What is considered the most 'Compatible' DVD burning program

[DVantrease]

I just recently started burning DVD backups (just switched from SVCD). I've got the procedure down pat, currently using DVDDecrypter & DVD2ONE. For burning, I've tried 3 different methods and all seem to work fine for me. I've used Nero, RecordNow Max, and IFOEdit/IMGtool to create an image and burn with DVDDecrypter.

While all the methods seem to play fine on my Apex AD-660 player, I know I'm going to be sharing stuff with friends. Therefor, I'm looking for what would be considered the most COMPATIBLE method of burning DVD-R's, ie will play on a wide variety of standalone players, including Xbox. I've always used Nero for my SVCD's so I'm familiar with it, at least until I got into DVD, I didn't realize there were so many format choices, and I don't know the differences or which is the best format to select. I tried one DVD UDF/ISO with Nero, and it worked fine. I burned a movie with RecordNow Max, works fine. Did a few with DVDDecrypter (from image), works fine. All work for me, so I cannot make an educated decision for the best one in order to stay as compatible as possible with my friends variety of players. Any advice would be appreciated!

[DVantrease]

One more question. If I burn a movie one way which works for me, and later discover that I need to burn it another way for a friend, can I simply rip my DVD-R and then re-burn it with another program to hopefully work with theres? Or would it be too late at that point?

[Smurff]

Hi,

Ive spent the last week looking into this. I have tried 10 different DVD-R discs and 4 different programs and 4 different DVD players.

To sum-up your problem. I have chosen Prassi Primo

Regards
Smurff

[rhegedus]

Upgrade to Nero 5.5.10.0 and follow the wizard. I've had 100% compatibility on my and my friends DVD players - you just have to make sure that the media is regognised.

Regards,

Rob