dvd player won't play burned dvd

[cluelessgirl]

I am very new to this, I'm using nero to burn dvd on dvd+rw disk and I have tried them in 3 different standalone dvd players and the movie won't play in any of them. Am I missing a step some where or is it the dvd players? thank you

[garry]

You may need to step back a bit here.

How were you burning. ie drag & drop .vob files to video folder or is it a data file?

Do the DVD players support RW's ?
Does the DVDRW play on your PC (as a DVD) or as a data file?

If you can give a bit of background as to how you got to this stage it would be helpful.

[Sifaga]

can tell you if your missing a step if we dont know what steps yourve taken

[guns1inger]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say yes, you are missing a step. I'm not going to tell you which one though - you can guess like we have to

[cluelessgirl]

I imported the mpeg file that I burned from limewire to nero 7 I think...DL the free trial, bear with me I am very un technical. I am almost positive my RCA dvd player reads dvd+rw, My dad has a really expensive bosse dvd player and I have some kinda low end dvd player and none of them will read this dvd( 3 players I have tried it in)

[guns1inger]

So you downloaded an mpeg file, loaded it into Nero 7 and . . . .

Put the DVD/RW into your PC and open it in explorer. Tell us what files you see.

[kschang]

Unless you specifically specified in Nero that you're created a video DVD, you did not create a video DVD.

[cluelessgirl]

I went to make your own dvd, add files from file browser?, open then in was in nero so I just kept hit net with out changing any settings till it said burn..is that what you mean?

[garry]

OK I see we are getting there !

You actually need to turn your MPEG file into a DVD suitable file with another program. (just burning a file as a dvd does nothing)

You will need to learn a DVD Authoring program. A freebie is https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=dvdauthor and an interface so you can see what you are doing easier
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=dvdauthor (free also)

From here you put your mpeg file in and "Author" it to something you can then burn to a disk and it will be seen in a DVD.

A bit more homework to do yet.

[guns1inger]

Nero can do it if you nerovision and associated components. Try reading you manual/help files.