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I need an application that will play VOB files directly. Any recommendations? Thanks!

Good to have someone on my side.

I admit I didn't look. CHEEKY! NORMALLY, I don't have luck doing searches for answers related to questions I have about PC processes, etc. So, it never even occurred to me to try.

I was wondering. When I run ImgBurn, I have to give ZoneAlarm an okay for it to call CSRSS because I have it set to let me know such things behind the scenes. I was curious what this call was for, or maybe a better question, what CSRSS is? Thanks!

Well, I can't even find the media yet so it's just academic at this point. Eying the future.

Is there an NEC drive that supports DVD-R and +R DL rewritable discs that they can recommend? Thanks!

Anyone know where I can get either 6x DVD-RW or 8x DVD+RW discs online from the USA? I got my 6x and 8x media from Newegg, I think, but they don't have any right now. Thanks!

Who? Lord President Barusa I bet!

Fridays sure are getting interesting on Sci-Fi. Battlestar Galactica, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Doctor Who.

Can think of one time where I used DVD-R DL for a movie. When trying to create a movie where The End Of The World came up. Burned it to DVD-R DL because the layer break was fixed.

That's something else I wondered about. What the padding was used for. Because I seem to recall one of the things with DVD+R DL was you had to write data to the unused areas of the disc, e.g. burn all available space, for reflectivity reasons.

Is DVD+R DL or DVD-R DL more compatible over the other versus whether a DVD player will play them? For instance, I've been a fan of the DVD- crowd because it appeared to be more compatible with players. In terms of the layer break, it seems to me the DVD+R DL is preferred over DVD-R DL because there is control over where the layer break can go. Especially for movie discs, this can come into play because a DVD-R DL would, in theory, put the layer break in a different area.

Since there is not setting of a layer break by ImgBurn for DVD-R DL, it made me wonder. I've just had my first experience trying out DVD-R DL discs. So, how does the layer switching work on DVD-R DL? Is it physically set in the disc and ImgBurn/whatever just burns to X sector, encounters the layer break, and writes any additional data left over to Layer 1? Which would mean that the layer break would be "randomly" inserted into the video stream because you never know when you'll encounter it physically?

For a while, the PS 2 was my only DVD player, too. That was one of the main selling points why I got one. I didn't have a DVD player, it played the old games as well as the new games, and still played CD's. (My Playstation 1 was my first CD player ever, believe it or not.) I was one of those who pre-ordered early and got mine when everyone was selling theirs on eBay. I should have probably done the same but decided I'd rather keep it and be able to say I have what everyone else wants.

CHEEKY! Besides, I tend to avoid LG drives as LG has jokingly been referred to as Lucky Good for you if the drive works right. I had a few rebadged LG drives that were fine except for Playstation 2 DVD playback. Random skips that other drives didn't produce. Of course, I can't really blame the drive as the Playstation 2 is a really lousy DVD player when it comes to writable discs.

Well, as it turns out, my drives DON'T support DVD-RW DL and DVD+RW DL discs! Well, the external drive may support them, but, it's not worth a look turning it on to check. Edit: decided to turn on the power to the external to check, but, I don't expect much as it is a drive that is older in terms of product number versus one that is internally installed. And, yep, there's no support.

Especially on DVD-RW DL. I've only just seen my first examples of DVD-R DL discs earlier today on NewEgg.

Do they make double layer rewritable discs, DVD+RW DL or DVD-RW DL? I've seen them supposedly supported in the capabilities list of my drives but I've not seen any samples yet to use. And, if they do make them, where in the US can I order some? Thanks!

Oh. I checked the label on the cake stack, with the bar code, and it does say made in Singapore.

Becuase these have printable labels, the only text is at the ring, where it just says it's Vertabim DVD+R DL and the speed.

Okay, good. That means they are real Mitsubishi media, which appeared in the MCM strings before on Verbatims.

You know, ever since I moved over to NEC drives, I've not broken a single drive! Can you believe it?! I even have 2 Sony ones, too, that have managed thus far not to break. Unlike the DRU-700a which stopped working a day after the warranty expired.

Wow, my order has arrived already. Okay, here's the Manufacturer ID for them. Hope it's good and not one of those India batches mentioned earlier. MKM-001-00 Is that a good Manufacturer ID? I don't like seeing MKM instead of MCC. But, what could MKM stand for? If German, I'd say Kemical. Thanks!

This looks like exactly what I'm looking for. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817130997 I've ordered NEC drives from NewEgg before and have been satisfied with my transactions with them in the past. I think I'll ordered 1 spindle to see what the manufacturer ID's area and if they're satisfactory, order more spindles. Thanks!

Well, my e-mail did change a year ago. That may be why.