First make sure you have all your updates - you did not mention which 
linux distribution you have.
If after confirming that your linux distribution is up to date, you 
still cannot read the cd, then you need to add
drivers for the filesystem is on the CD.
If you have synaptic package manager, search for brasero and install 
that.  Brasero should load the CD file systems
drivers you need to read the CD.   If you need to play a video on the 
CD, make sure you have vlc installed.
Hopefully that will be all you need.

If the CD needs a special app to read the CD (which happens with some 
proprietary CDs) you may need to
determine which app is used on Windows and find a linux app that will do 
the same job.


On 06/03/2013 01:26 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote:
> A friend gave me a CD or DVD with a copy of a video made with their
> digital camera.
>
> When I put the disc in my Linux box external CD/DVD drive, it is not
> recognized. Nada.
>
> When I put the same disc in my wife's windblows laptop, it plays fine.
>
> All other discs that I put in my Linux box CD/DVD drive work fine. I can
> play anything else that I have tried and I can burn both CDs and DVDs
> successfully.
>
>
>
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