Stand-alone dvd players refuse to read burned dvd

[ofbarea]

I used to have similar problems in the past.

Try a couple of things:

1. Get the latest firmware for your burner.
2. Try burning with TMPGEnc DVD author writing tool.

Just download a copy and install it. This tool will allow you to burn your movies during the trial period.

[masterblaster]

well,try this for a test.
rip "movie only" with dvd decrypter.
pass this through DVD2ONE.
selceting "movie only in there,and a file size of 4400meg.
then once thats done,copy this set of files with copytodvd.
if this doesnt work,then,IMO,its your dvd player thats crap.
what model is it anyways.

I'll add your suggestion to the list right now I'm going to wait to see if anyone else has any suggestions before I try yet another routine. As for my dvd player being crap, I'm assuming your speaking of my standalone dvd player/recorder. If so it's a Go Video R6530 Dvd+R/RW Recorder and it's never had a problem before in fact, I can play a friends dvd copies without a problem on all 3 of my standalones as well as my computer. Heck, if I can't decipher something here I might just follow what she does because I'm obviously doing something wrong, well maybe not so obvious.

[gitreel]

My problem seems to have fixed itself. I went back a version on Nero Ultra Edition, and discs that the player would not read the other day, they now play. I would almost swear my players were female.

[FulciLives]

My problem seems to have fixed itself. I went back a version on Nero Ultra Edition, and discs that the player would not read the other day, they now play. I would almost swear my players were female.

Actually it is NERO who is the BITCH :P

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[lchiu7]

I had never encountered compatibility problems with all my DVD players with discs I had burnt using Princo and Ricoh DVD-RW and DVD+RW until I bought a bunch of cheap DigitalMatrix DVD+R (4X) from Meritline. They burn okay at 4X on my DRU500A but did not read on two of my players which was annoying. I tried DVD MF, Nero, TMPGEN DVD Author and Adobe Encore thinking that maybe it was a burning engine problem to no avail. I didn't update my Sony's firmware since I am happy with the Sony's performance to date.

Then I noticed that one disc played fine on a player that would not even recognise it before. Couldn't think how this disc (same media) was burnt differently until I recalled I was burning some shows to disc recently and noticed that the burn rate was 2X (even though the media was 4X). The DVDMF setting was burn max speed yet it burnt at 2X for some reason. When I changed that to burn at 4X it did. But it also made me think perhaps the disc that was readable had been burnt at 2X. So burnt a few others at 2X insteand lo and behold, they seem to read okay.

So one conclusion to be drawn from this, apart from trying different burning engines (I am not sure the actual authoring program makes any different) and possibly upgrading firmware, try burning at a lower speed

As usual YMMV but I think I have solved my problem with compatibility

[CaseyComb]

Gurm Wrote:

Err... so lemme get this straight - you're burning with Nero? That right there is a problem. Nero can't do DVD Video to save its life.

The idea is to be helpful Gurm. Trying to post your opinions and pass them off as facts is not helpful.

Burning with Nero is obviously not the problem. You said it yourself that the majority has no problems burning with Nero. So obviously Nero CAN Burn DVD Video "to save its life".

Since there are other products (IMGTool/DVD Decryptor, or Copy2DVD, or even EZ Coaster Creator) with which there are NO people who experience these problems, and since Ahead keeps changing the way Nero burns DVD Video with each new revision (in what one might guess to be an attempt to "fix" this problem), we are forced to come to the conclusion that Nero is less than satisfactory.

If it works for you, great! You're in the majority of users who have no problem at all.

However, if it does NOT work for you, don't be alarmed because you're certainly not alone.

Hmmm...if it works for the majority, how exactly is it "less than satisfactory"

[FulciLives]

Hmmm...if it works for the majority, how exactly is it "less than satisfactory"

Get off it man ... NERO sucks donkey ass at DVD Video burning!

Some versions work and some version don't as for those it works for they either are using a version that works or their DVD player is very forgiving of burning standards.

Any way you slice it using NERO for DVD Video burning is like a crap shoot.

It is NOT reliable.

Working for some but not anywhere even close to all is a joke!

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[lordsmurf]

I've been using Nero for DVD burning since 2001. A few hitches in the early days, but I've had zero problems since 2002. Most often, it's ASPI and the OS causing the problems, something not the fault of NERO.

Stick to Nero 5.5.10.20-5.5.10.5x to be safe.

This post went on a long way. I have no idea who needs help with what anymore. I'd bet media/player before anything else.

[FulciLives]

I've been using Nero for DVD burning since 2001. A few hitches in the early days, but I've had zero problems since 2002. Most often, it's ASPI and the OS causing the problems, something not the fault of NERO.

Stick to Nero 5.5.10.20-5.5.10.5x to be safe.

This post went on a long way. I have no idea who needs help with what anymore. I'd bet media/player before anything else.

I do respect you very much LordSmurf BUT ...

Doesn't it strike you as odd that you insist NERO works fine when you also state that it is best to stick with version # blah blah blah?

Again it just doesn't add up ... NERO is very "buggy" when it comes to DVD Video burning. Having to "stick" to a specific version (which is nowhere near new) shows poor programming etc.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Gurm]

Clearly I side with Fulcilives, here.

It's a simple matter of numbers.

Let's say that you have a type of car, called the Ford Nero.

Now, 80% of people, or even 95% of people, who get in the car... it works fine, drives fine.

But the OTHER 5%... well, when they get in the car, no matter how skilled a driver they are, the car drives off the road and into a tree less than a mile from their destination.

Would YOU get in the car and drive it?

Hell, even if 0.01% of drivers had this problem, Ford would recall the car and be fending off lawsuits for years and years.

The simple fact is that if you run Nero and use it to burn DVD-Video, you are running the risk of making non-compliant video discs. I myself have made several "iffy" Video DVD's with Nero.

And the fact that CERTAIN versions work and OTHERS don't - does NOTHING to make it MORE reliable. It merely serves to illustrate its unreliability. The average user won't keep using an old version, they will upgrade.

- Gurm

[lchiu7]

I burn with Nero (6) and DVDMF. For shows I record myself off TV, I almost always author the DVD with DVDMF and then burn with it. On occasions I hae not burnt with DVDMF but just told DVDMF to create the DVD directories and burn with Nero or create and iso image and burn with Nero and it works fine.

When I take backups of my own DVD's (albeit not that often) I invariably burn with Nero since I don't know what other app can do a standaline burn of the video_ts folder.

Apart from problems with playing Digital Matrix DVD+R (4X) discs in certain players (a solution I have detailed elsewhere) I have never had any problems with Nero

My burner is a DRU500A 2.0f firmware

Again I guess YMMV

[CaseyComb]

Now, 80% of people, or even 95% of people, who get in the car... it works fine, drives fine.

But the OTHER 5%... well, when they get in the car, no matter how skilled a driver they are, the car drives off the road and into a tree less than a mile from their destination.

Gurm...this is without a doubt the most idiotic analogy I have heard on a forum yet.

There's no way to prove that it wasn't user error...regarding both Ford or Nero. As I have stated before, opinions don't count as fact.

[masterblaster]

can't we all just get along???

[Gurm]

I love you Nero supporters.

"It works for me and a lot of other people, so there must not be any problems with it!"

Nero has ISSUES with burning DVD Video. It's a simple fact. I can make it work, but I shouldn't have to fiddle. The DEFAULT settings for DVD Video should be the ones that work for everyone.

Newbies sometimes CAN'T make it work, and that's a problem.

"It's user error!"

What is?

Step 1: Insert blank disc.

Step 2: Take DVD compilation that burns with EVERY OTHER PROGRAM, and hit "burn".

Step 3: Watch as it FAILS TO WORK in a standalone player.

I've done this myself. Identical media, machine, burner, the ONLY difference is that I used Nero instead of Copy2DVD. Nero failed.

That indicates a bit of a bug, don't you think? And dropping back or stepping forward a revision in Nero fixed it... until the NEXT release when it was broken again.

That's not "user error". That's a BUG.

It works for you? Great. Wonderful.

But it doesn't work for everyone, which means that I can't recommend it to newbies, and when they have "mysterious" problems it's a suspect factor. End of story.

This has been hashed out too many times for anyone to take your "it doesn't happen" claims seriously. So go heckle someone else.

- Gurm

[MackemX]

deja vu

the quite funny in parts "Why i don't use Nero ! "
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=179275

and the Classic "*for all who use nero,and dvd wont play in your stand-alone*"
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127624

make some good reading as some posts are real funny