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Black Planet
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Ok,,, just got a dvd off ebay... it's a Def Leppard gig... two disks. They do not play thru....here is what the seller said after my complaint...mind you she is from USA and so am I.


I've seen this happen before in that it is the brand of player that is not
compatible with the Region Setting on the DVD disks. The only thing I can
do is get you to send them back to me and refund your money or send the
show to you on VHS Video. Whichever you want works for me :)

Another option is to pick up a $35 Apex DVD Player at Wal-Mart. Those
things will play ANY Disk. LOL

Best Regards,
Valerie


Yes her name is the same as mine.

WTF is this answer? I wrote back to ask for the tape VHS of it. Am I stupid or something? the disks play til a point then they off....like the matrix code..and suddenly stop.

This is a really top quality boot...until it dies..Is this normal?

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BP

I'm no expert. I have had the same problems with copied discs apparently because my DVD player is an old model. They are so cheap here now I might as well just buy a new one.

However, I understand if you take the back off and yoiu know what you're doing you can modify something. I'm sure it's on the interweb if you look for your model.

I really shouldn't be encouranging the watching of this DVD.
Altogether now...."The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm (repeat x4)

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My dvd player is only 2 years old. I am at a loss.

Oh...and as I was at the gig in question...sigh... man...I really want a complete copy..

Laugh all you want......DEF LEPPARD ROCK..TODAY.

they do... got a s**t incomplete dvd to prove it.


Gosh...I was in heaven this afternoon watching it. til it died... :evil: :evil:


Hey...I love them..no apologies.
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and yes
Steve,
Rick has only one arm..

He is a sweet and kind man,... that I have met in person...sigh...he's ace in my book...

Thunder God..........no that aint the DR...but Andrew I am sure knows who Rick is.
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Thinking about it; if the player started playing it you would imagine it is comatable. So, maybe she has ripped you off. Ask her to send you another.
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i recently had this problem with a burned dvd i got of nirvana in sydney 92

the thing didnt work at all on my dvd player so i gave it to my friend, who said it worked fine on his computers dvd drive and so he encoded it to mpeg for me

all worked out fine :)
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ryan_w_0000 wrote:i recently had this problem with a burned dvd i got of nirvana in sydney 92

the thing didnt work at all on my dvd player so i gave it to my friend, who said it worked fine on his computers dvd drive and so he encoded it to mpeg for me

all worked out fine :)
You can do that? I have never done the dvd thing on my computer, although it does have a dvd drive. This is frightening..I am becoming a geek right before my very eyes.

I will see what I can do with it before I send it back!

Thanks for your help.
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Answer

There is basically 2 reasons your disc doesnt play

1) There are 2 Types of Blank DVD there is +R and -R , basically +R is the phillips system that is conpatable with 80% of all DVD players and there is the Sony / Panasonic DVD-R system that is far less conpatable also the -r system is used a lot by bootleggers as the blank DVDs are usually 40% cheaper than +R

2) On a DVD Recorded you can record in many different quality settions, lower quality=longer playing time.

It may be that the disc was NOT recorded in standard play mode (ie 2 hours on a 4.7 gb disk) if this is so them that may be why, try the DVDs of a friends player to make sure.

ok the 3)

The disc may not have been finalised properly


hope that Helps

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I had a DVD go all Matrixy on me after 45 mins, I took it out of the player and discovered it was covered in finger prints and smears. Cleaned it (from centre to rim, of course) popped it back in and Presto Hey! it played fine.
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@ Allfear

Wow! I have played my lovely booties on my dvd drive in the computer. Both disks worked just fine.

Is it possible for me to copy them to better quality disks that would play on my dvd player? (The dvd player sound is through the surround sound system....as you can imagine...It can literally shake the house when turned up loud and is much better quality sound than the computer!)

I wish I had read your note before I bought some blank dvd's this morning. I had no idea about the +R / -R thing and guess which ones I got? LOL yep.. the -R :cry: They were the least expensive... :roll:

Thank you so much for your reply!!!!! It helped immensely. :D

Oh and this gig rocks! It was last April in Baltimore....They had at least 2 cameras, and the sound is just ....Awesome! Whoever did this, produced quality!! If only Andrew's boots could sound so good... :von:
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Pffff! wimmin and technology <ducks out of BeeP's reach>
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Red Sunsets wrote:Pffff! wimmin and technology <ducks out of BeeP's reach>
:roll:

Thanks Barman Blast....It's nice to know I'm not yet an ubergeek! :wink: Hey, happy Saturday... well for you mate, it's Sunday. Enjoy!

And it's also to know that if I ever have a tekkie question, I can come here and ask and find the answer. Isn't learning new things fun? :wink:

Or phrased differently...wouldn't Andrew be proud of me? :von:
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Try this BeeP http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/makendo.htm
:lol:
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Black Planet wrote:@ Allfear

Wow! I have played my lovely booties on my dvd drive in the computer. Both disks worked just fine.

Is it possible for me to copy them to better quality disks that would play on my dvd player? (The dvd player sound is through the surround sound system....as you can imagine...It can literally shake the house when turned up loud and is much better quality sound than the computer!)

I wish I had read your note before I bought some blank dvd's this morning. I had no idea about the +R / -R thing and guess which ones I got? LOL yep.. the -R :cry: They were the least expensive... :roll:

Thank you so much for your reply!!!!! It helped immensely. :D

Oh and this gig rocks! It was last April in Baltimore....They had at least 2 cameras, and the sound is just ....Awesome! Whoever did this, produced quality!! If only Andrew's boots could sound so good... :von:

My biggest influece from ef leppard was watching the rock of ages Doc in about 1988, anyway about 12 yearson from that i took a bit of advice from that programme, I bought a Volvo!!
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Black Planet wrote:@ Allfear

Wow! I have played my lovely booties on my dvd drive in the computer. Both disks worked just fine.

Is it possible for me to copy them to better quality disks that would play on my dvd player?
Shouldn't be a problem provided you have a DVD burner on your PC. Just do a straight DVD copy using something like Nero.

...oh, I'm back, kinda :)
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Nero can do that? Very cool! 8)

Allfear...Rock of Ages is one hell of a song!
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