DVD on windows

[Crazycole2001]

I burned a DVD-R filled with data on my Mac G4 1.25. and when it was completed it showed on my mac that it had all the data but when i brought it to my friends house, he has a PC, it showed up blank... what gives

Billy

 

[mattmack]

Re: DVD on windows

Originally posted by Crazycole2001
I burned a DVD-R filled with data on my Mac G4 1.25. and when it was completed it showed on my mac that it had all the data but when i brought it to my friends house, he has a PC, it showed up blank... what gives

Billy

What format did you use on the disc was it a hybrid or mac only?
Also what app did you use to burn the disc with?

 

[Crazycole2001]

i just dragged the items into the dvd... then dragged it into the burn icon in the dock... is there a better way?
it was the dvd the mac came with

 

[mattmack]

Originally posted by Crazycole2001
i just dragged the items into the dvd... then dragged it into the burn icon in the dock... is there a better way?
it was the dvd the mac came with

I tend to use toast for hybrid data cds I believe it is a function in toast lite available here
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10289&vid=100874
I don't have experience with desktop burning since my cd-rww is not supported through itunes, but it would make sense that a mac would burn a mac data cd

 

[simX]

I believe that data DVDs burned on the Mac using the Finder are always burned in HFS+ format, so your PC won't recognize them. If you want to make a hybrid DVD, your best bet is probably Toast.

Here's the relevant Apple knowledge base article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107416

 

[FuzzyBallz]

Do you know what DVD-ROM your PC has? Some can't read DVD-R media.