I am trying to find out if there is a software that will allow me to watch DVD discs using my CD http://www.freeharddriverecovery.net" alt="Free Hard Drive Recovery" target="_blank">drive? Can you help
[question posted by smfette]
responses and comments:
I don't think there is, but there are software which converts dvd file format into ordinary cd file format. Try googling file converter for this. greetings. : ) [moneymind]
Thank you very much :) [smfette]
a software cant provide the hardware required for reading dvd discs. but u can create virtual dvd drives and play dvd images. [XuryaZ]
Thank you very much for you advise. The reason I ask is that a friend of mine has a software that will let him write to dvd's using his CD writer. [smfette]
The technology used in cds n dvds r different so no software can do tht. Its the hardware difference which makes dvd not readable by cd drive as te technologies r different [ajay_coder]
u cannot watch the dvd disc with u r cd drive. if u want to watch dvd disc u have to buy a dvd drive .and paly with powerdvd it will play it [dhoom007]
Your Cd drive in your computer??? Cuase ya can't watch it in a regular CD player, but I think you're wel aware of that. LOL We don't have a problem viewing it in ours. May need an update on your drive, or it may be just old-theres lots of different reasons why it may not work. If you do a google search for software you'll find something. Classic Media player is absolutely the best, and best of all its free!!! [acdc0805]
its not possible to play dvds using the cd-om drives as the lasers that read the dvds are different from the ones that read cds. so either you should consider upgrading your drive or else you can copy the dvds as images and store it in a external hdd drive ata friends place who has it then use some virutal drive such as alcohol 120% for playback..... why should you get it such troubles you can buya dvd drive as they have become cheaper than they used to be [jenrajkot]
gr8...........i have done tht as a project.....and now am using my radio to watch movies. [varuntr]
As has already been mentioned by several people responding to this subject, you cannot play a DVD through a CD drive because the drive is unable to read the disk. Apart from the obvious choice of installing a DVD drive, the only real option available is to use a friend's computer to transfer the data to an external drive such as a USB drive. You could then either transfer the data from that drive to your computer or even play the film from the USB disk itself. The real downside to this is the amount of time and effort consumed in order to transfer a single DVD would make it of use for a special disk only, and not practical for watching films on a regular basis. Furthermore, this would not work very well with many of the latest DVD releases because the protection on the disk will make it readable to play but not to copy. In many cases you would simply encounter a CRC error (Cyclic Redundancy Check) during the data transfer which simply means that the system cannot read the data in order to transfer it. [Asylum]
it's not possible to read dvds in cd drive and really don;t know how ur frnd can write dvds using cd writer. i don;t think it's possible either. u can watch dvd in ur pc but for that u have to transfer dvd movie to ur hard disk using some external storage medium. [askshivam]
there are many softwares you can try google search for it [ankagar]
nothing cant be done for this, so go and buy a dvd reader or writer. [gopal_85]
You cannot play a dvd in your cd drive.You can go for a dvd rw which can be handy for reading dvd as well as writing them also. [soumyaonweb]
tell me that software yaar. i do not hav cash to go for dvd. best i can watch dvd in my cd drive pls pm me [runsgame]