dvd playpback combatability

[mbdvd]

Has anyone had problems playing back newly burnt dvd+r discs, on PC's with Windows 98 installed?

My dvd disc just freezes the machine. I burnt on a Packard bell dvd+r disc using a Grundig dvdr550 recorder?

[bugster]

It more likley the DVD-Rom drive that is having problems rather than it having anything to do with the OS you are using.

[mbdvd]

I've tried it on two dvd drives with Win 98 installed, and both machines just froze. I tried playing it on a apple powerbook with a dvd drive and the disc was just spat back out. However, when I tried it on a pc with windows XP, it did play back. Can all these dvd drives be faulty just on one disc?

I also played it on a wharfdale dvd 750, and it did play successfully, however, when it played a recording created at LP quality, the recording filled only half the TV screen.

Any comments useful!!!!

mb

[bugster]

How did you create the disk, on a standalone recorder or with a PC.?

And yes, I still say its nothing to do with the OS.

You do have DVD player software on all thos machines don't you?

Just because a DVD drive can't read a DVDr does not make it faulty. Many DVD-Rom drives were not designed to read recordable DVD media as it did not exist or was not widespread in use when the drives were designed.

Even some new DVD-Rom drives have difficulty with recordable DVD media.

[mbdvd]

I recorded the disc on a standalone recorder (Grundig DVDR550)

I have DVD player software on all the machines:

PowerDVD on the PC and Apple DVD player on the mac. In fact on the PC, one of the drives is a standard DVD player, while the other is a Phillips DVDRW 416 writer.

what do you make of the LP recording playing on only half of the screen?

Also, if I was to recreate these discs, by sourcing all the DVD content on to the computer and creating a new dvd via the PC writer, do you think that would make a disc that is playable on all these machines?

[disturbed1]

I've tried it on two dvd drives with Win 98 installed, and both machines just froze. I tried playing it on a apple powerbook with a dvd drive and the disc was just spat back out. However, when I tried it on a pc with windows XP, it did play back. Can all these dvd drives be faulty just on one disc?

I also played it on a wharfdale dvd 750, and it did play successfully, however, when it played a recording created at LP quality, the recording filled only half the TV screen.

Any comments useful!!!!

mb

+R is not as compatible as -R in some older DVD-ROMs. Apple doesn't like +R either.

Your DVD filled up half the screen because in LP mode it uses 1/2 D1 resolution (352x480/576). Either the recorder didn't properly author the DVD by not setting the correct resolution, or your DVD player incorrectly read the flags that are set by the recorder.

[mbdvd]

thats interesting about the LP thing. is there any way of sorting this out?

does anyone know about software that allows editing chapter titles before finalizing the dvd+r disc on the standalone recorder.

My Grundig, doesnt seem to allow me to hide chapter titles or edit there name information. I would like to somehow do this before finalising the disc, as it does look awful with the standard info it gives.