Cd-r/rw - Dvd/dvd-rw

[Star-Com]

Hello,

I am interested in buying some software which is on a DVD, however i have a CD-R/RW.

Is there any way, say, some software that would make it possible to read a DVD with a CD R?

Or only a DVD/DVD-RW would do to handle the DVD disk?

Thanks.

[RJ]

Of course only a DVD-ROM and DVD burner is capable of reading DVDs. . . . otherwise there wouldn't be DVD drives around

DVDs have a higher density, therefore the laser has to be aligned more precise on a DVD than on a CD, and because CD drives can't align the laser that precise they can't read a dvd but vice versa it's possible.

RJ

[Star-Com]

Originally posted by RJ Of course only a DVD-ROM and DVD burner is capable of reading DVDs. . . . otherwise there wouldn't be DVD drives around DVDs have a higher density, therefore the laser has to be aligned more precise on a DVD than on a CD, and because CD drives can't align the laser that precise they can't read a dvd but vice versa it's possible. RJ

Please have a look at the following url, that software would do the job i asked above, i think, right?

http://www.drripper.com/?hop=balista

[doctorgonzo]

No, that software would not help you at all. If you want to read a DVD, you need a DVD drive. If you want to write to a DVD, you need a DVD-RW/+RW drive. No software is going to change that.

If you look carefully at the software, you will see that it requires a DVD-ROM and a CD-RW drive. It does not copy a DVD to a DVD; it copies a DVD to a VCD. It does not allow a CD drive to read a DVD; it does not allow a CD-RW drive to write to a DVD.

[Blue_Gundam2002]

You could buy a 16x liteon DVD drive for 1$-3$ more, depending on color, than that software.