[olug] Mini DVD

Jon Steckelberg jonsteckelberg at cox.net
Thu Jun 9 21:07:53 UTC 2011


The mini-DVD works fine in the one windows box I still have and it also
works in my DVD player. I have not tried a blank mini-DVD in the TP yet,
I will try that tonight and see what it does.

Thanks
Jon

>         I agree with Marc.  DVDs are read from the inside outward, so
>         the size
>         shouldn't matter assuming the drive holds it.
>         
>         It could also be a difference between "DVD-RW" and "DVD+RW".
>         Can you put in
>         a new/blank mini-DVD and have the Thinkpad write some file to
>         it?
>         
>         Dan
>         
>         On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 13:58, Marc Mapes
>         <marcmdm2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>         
>         > Almost sounds like the disc wasnt "finalized" by the
>         camcorder
>         >
>         > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Jon Steckelberg
>         <jonsteckelberg at cox.net
>         > >wrote:
>         >
>         > > I have a Thinkpad X61 with LM9 installed on it.
>         > > I am having problems with the DVD-RW in the ultrabase.
>         > > It works fine on full size DVD's but it does not even see
>         the disc if I
>         > > try and read a mini DVR-R from my panasonic camcorder.
>         > > Anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong?
>         > >
>         > > Thanks
>         > > Jon Steckelberg
>         > >
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