Burned DVDs only play on my computer

[kissy]

hi everybody,
i'm new from this useful and georgous site and here is my question.
i downloaded movie and burnt them to dvd+r disc by win avi convertor 8.0. but when i tried to play them back @ standard dvd player and they can't bed read at all. they only worked @ my computor dvd player!
what should i do?? please!
thanks!
happy new year!

[hech54]

Some movies are more difficult than others to convert....what movie is it?

[kissy]

most of them are .avi , .vob , and .rmvb files.
thanks!!

[redwudz]

Most often that problem is DVD Media related. You might try a different brand. And WinAVI is one of the worst rated converters on our site.

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[sambat]

If you are converting the files to DVD format, make sure that you are setting the video format as NTSC (North America) and not PAL (rest of world).

[powerpc123]

What brand DVD+R discs are you using?
What burn speed setting are you using?
What brand/model standard DVD player are you using?
Do "storebought discs" play in your standard DVD player?
Can you try using something other than WinAVI to do the burning?

[poisondeathray]

i downloaded movie and burnt them to dvd+r disc by win avi convertor 8.0.

winavi doesn't "burn" disks

Did you use convert to DVD format using winavi?
(i.e. did your output file(s) have a DVD structure like a VIDEO_TS folder?)

What program did you use to burn to disk?

[kissy]

hi everybody,
i'll try different brand player!
thanks everyone!

[Midzuki]

sambat wrote:

If you are converting the files to DVD format, make sure that you are setting the video format as NTSC (North America) and not PAL (rest of world).

I'm afraid the Brits will not like to be classified as "rest of the world".

[powerpc123]

WinAVI does have a built in burning engine (albeight a quirky coaster maker)

From their website's FAQ:

Q: The burned Disc only can be played with computer, but cannot be played with DVD player.

A: Maybe it is because the burnt disc is not compatible with your player. Please visit https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php to learn some detailed information on how to make them compatible with. For example, you can try to use other software to make a disk compatible with stand-alone DVD players. (Burn a disk with winAVI, which plays fine on the computer, and then copy that disk with DVD X Copy to get a useable DVD for home use).

Imgburn should create and burn a playable DVD from the WinAVI created folders

[ttyner]

Kissy,

You were right to use +R media for your movie. The fact that it plays in your computer is proof that it is a good conversion and burn even though it may not be the best quality using WIN AVI. The problem is the ability of our
settop player to read the disk. You can greatly increase the chances for compatibility with your player by
burning your disk as DVD-ROM Book Type instead of DVD+R. This process is called bitsetting. It burns information on the DVD to tell the player that it is the same type of disk that commercial movie DVDs are This is possible because
the Book Type info is placed on DVD+Rs at the time of burning whereas it is embedded on DVD-Rs at manufacture and cannot be changed. Your burner manufacturer may have a utility to allow you set this option. Some burning
software have a utility to do so; Nero & Alcohol that I know of. DVD INFO also has such a utility. You can find more
information by searching for Bitsetting.

As for converting your downloaded files to DVD, may I suggest you investigate SVCD2DVD, an excellent and
economical program from WWW.SVCD2DVD.COM

I hope this helps and Good Luck.

[MysticE]

Kissy,

You were right to use +R media for your movie. The fact that it plays in your computer is proof that it is a good conversion and burn even though it may not be the best quality using WIN AVI. The problem is the ability of our
settop player to read the disk...

Using +R was probably the second mistake after WinAVI.

[guns1inger]

Kissy,

You were right to use +R media for your movie. The fact that it plays in your computer is proof that it is a good conversion and burn even though it may not be the best quality using WIN AVI.

Doesn't prove squat about the burn, other than that a computer can read it. For it to be DVD Video it must be burned using the UDF filesystem. If not, it won't be playable in most standalone players. This has nothing at all to do with +R or -R format discs. Unless the player is 5 years old more, bit-setting or buring + or - R will have little effect. The quality of the media, the burning application used, and the quality of conversion play a much greater part.

I am willing to bet that the choice of a low grade conversion from a low grade piece of software, burning with it's own equally low grade engine to what is most likely low grade media is where the problem lies.

[ttyner]

If anything will read the disk then it must be a valid video DVD; i.e., a proper conversion, even if of poor quality,
and a good burn. If not, the computer would not read it.

If Kissy's settop player is old enough, it may not play much more than commercial DVDs anyway.
I ran into a JVC some years ago that would only play +RWs.

I wish you lived close enouigh to Houston to take your bet. Those are better ods than I ever recieved at the horse rasces.

[guns1inger]

A computer will read a DVD video burned as data, whereas a player may not. Again, a computer being able to read the disc doesn't mean anything.

[ttyner]

A DVD burned as data is not a video DVD. If anything will read the disk the disk is o.k. It is a compatibility problem.
Bitsetting is not a panacea but it will greatly increase the chances of compatibility with settop players

[edong]

If you are converting the files to DVD format, make sure that you are setting the video format as NTSC (North America) and not PAL (rest of world).

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