014-07-30 at 02:19 +0930, Tim wrote:

> Allegedly, on or about 28 July 2014, Balint Szigeti sent:
> > I have two DVDs which contains AVI files. I can't read it in my fedora
> > box but it works in gentoo and windows.
> > 
> > I used the DVD drive and the DVDs before so I don't think it is a HW
> > problem. 
> 
> Clean the disc, or clean the drive?  Sometimes cleaning a drive improves
> things with some discs, when the drive is apparently working fault free
> with other discs (they're probably more readable).  If it's a laptop
> drive, where the laser mechanism is accessible, careful hand cleaning is
> better than one of those discs with a brush glued to it (they bash into
> the lens).
> 
> Or you could have some particular discs that are bordering on the edge
> of being readable, that work sometimes, but other machines are less
> forgiving.  
> 
> Some disc and drive combinations are not too compatible, though I
> haven't heard that kind of complaint for a while.  I always use the best
> discs that I can get, because I hated having to deal with that problem.
> Some people just use the cheapest.
> 
> -- 
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
> Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64
> 
> All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
> trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
> public lists.
> 
> George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
> a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.
> 
> 
> 

hello

well, I've tested the DVDs on a Windows 7 and in a Gentoo box. They work
fine. I've tested the 
DVD drive with different DVD discs and it works, so I've opened a low
important bug ticket in
bugzilla. I don't think it will fix :(
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