Disc can't be read or played

[Guest aoesimsfreak]

I got a set of discs from a friend who burned them for me . It's a series I

wanted . She sent them to me and I can't play them or view them in windows

explorer. Although my cd-dvd drive is about four yrs old it still plays games

and music cds. Was wondering if the discs she sent were ripped in a different

format that my drive can't read. I have Win DVD and windows media player, and

neither of these recongizes the disc. they don't auto-play.

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Disc can't be read or played

 

On Sep 8, 2:34 pm, aoesimsfreak

<aoesimsfr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>  I got a set of discs from a friend who burned them for me . It's a series I

> wanted . She sent them to me and I can't play them or view them in windows

> explorer. Although my cd-dvd drive is about four yrs old it still plays games

> and music cds. Was wondering if the discs she sent were ripped in a different

> format that my drive can't read. I have Win DVD and windows media player, and

> neither of these recongizes the disc. they don't auto-play.

 

Do you see any "files" on these disks, via Windows Explorer?

 

Can you try a different PC?

[Guest John McGaw]

Re: Disc can't be read or played

 

aoesimsfreak wrote:

> I got a set of discs from a friend who burned them for me . It's a series I

> wanted . She sent them to me and I can't play them or view them in windows

> explorer. Although my cd-dvd drive is about four yrs old it still plays games

> and music cds. Was wondering if the discs she sent were ripped in a different

> format that my drive can't read. I have Win DVD and windows media player, and

> neither of these recongizes the disc. they don't auto-play.

 

There are many formats that a "series" might be recorded in utilizing

either CDs or DVDs. Some of them require non-standard software for

playback. A great starting point to determine what is going on might be to

simply ask your friend what software/format she used to burn the disks and

whether she verified that they were burned correctly before sending them.

 

John McGaw

http://johnmcgaw.com

[Guest aoesimsfreak]

Re: Disc can't be read or played

 

 

 

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Sep 8, 2:34 pm, aoesimsfreak

> <aoesimsfr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > I got a set of discs from a friend who burned them for me . It's a series I

> > wanted . She sent them to me and I can't play them or view them in windows

> > explorer. Although my cd-dvd drive is about four yrs old it still plays games

> > and music cds. Was wondering if the discs she sent were ripped in a different

> > format that my drive can't read. I have Win DVD and windows media player, and

> > neither of these recongizes the disc. they don't auto-play.

>

> Do you see any "files" on these disks, via Windows Explorer? No!

>

> Can you try a different PC?

>

[Guest aoesimsfreak]

Re: Disc can't be read or played

 

 

 

"John McGaw" wrote:

> aoesimsfreak wrote:

> > I got a set of discs from a friend who burned them for me . It's a series I

> > wanted . She sent them to me and I can't play them or view them in windows

> > explorer. Although my cd-dvd drive is about four yrs old it still plays games

> > and music cds. Was wondering if the discs she sent were ripped in a different

> > format that my drive can't read. I have Win DVD and windows media player, and

> > neither of these recongizes the disc. they don't auto-play.

>

> There are many formats that a "series" might be recorded in utilizing

> either CDs or DVDs. Some of them require non-standard software for

> playback. A great starting point to determine what is going on might be to

> simply ask your friend what software/format she used to burn the disks and

> whether she verified that they were burned correctly before sending them.

>

> John McGaw

> http://johnmcgaw.com

>

> I do know that they are vcd's. I did get explorer to view what was on disc 1, but wasn't thinking enough to copy the files to my computer. Dah!Now it wont access them again.Also securom is on my computer via a game purchase. I have heard that securom mess with software that is designed to burn disc. So I am wondering if that is problem also? And I did write to ask her what type of software burned the discs, I am waiting to hear from her.