DVD burns but it cannot be read in home DVD Player

The last few DVD's I have burned (Team America, White Noise, National Treasure) are burned onto a disc successfully but when I try to play them in a home DVD player an error message comes up that the disk is scratched or improper format? I recently switched to a Pioneer DVR-A09XL burner and I am using Nero. What am I doing wrong?

 

By the way the DVD works in the computer but not the standard DVD Player

 

What format of DVDs are you using? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD-ROM?

 

I am using TDK 8X DVD+R. I burned DVD's that worked on all players with my old HP 2X DVD burner but now that I have this dual layer Pioneer the DVD's will only work in my newer Samsung HD DVD player

 

sounds like a compatibility issue between your standalone and your media. The easiest thing would be to change media, maybe use +R booktyped to -ROM format (if your burner supports bitsetting). Or you could get a different player.

 

Something else to consider. Some TDK dvd+r media is made by not so popular CMC Mag which by itself can cause compatability problems. CMC Mag IMHO sux. I would suggest trying to booktype them dvd-rom but pioneer is not capable of doing this. Maybe try slowing burn speed to 2.4x. Use dvd identifier http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com/ to determine the media code. Here are some media codes for TDK dvd+r's

TDK DVD+R 4x (CMC MAG.F01)
TDK DVD+R 4x (RICOHJPNR01)
TDK DVD+R 8x (CMC MAG.E01)
TDK DVD+R 8x (RICOHJPN R02)
TDK DVD+RW 2.4x (MCC.....A01)
TDK DVD+RW 4x (RICOHJPNW11)

 

I've had the same problem using Sonic 4x DVD+R. I simply used a different player which solved that problem, but I've not heard the term "Booktype". Please explain the term, and how to use it. I use the NEC 2100AD 4x +RW. Dell Dimension 4600 P4 2.66Ghz 80GB HDD 512MBDDR

 

Booktyping is a utility certain burners have that allows it to burn a DVD+R or DVD+RW so that players will see them as DVD-ROM (the original DVDs you'd buy in a store), therefore increasing their compatibility with DVD players.

 

Here's an explaination of bitsetting or booktyping dvd+r/rw media to dvd-rom. http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/150 NEC dvdrw's can be made bitsetting capable but require that they be flashed with some modified (hacked) firmware to do so. You can do some reading here or find out what firmware flash is required. http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=86 Hope this helps.

Mort

 

Thank you for the help.

 

Another thin you can try is using the "DVD-Video" setting in Nero. It will check for DVD compliancy making sure you have the correct directories and files and will give you the best DVD compatibility. Before, I sometimes chose burning as UDF, and my Sony standalone would not be able to read it, but it played fine on my PC.