[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 2 Oct 2017, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:29:38PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Sep 2017, Alex Short via talk wrote:
>>
>>> 4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead. 
>>
>> I can't play DVDs with a USB stick.
>
> Sure you can.
>
> vlc is perfectly happy with DVD files in a directory on a USB stick,
> complete with menus and all.

I can play movies from a USB stick. I cannot play DVDs with one. A DVD
is not a file; it holds files.

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Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>