my slimline ps2 won't play my burned movies. need some help!

[cloudstrife29661]

my older ps2(the big one) played all my burned movies but my slimline says "unable to read disc" i am using dvd+rw discs and i use dvd shrink to burn them. any help would be great :D

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Does it still play store-bought discs?

[Sothy]

If it plays stolen ps2 games it should play stolen movies.

[tholly]

my older ps2(the big one) played all my burned movies but my slimline says "unable to read disc" i am using dvd+rw discs and i use dvd shrink to burn them. any help would be great :D



your losing the ability to do something illegal (unless they are home movies copied to dvds)....if they are just copied illegal movies, then just watch them on a normal dvd player (not that expensive anyway) and save the ps2 drive from wear and tear.....or use your old ps2 for movies

[Cirrus]

Chances are that the drive is just cheaper and crappier in the PsTwo. They had to cut corners somewhere, right?

[cloudstrife29661]

as long as it plays my ps2, ps1, and legal movies im fine...i can watch my burned ones on my other dvd player.

[-hellvin-]

I am offended by the illegal content of this thread.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

You guys are quick to jump the gun. I have tried to play DVD-R's in my PS2 (They were movies that me and a few friends made) and I would have asked the question here, in fact, but I found an answer elsewhere. If you have something to add to the conversation, or a responce to his question, great. If all you have is a smart ass comment accusing him of trying to 'watch illegal movies' then just keep that to yourself, you aren't helping anyone out.

[Lady Jaye]

Well, then, you're the exception to the rule, as most people trying to watch movies on DVD-Rs would certainly do so with movies they've rented and copied. In an ideal world, DVD burners would serve only to stock personal movies and data, not illegal copies of commercial releases, but that's definitely not the reality.

[whoisKeel]

you are using dvd+rw? as in rewritables? try just normal dvd+r or dvd-r.

hint: there's an off topic forum

[digitalpress]

You guys are quick to jump the gun. I have tried to play DVD-R's in my PS2 (They were movies that me and a few friends made) and I would have asked the question here, in fact, but I found an answer elsewhere. If you have something to add to the conversation, or a responce to his question, great. If all you have is a smart ass comment accusing him of trying to 'watch illegal movies' then just keep that to yourself, you aren't helping anyone out.

Settle down. The gang is trying to bounce what seems to be a pirate thread. If the guy isn't a pirate you'd think he'd at least have the sense to say what you just did "to play my home videos". We're no so naive as to think that someone playing "burned copies" isn't up to something illegal, as 99% of threads worded this way turn out to be.

[cloudstrife29661]

hmmm...never played a burned game before. don't really care about modding my system.

[slip81]

What's wrong with Pirate movies? I loved that one with Johnny Depp :)

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

You've never seen Cutthroat Island, have you?

[Ed Oscuro]

Chances are that the drive is just cheaper and crappier in the PsTwo. They had to cut corners somewhere, right?
I'd blame the smaller space for conducting heat, the overall higher tolerances required, and the usual "update" a company like this makes when they want to fix something that allows piracy and we're all set. Well, the laser apparently burns out much faster (and sometimes quite quickly), but again - higher tolerances. Personally I think game consoles should be built to lower tolerances, but hey, it's not my stock value that goes down when a company doesn't release at least two varieties of the same hardware. Seriously though, they build this stuff cheaply like a PC, and so you get what you pay for (the assurance that it will die sooner or later, emphasis on sooner). Their fault, and ours as well for demanding the lower prices. :/

As for the thread...well, I'm not against having some information on RW burning, and whether or not a pirate is asking seems immaterial to me. You should be able to play your legal stuff, simple. Hooray for more fun - take low cost parts, demand high tolerances, ownership of a good percentage of the world's blockbuster films, and stir in long-term agendas for control of media formats that just happen to inconvenience the customer - sounds like a winner to me!

[Half Japanese]

Ah the irony of those who probably have MAME and a gig or two of roms blasting their brethren!


I'M TOTALLY AGAINST PIRACY!!!!.....unless it suits my purposes, wherein I have no probem acting self-righteous about it.

To extend on what Ed stated, 'fair use' makes this a legitimate question regardless of intentions.

[sirgeoph]

Chances are that the drive is just cheaper and crappier in the PsTwo.

Crappier? Can't get much crappier than the drives in the big PS2s (sans maybe the version 1s, but even still...)

[WiseSalesman]

Ah the irony of those who probably have MAME and a gig or two of roms blasting their brethren!


I'M TOTALLY AGAINST PIRACY!!!!.....unless it suits my purposes, wherein I have no probem acting self-righteous about it.

To extend on what Ed stated, 'fair use' makes this a legitimate question regardless of intentions.

Seconded. I was about to post something almost identical to this.

[suznjak]

He's making home movies.hmmmmmmmmmmm!did you turn the parenal block for those HOME MOVIES.heheheheheh :D

[digitalpress]

Ah the irony of those who probably have MAME and a gig or two of roms blasting their brethren!


I'M TOTALLY AGAINST PIRACY!!!!.....unless it suits my purposes, wherein I have no probem acting self-righteous about it.

To extend on what Ed stated, 'fair use' makes this a legitimate question regardless of intentions.

Seconded. I was about to post something almost identical to this.

There's a big difference between copying "still on retail shelves" vs. copying "no longer in arcades" files. I understand this may seem hippocritical to you but it's always been my philosophy that preserving the classics is entirely different than distributing first-run products.