Issues on a dvd burn. :(

[tim_ver]

I am trying to burn a mpeg file on a dvd-rw to play on my dvd player. The player works with all dvd's I have played others however this time when I used Nero 7.1 Premium I select make your own Video file and burn it. It says all is fine and ejects the dvd when finished and load it in the dvd player and nothing, I then put it back in the PC dvd player/burnner and say dvd is empty. Ides? Is there a better program for this?

Also what are the best programs to have to backup my dvd movies?

Thanks Much

[guns1inger]

imgburn 2 - the best DVD Video burning application, bar none.

[tim_ver]

Ok so this will burn the video file to the dvd and set it up as a dvd movie with the files? Or is there another program that will do this better than Nero? Also 16:9 ratio?

Thanks

[guns1inger]

How about you start slowly and at the beginning.

What is it that you really want to do ?

If you have a video file and want to create a DVD, you need to encode the video correctly - see What is DVD (top left corner) for what is compliant for DVD - then you need to author it ready for burning.

ConvertXtoDVD is pretty good for a simple convert and author program - better than Nero IMO - however you could use NeroVision if it is just a one-off, as you already have it installed.

If you put the RW that you burned into your PC and open Windows Explorer, do you see anything on it at all ?