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6 Replies Last post: Jun 4, 2004 2:08 PM by schokid02

dmorgana

14 posts since
Jan 30, 2004

Jun 3, 2004 3:05 AM

problems with a multisession cd

Hi everyone,
I have a cd-rom with 8 sessions burned by Nero (windows) and 1 session burned by Toast (it is a Mac-Pc session). I can mount this last one session, but not the others, both on my Ibook (Os 10.3.3) and on my Pc (Win XP). I found a lot of softwares under Win able to extract and manage the previous sessions, but nothing under Os X. Is there a way to force my Mac to mount the other sessions? Can I use the Terminal?
Thanks,
Davide

drmbb

2,353 posts since
Jun 14, 2001

1. Jun 3, 2004 5:10 AM

in response to: dmorgana

Re: problems with a multisession cd

Doesn't Nero use UDF Packet Writing? I don't think that format (ISO 13346) is supported under OS X (at least not the current revisions in use on the Windows software side). If I'm wrong, hopefully someone else will post with confirmed information.

dmorgana

14 posts since
Jan 30, 2004

2. Jun 3, 2004 6:59 AM

in response to: drmbb

Re: problems with a multisession cd

I do not know the specs, but before I burned the Toast session (mac/pc) my mac was able to mount the previous sessions. Eaven if i do not know how to check, Nero sessions should be iso 9660 joliet_(whatever).
The problem just came out after burning the last session.
thanks,
Davide

drmbb

2,353 posts since
Jun 14, 2001

3. Jun 3, 2004 7:21 AM

in response to: dmorgana

Re: problems with a multisession cd

I'm guessing here, but when you burned the Toast session, did you select to NOT close the session? If you didn't, and burned a closed Toast session, I wonder if that somehow FUBAR'd the existing other session burns, so that OS X now sees the disk as a single closed session.

And be careful with Nero, it's defaults used to be (maybe different with the most recent versions) NON-ISO9660 standard, UDF 2.x, and I know OS X does not support UDF 2.x+ Packet writing (although I read a rumor that it might be in 10.4).

schokid02

1,321 posts since
Jun 28, 2002

4. Jun 3, 2004 2:06 PM

in response to: drmbb

Re: problems with a multisession cd

Toast Titanium 6.0 allows you to burn to UDF format (for burning DVD movies). Wouldn't this mean that Macs can read UDF-formatted discs.

drmbb

2,353 posts since
Jun 14, 2001

5. Jun 4, 2004 4:10 AM

in response to: schokid02

Re: problems with a multisession cd

Yes, but I beleive it's DVD video formats only. Not CDs.

schokid02

1,321 posts since
Jun 28, 2002

6. Jun 4, 2004 2:08 PM

in response to: drmbb

Re: problems with a multisession cd

Oh yea. That would be right. I'm so not used to using CDs any more.

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