Premiere/Encore DVD plays on set-top, but not some PCs

[bbruelan]

I have a raw DV video I edited in Adobe Premiere then converted to MPEG-2 to bring into Encore, no problem there. Then I set Encore up with menus, etc..., no problem. I burned the DVD and it works great in all set-top machines, but in about 1/2 the PCs I tried it in it said I needed a codec for the DVD drive. Is this because I used MPEG-2, or is it that way with all DVD drives until you "buy" the correct codec? I tried WinMediaPlayer, Real, Quicktime, and they all either wanted a new codec or to download something from their site which turned out never to fix it.

[TOMMO]

Yes you need to install DVD playing software. All of the programs you have mentioned will not play a DVD.

PowerDVD, Sonic or whatever needs to be installed. Windows Media player 8 and above on XP will play DVDs - but only after POWERDVD or another DVD player software is installed.

It is nothing to do with Premiere or Encore.

[bbruelan]

Thanks for the confirmation.....that is what I thought after doing considerable reading on the subject. I was just hoping that I had missed a "setting" somewhere in Encore to enable PC playing. Well, my target player is set-top anyway so I guess I'm good to go.

Thanks!