Hi all,
Geez, I *hate* having to learn the hard way!
First off, when I put a movie DVD in the drive, Windows asks to "please insert a disk". That's just using the standard WXP drivers. And, when I right click on the DVD drive, it shows as being "0" in size.
Second, mmalves wrote: "If you want to read the contents of a DVD (i.e. showing what files/folders are inside, copying files, etc), Windows XP already does this and doesn't use (nor needs) codecs for that."
WXP does not "read" a DVD. As I stated above, it asks to insert a disk in drive(X). Nor does MS supply a download for any decoders. They even say so on their site and they direct you to download any one of several decoders, at varying costs, to play a DVD.
Also, the first time out when I burned the ".bkf" file in 'write' mode, it did it. I could physically see where the disk was written to. However, when I tried "Properties" it showed "0" and I got an error message saying Windows cannot read from this disk. . . may be using a format not compatible with Windows."
So, I downloaded a MPEG-2 decoder anyway (even though you said it was unnecessary), and lo' and behold, I was able to read and play DVDs!
Next, I tried to burn the same file again, using LIGHTNING UK!'s advice and using 'build' mode. It worked. But, I did notice a size difference between the original file size and what was on the disk, which I was finally able to see after installing the decoder.
Is this normal?
Thanks,
jpChris