Hi,
I am running CentOS 5.2. I tried to burn rmvb video files to DVD+R disk using Nautilus 2.16.2, the files were burned to the disk, but could not play it back with errors "Unkown file format". It was no problem to play the same file located on the disk. Any advice please?
Thank you.
Kind Regards,
JH
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 6:46 PM, hce webmail.hce@gmail.com wrote:
I am running CentOS 5.2. I tried to burn rmvb video files to DVD+R disk using Nautilus 2.16.2, the files were burned to the disk, but could not play it back with errors "Unkown file format". It was no problem to play the same file located on the disk. Any advice please?
I use K3b and I always specify that a verification be done. If you can play the same file on your hard drive, but not one you copied from there and burned to a DVD, I suspect the burn is bad.
OT: You should upgrade to CentOS 5.3 so you will have the latest packages for security and stability.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
I use K3b and I always specify that a verification be done. If you can play the same file on your hard drive, but not one you copied from there and burned to a DVD, I suspect the burn is bad.
I second that - I always burn with verification, AND play it back in a different drive.
Also, the best check on the burn is to play it back in a commercial DVD player, if you have one. If that can read it, you're fine.
I also recommend burning at least one speed LESS than the top (rated and advertised) speed of your burner. It seems to work better for me.
And, yeah, get 5.3. Lots of updates, and also for mplayer, if you have it (rpmforge, not RH or CentOS).
HTH
mhr
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