--- Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

> I have an American DVD of "A Bridge Too Far" which won't decode, not 
> because it cannot be read, but because it goes into a cataleptic loop 
> when trying to (to quote mplayer) "Attempting to get all the keys, 
> this could take a long time".

This is often linked to a poorly-configured region setting.
 
> A friend of mine sent me a data DVD+R which just won't be read, and 
> this is supposed to be a DVD+-R/RW. Sony makes really pretty 
> hardware, but it is a pain in the butt in "unique" ways too. K3B 
> chokes when I try to write a DVD also.

Then you probably have a poor DVD-writer....

-- Thomas Adam

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"<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish 
you for all of them at once when you get better. The 
experience will probably kill you. :)"

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