[TriLUG] Family home video dvd Question

[Matt Pusateri]

If I recall the site correctly (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers )  
This site used to list what type of media people had success with, as  
well as specs on different players.  Hopefully I got the right site :)

And Merry Christmas everyone and may you New Year be filled with  
Health, Prosperity, and gadgets(that run Linux of course)

Matt P.

On Dec 24, 2008, at 6:16 PM, James Jones wrote:

> All,
>
> I burned some family videotapes to dvd. I used kino to edit the
> digital video tapes, deeveedee to create the movie iso and k3b to burn
> the dvd.
>
> The DVD's play on multiple dvd players on computers, on most dvd
> players but some family members have samsung dvd players. The known
> playable dvd's will not play on the samsung dvd player. On the
> internal dvd menu screen, it begins to load and immediately goes to
> stop. No error message on internal screen and only a message on the tv
> that says "This dvd cannot be played". ( or words to that effect ).
>
> My thinking is that the player tests for some message to indicate that
> it is a commercially made dvd and if it doesn't see that , stops all
> action.
>
> Anyone that knows what is going on give me a clue. And if anyone knows
> how to make dvds playable on player's that doesn't want to play
> homemades, please educate me.
>
> Thanks.
>
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