Camcorder video files

[Brownlow]

I copied my video files onto a new uSB hard drive, with a view to removing them from my laptop, to make space.
I decided to put them onto a DVD. This meant putting them onto my desktop computer, which has a DVD writer.
However, when I attached the drive, and opened the folder, the video files were not there; only the data files. I re-attached the drive to the laptop and they were there.
So, why isn't my desktop aware of them?

[Ethel]

Has your desktop got the relevant software to play the format the dvds are in?

[Brownlow]

Sorry Ethel, we have our wires crossed; I'm not trying to play DVDs. I've never had a problem with DVDs on either machine.
The trouble I'm experiencing is that the desktop computer isn't showing the video files, which are on the USB portable drive.

[ACtheTROLL]

i'm confused attached the drive - not there
attached the drive - now there - are we talking dvd and or usb lappy or desktop?

you can burn directly from the usb HDD to DVD as long as they are both connected

I don't understand data files either ... what data files - what format are these movies?

[Brownlow]

I'm sorry,but you're misreading what I've wrritten.
I put the camcorder files onto my USB portable drive. When I attached the drive to the desktop computer, only one set of files was there. So, I couldn't do anything with them.

[rojash]

As none of us seem to understand your question, perhaps it would help if you listed exactly what files you can see when connected to the laptop, and what you can see when connected to the desktop.

[Brownlow]

Thanks, Rojash, obviously you do know what I'm asking.
There are two files for each video; one is the actual video and the other the data file (I believe). When the portable drive is attached to the desktop, only the data fles are visable (and accessable). So, I can't do anything with them.

[rojash]

Unfortunately, you didn't really understand my question :-)

When I said "if you listed the files" I meant literally that: provide a list of the files. For example:

On Laptop:
This.that
that.this
foo.bar

On Desktop:
This.that
that.

[Brownlow]

I'm sorry, but I had written everything that was pertinent, in my original message, which is why I didn't repeat it all.
I understand perfectly what you want to know.
As I said, the video folder contains two sets of files, which can be viewed, and accessed, on my laptop and (I found out this morning) on my neighbour's desktop.
It's only my desktop that is showing one set of files.
I can't be any clearer than that.

[LeMarchand]

When you see the "missing" files on your laptop, are the folders slightly "lighter" than the others? If so, they may be "hidden", and your laptop is set to show them while your desktop is not.

[Brownlow]

There is only one set of files...the image files aren't there.
It has been suggested that the version of WMP, on my PC, is older than the files, which were created on the laptop. So, it doesn't recognizse them. If I update it, it should do.
Ironically, the PC is used for storage; had I dumped the video footage there, this problem may not have arisen.

[rojash]

"I'm sorry, but I had written everything that was pertinent, in my original message, which is why I didn't repeat it all."

In that case, ACtheTroll, Ethel and I must all be very stupid, as we didn't understand your question.

Or perhaps it's more that what YOU consider pertinent is not necessarily what IS pertinent when trying to diagnose a problem.

[Brownlow]

Sorry, I didn't mean to step on anyone's toes.
I wanted to make space on my laptop, so put all the files that I didn't need, onto a USB portable drive.
To have a back-up of the video files I decided to copy them onto a DVD.
My laptop doesn't have a DVD writer, but the desktop does, which is why I wanted to put them on the desktop.
My question was why files, which showed on my laptop, were not showing on the desktop.
That's what I wrote and it seems straightforward to me.

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