Posted by Paul Heslop on 11/15/17 12:00

ÐïÅßö¥ø§© wrote:
>
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> > ÐïÅßö¥ø§© wrote:
> >> A family member got a company to put 3 VHS tapes onto a DVD but it won't
> >> play on their player. This leads me to believe it's a VCD not a DVD.
> >> Is there a way I can tell if it's in VCD format? Like by opening it on
> >> the computer or something?
> >
> > I assume it is a white disc or one with a printed label, otherwise it
> > should be written on the disc. Easiest way I would assume is to put it
> > into a cd drive on a pc, if it's a dvd it won't even try to open it.
> >
> >
> It's written on a DVD but I think it's in VCD format just trying to
> figure out how to tell if it is or not.

I'm not too sure why they would do that. Anyway, I'll stick my neck
out and say if the disc has VOBs on it then it is DVD, but that really
is a guess as I only record DVD via a stand alone dvd recorder and not
on PC, but I think VOB is the standard for DVD video files

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOB


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