DVD Compatibility Problem

[Phil2k]

I have just bought a DVD burner, it pretty much does everything, DVD +/-R/RW. I went out and purchased 10 Packard Bell DVD+R discs to burn some boxing fights to these DVDs using NeroVision Express 2, the problem is that these DVDs play back just fine on the DVD drive that they were burnt on but not on my house DVD player! I have NeroVision set to burn to UK PAL format, anyone know where the fault may be? I know that not ALL home DVDs are compatible but I have played VCDs that I have authored on the same player many times, could it be the cheapy Packard Bell DVD+Rs that I bought?

- Phil

[gitreel]

did you change the booktype to dvd-rom. On + disc, alot of times you have to change the booktype.

[Phil2k]

Sorry, I'm new to this , what is "Booktype" and how does one change it? Thanks.

- Phil

[Phil2k]

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[kurtchen]

hi , nero is not the best burner for compatible dvd. i burn with Img-tools , the best and freeware. cu

[glockjs]

on the last screen before you actually start burning there should be a box that you can check that says booktype...if that doesnt work try different media

[Sillyname]

In regards to "booktype":

(Wrote this in the DVDLAB PRO forum.)

I was describing my newfound importance in this feature that everybody's reaming their firmware with lately and he told me that it sounds like something he does to clear up incompatibilities on DVDs that he plays on one of his Pioneer DVD players. He simply selects the option to burn the image as a DVD-ROM in Power Producer, instead of a DVD Video disc. Is this the same as setting the book type for a DVD? I haven't been able to try it but it seems to me that if you burn anything as a DVD-ROM (data disc) your DVD player will interpret any data that it doesn't understand as something that was not meant for it to understand. So it skips it instead of looking at it in detail to the point of causing compatibility problems. I realize what I'm pushing here is some sort of Uber Layman's terms but doesn't that sort of make sense? Aren't all the DVDs out there that have games and extra PC stuff on them burnt initially as a DVD-ROM?

I guess I'll just have to try it but if anyone can beat me to the punch, try burning your DVD as a ROM and then checking it's Book Type in DVDInfo. If it still shows up as a DVD-R, then try it on all your miscellaneous players to see if compatibility issues are resolved anyway. We might be just doing something the hard way...