major problem....

[Kira]

The weirdest thing happened ... My friend made me a ton of VCDs.
I tried playing a few of them and they worked fine and everything.
Then she sent me more and now they won't play on my dvd player. They play on my computer though.

Could it be disc brand? Would that affect a DVD player?

Also I burned recently burned a Buffy vcd and when I put it into my dvd player, it said that there was no disc. But there was!

I'm getting SO frustrated with this whole vcd burning business. Not one VCD that I personally made has worked so far...

Has any of this stuff happened to other people or am I electronically useless?

~Kira~ UPNsRoswell@cs.com

[resnullius]

cd brand is something that often causes vcds not to work. What do you mean by: when I put it into my computer my dvd player said there was no disc. your software dvd player did'nt see the disk or your settop dvd player did'nt see it?

[Kira]

I meant to say that when I put it into my actual dvd player, it said that there was no disc. But there was!! So I tried again, but it still said the same thing...

[videoguy79]

From what you describe, it sounds like your DVD player is not compatible with the brand of disc you are using if it cannot "see" the disc at all. On the other hand, if the VCD's themselves were bad, the player would indicate that a disc was inside the player (a "vcd" indicator on the front panel, etc), but it would not play back properly. DVD players that aren't designed for or are picky about playing CD-R's will give you sporadic results when playing these kinds of discs. My suggestion to you: find a brand of CD-R that plays 100% of the time, or use a CD-RW (which have a lower wavelength and usually are more compatible w/ DVD players), and copy the VCD's. One more thing: this may sound stupid, but have you tried playing a DVD lately? If the DVD has trouble playing also, you might have a dirty/dusty lens on the pickup head. Try testing a few discs to make sure that your player is not at fault before burning new discs.