Re: Fedora Coverstory in Linux Format

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Today Tim did spake thusly:

Tim:
I wouldn't have thought it necessary.  5 Cd's should fit onto a
single layer DVD.

George Arseneault:
Necessary or not, it wouldn't work in my DVD drive.
(It's about 8 years old though)  My friend said it was
probably because the disk was dual-layered, since his
drive could read it and his wife's could not. (a
slightly newer but still not dual-layer drive)

Were they guessing, or had they checked?  It'd be easy enough to check.
The only reason I could see for them using dual layer, where it wasn't
needed, would be getting a good deal on the pricing.

For what it's worth, all DVD players (including computer ones) can read
dual-layer.  It's been in the specs since the beginning, and required of
them.  That's not to say that some particular discs could be
sub-standard, and don't work well in some drives.

It's just that, until recently, most burners couldn't write to
dual-layer discs.  That's something quite different than reading them.

Indeed, if that drive can play DVD movies then it can read dual layer... ;)

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