DVD-R wont play on Mac

[crusty]

Recently burnt a dvd using SpruceMaestro and of course plays fine on everything except my Mac. I am running dual operating systems OS9.2 and OSX it will play on OSX because i have DVD Studio Pro... I dont know all the ins and outs of Mac use yet. Anyway i tried it on a friends Mac OS9.2 and it wouldnt even recognise the disk...?I am a bit lost do any of you MAC smart people know what the hell is going on.. IM LOST.

[bartman]

Is your friends Mac one of the old slot loading ones? (like the iMac DV)

There is a known compatability issue with DVD-R (General) and older Mac drives. If I find the link again I'll post it back here..

[crusty]

Yes it is a slot loading Mac which would probably explain that...but I am actually not using General Media but DVD-R authoring Media could that be the problem?
Thanks Bartman

[bartman]

funny....DVD Authoring is supposed to be the most compatable of the lot...even with 1st gen DVD players. After burning, DVD-R(A) should be logically identical and phisically identical to a pressed DVD (as far as the players laser pickup is concerned anyway)

[crusty]

all it was was that i didnt have the proper dvd player installed on OS9 found one deep in the apple archives. So thanks guys.