[LINK] MS Windows and CD formats

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Wed Sep 24 16:22:57 AEST 2008


Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> 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.
> 
or related to:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_ISO_9660_Extensions>

Marghanita
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