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CD and DVD Drives
Compact Discs and Digital Video Discs are forms of optical data storage. Questions about CD or DVD drives and CDs or DVDs themselves belong here.
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What makes a CD player read the CD?
This method may vary greatly depending on the device you are using to play the CD.
Insert the CD into the disk slot/tray, with many devices, the CD will begin playing automatically. Check to make sure the volume is turned on to an audible level or, if you are using head phones, that they are plugged in fully. If the CD has not started, or isn't playing, press the "Play" button. If the issue persists, there may be a problem with the device.
For more specific information about getting a CD to play in a CD player, please edit and add detail to the question or add details to the discussion page.
How much data can a double sided double layer DVD hold?
First off, a calrification: I am talking about a "regular" DL: disk, not a Blu-Ray disk.
The capacity printed on the disk is 8.5 Gb, but some of this goes to overheads and formatting information. The useable space is more like 8.2 Gb, and can vary depending on the data being stored, e.g. movies versus data.
A CD will store 700MB of data
It all depends on the type of disk
What is the mass of a DVD player in grams?
16g, but may vary a gramme or so, dependant on manufacturer and printing ink on the label surface.
CD are made of two parts plastic and polycarbonate (the shiny part) the bottom side is just plastic and the top side is where all the data it. The CD drive uses a laser that reads the polycarbonate through the plastic. So you look at the top part of the CD and its missing some of the polycarbonate your definitely going to get skips.
What is the best free DVD ripper?
In my opinion, a good DVD Rip software should meet these standards.
1. A good DVD ripper is a powerful software which can rip and DVD(include protected DVD) to all popular video formats.
2. A good DVD ripper is a easy-use software which has a friends UI and can finish conversion with a few handle.
3. A good DVD ripper is a professional software which can rip DVD with fast speed and great output quality, and has powerful editing function, such as adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.
You can do so by using software like Nero. In case of Nero the steps involved are as follows: 1. Open Nero Express 2. At the bottom of the display page there is a "more" option. 3. Click more option. 4. Select the type of format. 5. select any format type either Quick Format or Full Format Note: By default the software takes maximum speed, you can change the speed. Selection of slow speed is advisable.
The good thing of WinXp is that is enables the user to carry out the same task. The steps involved are as listed below: 1. Insert the RW CD in RW Rom. 2. Open the RW CD in windows. 3. On the left side of the screen there is Tool Bar which from the top contains two option namely write to the disk and erase the disk. Click on erase to perform the task. 4. The erase in this case is carried out at max speed of the RW CD.
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Unlike floppy discs, CD-RWs and CD-Rs don't need to be formatted prior to initial burning. For a CD-RW, just copy off any data you want to keep and then erase the CD-RW. Formatting is going to erase the CD-RW anyway.
(linux)In linux, the most common utility to use for cd/dvd recording is "cdrecord". To erase a CD-RW use the command "cdrecord -blank=disk". If you have multiple burners, and want to specify which to blank, use "cdrecord -scanbus" to determine it's scsi address, then specify on the commandline "cdrecord dev=1,0,0 -blank=disk". For more options on what to blank, review "cdrecord -blank=help". SolutionIf you put a blank CD into the drive and attempt to read it, there's nothing for it to read so your computer will ask that question. First of all you need a CD burner to write anything to a CD. Secondly I don't think you need to format a CD to write on it. If there's already data on it your burning software should ask you if you want to overwrite it. And if there's no data on it, it should just start writing without any problems.One thing to note: some CD players and older CDROM drives have problems reading CD-RW discs. Try putting in a CDR instead and see if that works better for you.
SolutionIf you put the blank CD in on a Windows XP, it should come up with a message box asking you what you want to do with it. You need a CD burner (RecordNow works great) and select "burn CD" action. you then should be able to copy a file over and it may say somthing like " this CD is blank. Would you like to format?" just follow the instructions and it should format. SolutionIf you are using Windows XP right click on the dirve with the CD-RW. In the menu that appears you should see a entry called "Erase this CD-RW". That will clear the data of the CD-RW and you can use the CD like a blank one. SolutionNormally, your PC will come installed with what is called burning software. This is a program that writes stuff to the CDRW in the first place. In 80% of cases, there is an option to format the CDRW via this program, but if you can't find that, there are lots of free trials of other burning software available from the Internet. A quick search of www.download.com brought up this which may be of use to you.Hope that helps,
Dan
When you insert a CDRW, you should go to the computer, then click on the drive that your CDRW is in. A notice should come up saying do you want to format, if it does not then, right click and choose format. Once formatted it is possible to record with your burning software.
You must format a CDRW if you want to drag and drop files to it and be able to delete them. This is using "packet writing" software like Nero InCD. If you just want to use a CDRW disk to "burn" data to like a CDR disk then no, you don't need to format it, in fact doing so will make your burning software refuse to operate because the disk will not be empty. The formatting process will make the disk unburnable until you erase it.
These comments are about "Is it necessary to format a CD-RW disk?"
With my XP Pro OS running IOmega's HotBurn Pro, I've found that answer to be YES!!! When I erase a disk filled with data, the formatting also gets erased. Without formatting, none of my Burning Software can "see" the CD-RW disk in any of my drives.
While searching for a good CD-RW formatting routine, I was brought here. So I thought I'd pass along the experiences I've had when I erase a CD-RW.
The Blue Bandit
How do you hook up a DVD player to an old magnavox tv?
some help is better than none...
- plug in the power cords
- look for the cables that are red white and yellow and conect them to the tv and magnavox with the corresponding colors
- discuss if there are xtra cables
i dont know youre exact stuation but me trying im better than no one answering!
In computing, an optical disc drive (ODD) is a disk drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs. The first digitally recorded optical disc was a 5-inch audio compact disc (CD) in a read-only format created by Philips and Sony in 1975.
What kind of disc can you erase and write on multiple times?
Any discs that have "RW" on them.
An example "CDRW" - Compact Disc, ReWritable
How can you watch DVDs on your iPad?
The Apple iPad is a touchscreen computer device that is compatible with Apple's App and iTunes Store, which sells movies, so yes you can watch movies on the iPad. However, it does not have a DVD drive.
There are three ways to get movies to watch on your iPad: you download them off the expensive iTunes store, or you can convert DVD movies, which is much cheaper and more available, to iPad compatible files. The third way is the best way: you can download free movies on your iPad!
I would say that a CD-ROM is a form of input, as it is "read only memory" and the data on it can only be read, but not written to. If you're talking about CD-R/CD+R drives, then those would be considered both input and output, as it can read from a CD, and writes to CD.
How are Lightscribe CD's different from regular CD's?
On one side they are the same, on the other they have a reactant dye that allows lightscribe DVD burners to burn a label for the dvd. so you have your normal burnable side, like any other dvd, and then you have the side that would be blank on a normal dvd, that is able to be burned with a lightsribe drive to show a picture, or words
How do you get CD player to produce 5.1?
Connect audio cables to the Audio Out on the DVD player to the Audio In connectors of the speaker system.
Why did Sony Phillips invent the DVD?
The CD player was invented because 30 years back the tape players have a poor sound device and they invented the CD player so people around the world could have a good sound device or you would like to say digital quality sound without feedback noise, as well as more entertainment options for you to chooses from and that's why they invented the CD player
The CD player was invented because people wanted to listen to music all around the world. so they could buy cds and keep the songs forever. in the 1700s cds became in stores. people from around the world bought them. and they have been sold ever sinse.
In 1947, Ratheon demonstrated the world's first commercial microwave oven and called it a "Ranarange". It weight 750 pounds and was over five feet tall! It was used in restaurants, railroad cars, and ocean liners. In 1953, Tappan introduced the first home model for $1295.
Where can one purchase a childrens CD player?
There are several places where people go to find a CD player suitable for kids. Generally, people go to Argos, or John Lewis. One of the most popular children's CD players at the moment is the Pure Chronos DAB/CD/Clock/Radio.
How would someone copy a cassette to a CD?
To copy a cassette to a CD requires either an audio recorder or computer with an audio input and CD burner. To use an audio recorder, connect your source cassette player to the device and place a blank writeable CD into the device. To use a computer, connect your source cassette player to the line in jack on the audio card and run audio recording software while the cassette is playing. Burn the audio files using the CD writer.
Computers used to have separate drives for putting in a CD and Playing a DVD. Now, especially with Laptops, Most Computers and Laptops have a multifunction unit in which both DVD'S and CD'S can be read, but again, some computers still do have separate drives, purely because the performance is better, e.g. A CD may upload better onto iTunes for example in A CD drive rather than a CD/DVD drive.
What is the DVD region code for Germany?
Region 2, which consists of Europe, Middle East, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories
Is DVD an optical storage device yes or no?
A DVD is the media that data is written to.
A DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD/RW etc is the optical storage device.
