That means that the disc cannot be read
probably because the disc might be scratched
Nothing. The laser in a DVD player is too wide to read data encoded on a Blu-Ray disc. It would simply return some sort of error message, such as "Disc read error" or "no disc inserted."
It means that your disc has a bad error so it cannot read and write files. if your error is on the dvd-rw, you can erase it. if your error is on the dvd-r then you cannot erase it and you will have to bin the disc.
The player is probably broken.
it means that there is no disc in the DVD player
Yes, A DVD player has the capacity to show a VCD disc. However, a VCD player cannot show a DVD disc.
Put it in a CD player.
Once you have the CD or DVD ROM in your computer, and you have the file ready to be written on the disc, burn it to the disc. To do this, ... on Windows XP/Vista/7: File> Burn to disc When it says "Do you want to make this disc a data CD or a DVD?" Select DVD. Wait for it to eject the disc and then put it in a DVD player and it SHOULD work. terminator555
Although DVD players will normally play CDs, the opposite is not true. The high density data format of a DVD means that a CD player will not be able to recognise or read a DVD. You will normally find an error message saying that the disc cold not be read.
you need a dvd compatible disc not a cd
No, you cannot. The disc will fit in the DVD player, but the DVD player will spit it out because it does not recognize the format.
Once you have the CD or DVD ROM in your computer, and you have the file ready to be written on the disc, burn it to the disc. To do this, ... on Windows XP/Vista/7: File> Burn to disc When it says "Do you want to make this disc a data CD or a DVD?" Select DVD. Wait for it to eject the disc and then put it in a DVD player and it SHOULD work. terminator555