Hi, forgive me if this is something you have already covered. I am still quite the newbie when it comes to turning AVI files into DVDs. I am using ConvertXtoDVD, and the DVDs I make always play fine on my laptop, as well as my cheap $27 Durabond DVD player from Walmart... but I've had a number of friends borrow my DVDs and tell me that about 75% of them won't play on their DVD players. Anyone have any clues as to why? I am force it to NTSC, Aspect Ratio is on automatic, I'm use 16x Media but burning only at 6x. This really has me stumped...some suggestions would be more than welcome... Thanks.
do ur friends have older dvd players or is it the media that they cant read i dont kno for sure but i have that problem with a few of my dvd's but most friends of mine that have barrowed some of my back ups say it works fine....what kinda of dvd's are they??
do ur friends have older dvd players or is it the media that they cant read i dont kno for sure but i have that problem with a few of my dvd's but most friends of mine that have barrowed some of my back ups say it works fine....what kinda of dvd's are they?? i prefer winavi 6.3 but good luck on the search thought it might be one of the two media or dvd players....
being as i have had horrible compatability issues in the past i know where your comming from, and how to fix it. this is the problem: you dvd burner, burning software, and media all come into play for this one, so its a bitch to get fixed. first you want the most up to date ISO burning prog available. second, you need to make sure it is compatable with your media, then you need to keep burning dvds and checking them till you find media that will play on everything i have had dvds that will play on a ps2 and not my dvd player, then i switched burning prog, had the exact same media, and it would play on my dvd player but not the ps2! its screwy, im sure if you do an indepth search on cdfrreaks, videohelp.com, and this site youll find a fix for your problem. my setup that works on everything i have ever tried them on is: tmpgencdvd author and tyg02's burned at 4-6x. now, i have never teasted this theory but i think that the prog that creates the ISO has something to do with it too. i use tmpgenc dvd author for that as well, but anything new (last two years, or basicaly no less older than your dvd player in question) should work fine. avi2dvd and all that free shit definatly has lower compatability rates than the premiium stuff.
In addition to what georgeluv said. Slow it down to 4X and use good media and only use DVD-R they are more compatable with TV top players. I had the same problem I started buying Verbatrim media and always DVD-R and it worked. In addition to TMPGEnc dvd author which is good I use is ImTOO AVI to DVD Converter here is a link Good Luck
if your dvd's play fine in your players, i would not worry about it sometimes not playing verry good in your friends players, if they don't like them, have them burn there own, or just go out and buy the movies, beggers can't be choosers, you are doing them a favor by lending them your dvd's, sometimes i lend my backups to my family members, and they all play fine in their players and every one has a different player, good luck happy burning have a nice day
Your pc plays them and so do your stand alone players-backups are ok: When you send your backups to other friends/family members-This is where the compatability factors in. When it comes to reading dvd backups,stand alone players will have a harder time reading -r/+r/+rw/-rw/and dl backups. When you get a No disc/Dirty disc/Wrong region/or Wrong format type of error-usually compatability. Stand alone players. Here's a few things that will trigger those no disc errors-errors by the drive not recognizing dvd backups: Wrong format- Switch opposite format. Poor quality media- Stick with taiyo yuden and verbatim Certain MID coded media Burned too fast Paper/sticker labels-Drastically increases issues Poor quality burner drive-Some drives put out higher compatable backups than others. Burn engines. Stand alone players can have a problem with any of those items.As long as the dvd-rw drive plays it's own backups-which should look near original in quality-your backups should be ok. JDRinTNT: What is the brand name and model # of your burner? Post back that info and I'll see if your drive has booktyping capability. Some dvd-rw drives have the ability of Bit-setting,also called Booktyping. Booktyping can only be performed with plus format media and on certain drives: Benq/Plextor/LG/Lite-on/some sony and NEC. This booktyping alters the plus format,and sets it to Dvd-rom,which is the highest compatable dvd format-just like original discs. It fools those pickier stand alone players into recognizing your backups. After booktyping the plus format: +r/+rw/+r DL,you will have the highest compatable backups for stand alone players-period! That dash format (75%) does have a higher rate vs plus format (50%),but not as close as my booktyped backups (95%+). Playing your backups on a few different drives,many people doen't encounter the compatability issue. Now playing backups on over 100+ drives, I do see the huge difference between both formats. For highest stand alone player compatability rate: Plus format Booktyping capable dvd-rw drive
