Anyway to defeat the non playing of cdr in dvd players?

[bfishback]

Does anyone make something to fool the dvd player? Or can you do something on the disc to trick the dvd player?

Bryan

[aldus4]

If your player is listed not to play CD-R's, you can try to "fool" it by playing CD-RW's. If this too doesn't work things look pretty gloomy. It some cases a firmware upgrade will work.

It would be interesting to find out if your player would play DVD-R(W)'s or the "supposed to be" universal DVD+R(W)'s.

[vitualis]

The issue with non-CD-R playing DVD players is not really a firmware one, but rather a hardware one. The DVD drive in these devices simply can't read the media.

As aldus4 has stated, CD-RW often works better in these cases. It really is a matter of finding a brand of media that works for you.

Regards.

[patrickm]

some brands, such as apex, actually use IDE DVD drives in their standalones. it may be possible to upgrade firmware to a version that can use CD-R and buy a cheap PC IDE drive that reads cd and swap them. or, you can actually swap the drive for a CD-ROM (though you lose the ability to play dvds), and if you feel like a lot of soldering rig up a 40-pin A/B switch and use 2 drives. i haven't seen any other brands taken apart, but i'd assume the better ones use a more standard design, rather than just mounting an IDE drive and building some cheap electronics around it. you might not want to take stuff apart unless you know what you're doing though, i wouldn't recommend this approach to everyone.