Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player?

From	Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player?
Date	2016-03-22 21:20 +0100
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On 22 March 2016 at 19:59, Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 05:13:43PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> > On 22 March 2016 at 16:24, Andrew McGlashan <
> > andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 23/03/2016 12:18 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> > > > I own a Samsung BD-C5900 Blu ray/DVD player.
> > >
> > > I think you will find that the USB port on a DVD player is only for
> > > playing content and/or updating the firmware of the player itself.
> > >
> > > There would be very little chance that it will act as a DVD drive for a
> > > computer.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > OK, I will forget about that idea.....   I need to get better at
> warranty
> > registrations, reliability ratings, hardware problem diagnosis and
> > maintenance.
> >
>
> There's a reasonable chance that if you attack it with a
> screwdriver, you will discover that there is a modern SATA
> bluray/DVD drive in there, and you can rip it out and put
> it in your computer.
>
> -dsr-
>

Would that drive be one that only read bluray and DVD disks or could it be
modified to burn them as well?

Regds

MF

Thread

can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-22 14:20 +0100
  Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-03-22 14:40 +0100
  Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-03-22 15:00 +0100
  Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2016-03-22 17:30 +0100
    Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-22 18:20 +0100
      Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-03-22 21:00 +0100
        Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-22 21:20 +0100
          Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Seeker <seeker5528@comcast.net> - 2016-03-22 21:50 +0100
          Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player? Seeker <seeker5528@comcast.net> - 2016-03-22 22:10 +0100

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