Due to illness I have not used my computer, camcorder, etc. for a number of years and have largely forgotten much of what I once knew. I am now trying to lookthrough my 'archive' of CDs/DVDs to see what I recorded years ago. So far I have been unable to get what I believe to be VLC media files to play. Can someone advise me? Among the files I have identified from discs are mainly:
DVD.RTAV
VR.BUP
VR.MANGR
VR.MOVIE
I have a recent version of VLC (and WMP) on my 8.1 Windows Tablet and a new external Samsung Drive capable of reading / writing most formats.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
clayto
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VLC files will not play
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Re: VLC files will not play
Correction: the three files have a _ not a .
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Re: VLC files will not play
DVD.RTAV is a special format. What is the biggest file?
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Re: VLC files will not play
I have examined all my discs now. I have found .rtav (and .vro) files on a few of them, not many. They play. Most just have the files listed above, although some dont have Movie.vro yet still play. There are a few with .mpeg which also play. None of them really play well,they are poor quality ---- I will try to save a few to the Cloud but it is not going to be worth spending much time on the exercise now, as I say the quality is poor and there is nothing like as much on them as I expected. A few of the discs appear unplayabe or blank, although they have been used in the past. I used Recuva but it did not reveal anything.
'DVD-RW discs will sometimes be readable for a few years, but they can become unreadable much sooner.' That's a quote from one of the articles I found. Most of the discs are -RW ---- I think that could be part of the problem, it is some years since I looked at the CDs.
As an aside, some of the discs are RAM (Panasonic and others). I remember thinking at the time that RAM ought to sweep the board as they are so flexible, you can do whatever you want with them. I will probably use them as additional temporary computer storage, perhaps for files on the way to the Cloud. I have just experimented with uploading some video clips to the Cloud from CD. I was surprised at how easy it was on the one hand but also how long it took and hit and miss as to whether the file was successfully transferred. So I may decide to use USB Flash.
Anyway, thanks for responding but I now think I have done the best I am going to do with the discs.
clayto
'DVD-RW discs will sometimes be readable for a few years, but they can become unreadable much sooner.' That's a quote from one of the articles I found. Most of the discs are -RW ---- I think that could be part of the problem, it is some years since I looked at the CDs.
As an aside, some of the discs are RAM (Panasonic and others). I remember thinking at the time that RAM ought to sweep the board as they are so flexible, you can do whatever you want with them. I will probably use them as additional temporary computer storage, perhaps for files on the way to the Cloud. I have just experimented with uploading some video clips to the Cloud from CD. I was surprised at how easy it was on the one hand but also how long it took and hit and miss as to whether the file was successfully transferred. So I may decide to use USB Flash.
Anyway, thanks for responding but I now think I have done the best I am going to do with the discs.
clayto
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