can anyone help me with external dvd problem/question
faithnotgreed
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Thu Sep-22-05 03:44 PM
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can anyone help me with external dvd problem/question |
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i just bought a used lacie external dvd player firewire it looks to be an older model 300679 now sold on closeout
so ive plugged everything in shows up in apple system profile but no icon on desktop nor in itunes
i have a dvd provided by a generous du soul with lots of good music and political books but have not a clue how to use this so that i can play the dvd it wouldnt play on my emac combo drive (though it did play on a friends pc and my combo drive does play other dvds)
any guidance
i have toast titanium 6 and the player shows up there as well how do i get this great dvd to play can it be moved somehow to play through itunes
heeeelp thank you
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Zorro
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:12 PM
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1. Insert the DVD into the player |
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It will probably pop up on your desktop then.
If it's got playable mp3 files on it, I think iTunes might automatically start up and begin playing the disk. Otherwise, click on one of the files on the disk.
Let us know how this turns out.
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faithnotgreed
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:52 PM
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3. it doesnt show up at all on the desktop zorro |
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thank you for any help with this
on this external drive i tried out a maxell cd that has data on it and that showed up on the desktop (and kicked open itunes)
but this dvd does not show up it does show up through toast titanium though and all i can try at this point is saving a disc image to mymusic folder but i can see now that will take the rest of time to complete that (esp when i am grabbing at straws)
thank you again zorro
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faithnotgreed
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:14 PM
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i tested out a maxell brand cd and this worked fine on the external dvd player/recorder
the brand i am trying to run is memorex and that MAY be the issue i looked online and seems other macs have trouble also with this brand
right now i will try to figure out a way to copy this dvd onto another brand since neither my internal nor now my external dvd will play this dvd but a pc does
any suggestions are appreciated
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Zorro
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Thu Sep-22-05 11:01 PM
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The Memorex.
If memory serves me correctly, baseline Macs could only read -R disks.
You might want to take a look at downloading whatever the latest DVD driver software LaCie has on its website; that might also help.
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faithnotgreed
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Fri Sep-23-05 12:39 PM
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and done by someone here on the board who knows what he is doing
but for some reason i cannot get it to work on either my emac internal combo drive or this lacie drive
thats a good idea to check for updates any advice what to look for...
thanks zorro
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faithnotgreed
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Fri Sep-23-05 01:53 PM
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6. i did the dvd update from lacie website |
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Edited on Fri Sep-23-05 01:53 PM by faithnotgreed
it scanned for devices and then said there was no update needed
thanks again zorro for the help
do you happen to know about pcs at all my friend has been able to read this dvd on her work pc so im wondering how to copy this dvd onto a few cds
i am so far out of the pc world....
on edit: there were only a few updates available for the mac on the website i think my dvd player is just too old for the updates there now
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Zorro
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Fri Sep-23-05 11:11 PM
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7. Sounds as if it's the DVD |
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Hook up your LaCie DVD to your friend's PC, and then use his DVD reader to burn a Maxell DVD copy with your LaCie.
That should take care of the problem.
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Sat Sep-24-05 02:58 PM
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8. a ha - yes that sounds good |
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im not sure if the pc has firewire but i will definitely check
thank you so much zorro
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