HELP?! Burned DVD-Rs no longer play in dvd player, only on pc

After a lot of trial and error, which should have worked just like the software manufacturers (lying thieves) say with simple select file, choose menu,etc then click burn, I was finally getting workable dvds which would play on my regular dvd player (toshiba SDV392 dvd/vcr), not only my computer.

Now, all of a sudden, when burning even the exact same projects and even iso s of home movies ive made whether from scratch again using video files, or the saved iso projects, after burning them to dvd using Nero Vision Express 2 (which is same program i originally authored and burned successfully to dvd with) the resulting dvds will ONLY play on computer using media player program - but NOT on dvd player which is the whole purpose of buying these junky software programs! AARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!>?

I am sooo frustrated. Now I know why so many people are completely fed up with these thieving corporations who put out trashy, incomplete, buggy products and then go after people who arenet millionaries who cant afford to buy product after product so resort to trading them to compensate for all their inadequacies, bugs, and generally shoddy creations.

Im using windows XP PRo, SP2, 80GB harddrive,
Memorex Double layer +/-RW 16X burner.
Using Nero Vision Express2 package.
Recently started also trying to use Ulead Movie Factory to compensate for limitations and restrictions in format of Nero package.
Dont know if the installation and use of Ulead may have interferred and altered somehow the ability of Nero to burn usable dvds that will continue to play on dvd players? Shouldnt. That would be some pretty shoddy design!?

When I put these attempted dvds now in my dvd player, which was reading and playing these same dvd movie projects fine before, the player just says reading...reading...then stops reading and never even recognizes a readable dvd disc as being inserted.

I just bought some Verbatim DVD-Rs as i heard these were better then the Memorex dvd+r 8X that i was using before. They seem to record data fine. But not working on dvd player at all! Please help?
I shouldt have to "update" anything, just to continue to make working dvds like before. It should either work, or if it doesnt its trash.

 

Is your burner firmware up-to-date?
Is your Nero up-to-date?
What speed are you burning at?

 

"Is your burner firmware up-to-date? "
I dont know what that means or is? I just bought this burner one month ago, though, new.

"Is your Nero up-to-date? " It was working, as mentioned then just stopped, all using same burner, settings and dvds as far as i can tell. I havent gone any manual updating, though. If it was working, it shouldnt suddenly stop working because of an update. If it does, that sounds more like a built in virus or ad/spyware to me. I dont like having to continually log on or download updates from software manufacturers just to keep a program i paid for running / working properly. Shouldnt they simply work fine from the box, is how i feel.Especially if it was, kindof, working, albeit with its many limitations in menu, options,etc.

"What speed are you burning at?"
8X and less. Sometimes only 2X or 4X.

I have however, been able to use DVD Decryptor again to burn some of my iso projects that i already have backedup on my computer. However, i also want to edit some of my home movies still, which is major reason i bought all this stuff, to film and create my own hoome movies with chapter, music, menues,etc.

Anyway, Ive been able to use the DVD Decryptor again to read and write from past projects ive burned successfully to dvd. Problem is, i still cant use the Nero or Ulead software to burn many of my formerly burnable avi & mpeg files into movie dvds.

- Thanks for helping.

 

i think the problem may be in your media, if you are using memorex burn them (as in fire burn them) they are absolutely useless rubbish...

try buying a better quality media like verbatim and seeing whether it works...

 

Well, its actually the Memorex, which i had first been using, which were working okay.

I just bought two 50 packs of Verbatim DVD-Rs on sale and have been tring to burn these, when this problem seems to have restarted.

Though its also happening with the Verbatims, as well as Memorexs now.

 

NEVER, EVER, EVER use memorex, i have never actually had the experience of such bad media, ask absolutely any of the experienced members on this site: [bold]memorex = memosux[/bold]

 

Its not the media.

I just tried yet AGAIN to complete a successful burn, at slowest speed which took nearly two frigging days, using Verbatim DVD-rs.
When playing it on my DVD player (whever i say dvd player i mean NOT computer ) it took about ten seconds of trying to read to finally recogfnize it as a DVD. But then it start freezing up right away.

This is insanely absurd. How these crappy, unintegral theiving people behind these corporations putting out such junk expect people to give them over their hard earned money is astonishing!

They should be paying us to put up with trying to use their trashy, bugridden stuff!

Why is this happening? I cant figure it out. Im doing everything "right".

 

But the dvds play fine on computer using windows media player.
I did not pay for this trashy software and dvd burner to play the discs on computer, of course.

 

(TYPO) - meant - did NOT pay for them to play on computer. But to pplay on dvd player.

 

A: you can use the edit button to fix TYPOS, just some info...

B: might i suggest that you try doing a system restore...

 

new to forum but saw your problem. seems your +r worked but not your -r. is it possible your player can't read -r disk? had same problem but my player could'nt read +r disk.

 

I have actually used both + and - r dvds, to same useless effect.
That was a considertion, so i went back and redid same projects using my +r dvds, still only work again in pc but either not even recognized at all when put in normal dvd player or it will show the main page with menu of videos on dvd, at most playing a short portion of one of them then freezing, or more often then not lately just freezes at the initial, main menu screen and goes back to acting like theres no dvd in player at all.

 

sounds dumb but did you try on a different player? maybe your player is screwing up.

 

So i went to a store today, and tested some of the dvds i made which were either not being even recognized or not playing past menu mode on my Toshiba DVD / VCR combo #SD-V392 player.
Though the first sales rep at Best Buy was totally uninterested in fulfilling his role as a sales rep or helping me hook up any dvd players to tvs (why they have all these dvd players out but not hooked up to tvs so we can actually play and experience how they work or dont is a question) another sales agent later was considerate and let me hook a couple players to tvs.

And these dvd players i used at the store to test my nonworking dvds (when played on the toshiba dvd player) were cheapo ones -
Philips Progressive Scan DVD player. #DVP642 $60.
and a
Cyberhome Progressive Scan DVD player #CH-DVD3002 $40.

And the DVDS WORKED on them!
But not on my more expensive Toshiba.
The sales rep said alot of people have come in with complaints of their burned dvds not working on dvd players. Especially the more expensive ones. And said that some of the cheap dvd players actaully are much more compatible and reliable for playback of burned dvd videos.

So that was an interesting experience.

 

Though I did not watch my burned dvds for long, i will say, on the stores dvd players. So i dont know how they would have continued playing all the way through the dvd videos?
They did at least recognize the discs as was sometimes not happenign with toshiba, and played the menu and the very short time i watched the video portion.

Though one did not play, and it was a vcd which supposedly burned successfully (according the the Nero Burning 6 software i used.

 

that is facinating (not sarcastic comment) i always thought that for some unknown reason the cheaper players seem to work better for me...

 

generalno you are right i have gone down the same road as u, and found that my dvds play on my cheap set. i have a sony burner and a sony dvd surround system but for the life of me i can not watch a film very well due to the freezing, jumping or wont play at all, i have said all along that the big manufactures have got it worked out that the dvds that are burnt via us the public on our comp have some way of not playing them on there systems

 

The guy in the store has told the truth. More cheaper the dvd player is, more compatible with the discs is. When I gave to my friend some home made dvd's -R and +R (Verbatim, Sony, Philips) he told me that his Toshiba player was'nt able to reproduce them. The same discs were working fine everywhere else. Finally we found out that it was able to play only X2 written discs. The same happend with some older Sony's models. Theese are not able to run home made dvd's.
The only think now that you must remember is when that your burner some day will pass away.

 

i guess that they think that if we get pissed off trying to play backed up discs we will stop heh

 

Hey Guys...seeing you have burning problems and all...so maybe im at the right place...i had the same problem where it wouldn't burn and everything juss a question make sure u using the right option on nero express cause i had the same problem the first time and now i got no problems burning with nething but then again i don't use nero nemore...try using CLONEDVD so much faster then nero takes less then an hour to copy and burn a dvd

but neways!!!!! my problem is..does neone else here have problems burning Sony Entertainment movies...i have a couple "into the blue" "exorcism of emily rose" there both sony entertainment movies now ive been hearin that sony movies are really hard to get by and gettin them to work with into the blue it dones't go into the menu it juss keeps repeating the whole sony entertainment thing and with emily rose the movie plays fine juss no main menu? now get this...the movies work PERFECT and i mean PERFECT on my computer menu works on emily rose and into the blue plays the whole movie with no problems...so i'm wondering if neone knows how to get by that problem...i'm wondering if its the media (memorex 2.4x double layer 8.5g) but i never had ne other problem with these dvds with ne other movie i've burned...so can neone help me out!!!!!