OT: Creating a PC Compatible DVD...

[Thomas McGrath III]

Jim,

Don't assume that just cause it won't work on parallels that it won't  
work on a PC. Parallels is touchy. I have to put the disk in right at  
start up in order to get Parallels to recognize it.

I do burn DVDs on the Mac for PC usage so things should be just fine.  
Just make sure it is a full burn and not a rewritable.


Tom McGrath III
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On Dec 3, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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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