SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING DVD BITSTREAM FROM NON-DVD MEDIUM.

摘要

The invention concerns a method (200) for playing data in a digital video disc (DVD) apparatus in which the data was recorded onto a non-DVD optical storage medium in a DVD format. The invention includes the steps of : determining (212) the physical type of the non-DVD video optical storage medium; reading (214) a file structure contained on the non-DVD optical disc medium; and launching (216) a DVD video playback driver if the file structure on the non-DVD optical storage medium is a DVD file structure. In one arrangement, the physical type of the non-DVD optical storage medium can be determined by checking a focal length in which the focal length is defined by a laser and a reflective surface of the non-DVD optical storage medium. The invention also concerns a DVD apparatus capable of playing data recorded on a non-DVD optical storage medium in a DVD format.