Playing DVD in a CD-ROM ?

[weswes]

hey there , i got a question ( forgive it may sound silly )...

Is there a way to play a DVD disc in my CD-ROM drive ??
a friend dedicated me a dvd movie , and wn i place it in my cd-rom it even cant see it , and asks me to insert a disc in the drive ( with the disc inside )

I thought there may be a way to play dvd on a cd-rom , as PS games could be played on the PC...u know guys ...wierd things happen... ........

thanks 4 ur time

 

[Shakie]

There isn't a way to do this that I am aware of (but would be cool). However, you can *RIP* the DVD to your hard drive and then either:
A) Use DVD playback software to watch it from there. or
2. Encode it with DivX or encode it to an MPEG and then burn it to a disc (or even better, make an SVCD or VCD out of it).

 

[Lostman]

But how can you rip it if you don't have the DVD drive to read it in the first place.................

 

[roho]

DVD players use lasers of a different frequency/power to CD players (cdrw's etc) and have 2 data tracks at different physical levels on the DVD disk (ie 2 layers wheresas CD's are single layer) on top of that there is also the not so small problem of the file system on a DVD.
So, unfortunately without a DVD player/burner your stuffed.

 

[cosmosis]

playstation games are nothing but black colored cd roms.