OT: Creating a PC Compatible DVD...

Jim Carwardine jim at oyfconsulting.com
Wed Dec 3 15:23:07 EST 2008


Well... I guess I scared myself when it wouldn't work in Parallels...  
I have a DVD that was already burned on a PC that I want to dupe.  I  
have an Intel MacBook running 10.5.5 on which I duped the DVD using  
Disk Utility.

I tried the new DVDs in Parallels running XP to see if they would read  
and they didn't.  When I looked on the Internet I found the issues  
around DVD-R vs DVD+R as well as the issues around MPEG2 not being  
readable on most PCs.  I didn't find much consensus on a Mac solution...

I assumed, correctly or not, that if the DVDs did not work on  
Parallels then in all likelihood they would not work on any PC.  I'm  
preparing to send the duped DVDs to a prospective client who is  
located in another city and I don't want them to call me to say they  
couldn't read the DVDs...

Of course the easy way is to take them downtown and have a service  
dupe the original but I want to do it on my Mac, to prove a point if  
nothing else...

On 3-Dec-08, at 3:58 PM, Stephen Barncard wrote:

> You didn't mention the parallels part, nor what it is you are trying  
> to make, not to mention operating from the windows side. Several  
> levels of complication here.
> "Didn't work in XP in Parallels" means that either windows,Parallels  
> or whatever app you are using in windows  lacks drivers or knowledge  
> of your internal drive. Welcome to the PC world.
>
> If it's video, can't you just make the thing on the Mac side?
>
>
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>> Thanks, Stephen... I'm using Panasonic DVD-R blanks and they didn't  
>> work in XP in Parallels.  A good brand might be any of the more  
>> expensive brands?  So, if I use an expensive DVD-R with iDVD,  
>> instead of Disk Utility) I will likely get a PC compatible DVD?  I  
>> can't target my audience other than to say they might not be using  
>> Vista... Jim
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