I am having trouble with playback on a DVD set-top player for 25% of the movies I download and burn. 75% burn and play just fine on a PC and set-top. 25% will not play on a set-top but all will play on the PC. All are burned at 4x with the same settings. For the 25% that will not play I have tried burning them with different burners (Pioneer & Samsung) and software (Nero 6 & 7 and DVD Decrypiter) and media (DVD+R and DVD-R) to find a differentiator but no luck. They all play on different PCs but not on stand alone players. I have a new Sony and a 2 year old Samsung set-top player. I have run out of things to try and welcome new ideas. Thanks!
I had a similar problem when i started. check your stand-alone player, some of them wont play certain files (Divx, avi, mp4, .vob etc.) Most will play .iso files. Might be the format of the files before putting them on discs. Computers can play all that junk with the programs but standalones dont often come with the ingrained compatability to play them. If its the same disc on all players it could be an obscure file type. If it works in a computer, there is no problem with the burning procedure. Sumary: check file type before burning and make sure the player can read it. .iso is the best luck, but quality can take a hit. Depending on what you use to download your movies, some engines will organize in filetype while others might just lump all video options together. worth taking a look at. hope this helps.
I wonder if those standalones can actually read copies... My £300 Sony DVD player only reads Vcd's as copies are concerned. Any DVD-+R won't work... But my £38 Phillips will read everything, even Divx and jpegs! Another thing is the actual brand of media... Some players are very fussy in what you put in there... TY's and Verbs are quite good for that matter... My 2 pennys worth...
I have figured out the problem. Some of the movies, the 25% that would not play were PAL and I need NTSC. Thanks to all who tried to help!
@permiggs - ive had the same experience, it seems the more expensive the DVD player, the less it can play, but the cheap ones play it all. I wonder if the bigger companies purposefully lock out the other disc formats. Just an idea. The other thing i noticed, my toshiba wont play DVD+R, and my Sony needs to be hit before it will read DVD-R. Well... who knows. @MemMan - glad you figured it out.
