DVD burnt on Apple Mac

[Midnight Blue]

Does anyone know if there is any downloadable software for Windows that will open a DVD of jpegs that was burnt on Apple Mac, or is my only choice to find a friend who uses one?

 

[evilrob]

Depends what format they burned the disc in - hopefully it's HFS which means you can just download a driver:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1368010" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Midnight Blue]

Thanks, Rob. Will give it a try

 

[Midnight Blue]

No joy - still never mind, it was worth a try. I'll find someone who uses Apple. The pics were taken in Mexico and burnt onto dvd there.

 

[Bentleya]

When you open the DVD do you see a bunch of files? If you do send me an email (aaronpb (@) hotmail.co.uk) with one of the photos and ill try and sort out what you need to do.

 

[Midnight Blue]

No - my laptop reads the disc as empty. I thought it hadn't been burned properly but I was told it was burned on one computer and then checked on another and the photos were there.

 

[Bentleya]

ahhh, I see. On a Mac you make a burn folder and drag the files you want on be disc. Sometimes it just adds the the files as shortcuts and no real information was burnt.

It may also have hidden files where you would need to allow hidden files to be seen in windows.

 

[Midnight Blue]

Ah - hadn't thought of the hidden file route ... will go look. Thanks, Aaron

 

[Midnight Blue]

Now I can see what is there! Not a lot - it tells me there are files waiting to be written to disk and I am picking up this if I click on it

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815

 

[Bentleya]

I think that means there is just an invalid shortcut on the disk.

 

[Midnight Blue]

Indeed. I cannot see though how it could be burnt on one machine and then checked on another and the photos were there ... the mind boggles. Oh well, I'll get my son to contact the hotel who took them and see if they can replace the disk for him.

Many thanks Aaron and Rob for your help - have a great 2013 x