DVD Creator Software won't work on our DVD player

[jay-jay]

Anyone who can help me, would be greatly appreciated.

I’m looking into DVD creator software; I have some old home movies from my camcorder and would like to make into DVD. Right now I have the Cyberlink PowerProducer and Sonic MyDVD, I tried both of them, both like them okay but both won’t work on some of our DVD player at home. Is there anything I should know about the compatibility between the software and my DVD player? I’m also thinking of getting an upgrade on powerproducer to powerdirector or MYDVD, but I just don’t know which one to get. I didn’t want to waste my money on something that still won’t work on my DVD player.

Thank you very much!

[pinetop]

How is the video getting to your computer?
My guess is a capture card. If so which one?
I"ve used a Hauppauge wintv-pvr usb2 with both wintv/2000 and ulead. I'll then author with TDA w AC3 plugin.

[jay-jay]

I usually just connect my video cam to my computer and just used the capture thing using the Sonic MyDVD software. I created menu and added background music. Then burned to a DVD. It worked on our cheaper DVD player, but won't play on our RCA or Samsung DVD player. I just started making DVDs yesterday, and found these two software in my computer. I don't know much anything about making a DVD. So I had no idea what capture card is, where do I find that in my computer? I just really wanted to know why the DVD won't play and should software upgrade would solve this problem? or is there anything I should know?

Thanks for your help!

[guns1inger]

What DVD media are you burning to ?

The single biggest cause of compatibility issues is poor quality/cheap blank discs.

[jay-jay]

I'm using Memorex - recordable 16X DVD - R

What DVD media are you burning to ?

The single biggest cause of compatibility issues is poor quality/cheap blank discs.

[guns1inger]

You need to get the media ID and look it up in our database or at nomorecoasters.com

A quick look at memorex as a brand in our database doesn't fill me with a lot of confidence though

[jay-jay]

Is there a DVD media that you can recommend?

[guns1inger]

TY or Verbatim would be top of the list