On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:36:01 -0800, gjmarks
<gjmarks[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] >Can anyone give me a recomend a DVD Decoder
Recorder, you mean ?
> that will also play DVR's
Did you mean DVD-R blank disks ? Or DVD+R blank disks ?
I'm not sure what exactly you meant there, DVR is typically a term
used for a standlone (domestic) "digital video recorder", often using
an integrated hard drive
Pretty much any DVD recorder available now should be able to burn
(write) DVD+R or DVD-R blanks, though not necessarily at top speed.
Any internal PC DVD drive you can find should also be able to read
back from pretty much any DVD based format, including DVD-RAM.
>not have a DVD that records but I would like to play them back. I looked at
>some that were compatible to Windows Media 11 and I was unsure if they would
>just playback traditional DVD's only. Would I be better off buying it in a
>store? Please give me some advise so I don't waste my money on something I
>do not want. Thank you.
Windows media player doesn't have a DVD recording facility other than
to store data files to a DVD blank - that won't play in a home
(domestic) DVD player, as it's intended for PC playback only.
There's no real question of "WMP compatibility" - it's just a data
carrier and the software has to deal with the data on the disk.
If it's a commercial or home-burned DVD movie, then you would usually
*also* need a DVD decoder software package (costs a few $ due to
licensing fee for the DVD video format).
That decoding feature is not provided in WMP due to cost, unless you
have Vista home premium or ultimate (and not at all on XP)
HTH
Cheers - Neil
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