Chapter 1 : DVD Blues

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Just got myself a Sony AW-G170A Dual Layer 18X DVD Writer and a Gemini 5.25 casing.




Hooked it up and presto XP recognized it as Drive S:
That's when problems started.

1) Need a codec to play DVDs (wt..!!!)
2) XP has no native support for DVD writing
3) Nero 6 turned 2 DVD-Rs into coasters after a damned SCSI error (no!! forums didn't help fix it)

I'll be posting how I go about solving each of the above. For now, remeber to buy atleast one DVD-RW disk when you buy your DVD writer.

I now have 5 shiny new coasters on my coffee table.

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