[LINK] MS Windows and CD formats

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Rick Welykochy wrote:
> Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> 
>> Thanks I will study that a bit more...I have encountered  problems 
>> writing large
>> video files to a CDROM. It may even turn out to make it possible to 
>> play the
>> video from the disk directly. I store the files in directories.
>>
>> My impression of an image file is that it has to be restored, before 
>> the files
>> can be read.
> 
> I write four or five complete (large) .AVI files to the root directory
> on an ISO DVD data disk, burnt using Mac OS X Finder. My el cheapo DVD
> player happily plays the files and lists the disk contents.
> 
> Windows/XP and Vista (at my neighbours) won't touch the disks with a 
> 10-foot
> pole. I have tried and tried to create disks for their Windows box, 
> using the
> Finder and Toast as well, but no luck. Macs and DVD players read the 
> data disks
> just fine.
> 
> Another nail in the coffin for Windows crap.
> 
> 

That seems odd, as AVI is MS' container. Perhaps there is an issue with the 
format within the container. Given that the DVD {Video} player is OK with it 
perhaps it is in MPEG2 or some other compressed format. That MS is not happy with.

> Windows XP can read ISO 9660 Level 1, 2, 3, Joliet, and ISO 9660:1999
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#Operating_system_support>

It could be a filename issue... I have also had problems with upper and lower
case and Windows associating the correct application with the file.

DVD Players are support various formats including MP3.

Marghanita
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