Mac Encoded DVD-R...Can it be played on a Windows-based PC?

[jorwex]

I have in my possession an Apple DVD-R. I was going to convert it to SVCD, but without noticing that it was an Apple DVD-R, I popped it into my DVD-Rom drive to try and play it.

I opened PowerDVD and hit play, and then my PC began to freeze. The mouse stopped responding and everything, at which point nothing I did was working, so I unwillingly hit the power button.

Upon rebooting (DVD-R still in drive), the boot process was haulting at a black screen with a white cursor, and then when I looked down at the PC, I saw the DVD-Rom drive's LED flashing, so I removed the disc, and the PC booted up fine.

Back in Windows, after noticing it was an Apple DVD-R, I tried to see if the disc would get recognized in My Computer, and the PC did more of the freezing, so I just took out the disc.

And here I am, pretty sure that its an Apple formatted disk issue. Can anyone lend a hand?

[Ejoc]

Does your drive read DVD-R media?

How was the Disc authored? As a DVD, so it does play in standalone DVD players, or as Mac Data?

[RabidDog]

8) sure its not a mac data disc? formatted under os/x .. a movie disc is a movie disc regardless of where burnt. You should really get to the core of this problem.

[andydd]

I was under the impression that if your disc was burnt using Universal Disc Format(which is wot DVD video discs are) then it should play in both Macs and PCs..hence the name UNIVERSAL Disc Format. Ive made DVD-R copies (and also a few years back Mini DVDS on CD-R discs) and they played OK on macs.

[jorwex]

it was a video that a friend of mine acted in and she wanted a copy of it..and i dont have a dvd burner so i was gonna make an svcd instead. so ya i thought dvd's had a universal format, so i was kinda puzzled by all this. i assume the person who made this disc burned it as a dvd and not a mac data disc. i guess as of now i should assume that my drive (Samsung SD-608) doesnt read dvd-r's. its about 2-4 years old. you guys think theres some sorta better firmware that;ll allow me to do so? in the mean time, ill ask about the format of the disc. thanks