frustrated newbie!

[courtstarr24]

i have owned a DVDRW for about a year now. it is a Sony DRU-510A. i have read many guides/articles from this and a few other sites but my discs still refuse to play. i have downloaded .avi and divx files and tried to convert them with Winavi, TMPG, and D.I.K.O. The file seemingly converts without a hitch, then the burning process seems to run well also, yet when i insert the disc into my DVD player i get a "No Play" or "insert new disc" error message. Both of my DVD players are compatible with DVD-R and DVD-RW. Could it be my choice of media? I have attempted Fuji-Film DVD-RW 4.7 GB and Memorex DVD-R 4.7 GB. Any help in solving this problem would be greatly appreciated. I have tried to us TMPG again, but this time i get an error message reading "Can't load P3Package.dll".

[lordsmurf]

Two things to remember:
1. Create MPEG files that are DVD compliant.
2. Author, dont' just burn.

[Weapon]

After converting to MPEG2, you need to author the DVD structure, are you doing this? How are you burning?

[Weapon]

Two things to remember:
1. Create MPEG files that are DVD compliant.
2. Author, dont' just burn.

To fast for me!!

[jimmalenko]

What they said.

There are a few players that will play MPEG-2 burnt as data, but there are 1,000's that won't. TMPGEnc DVD Author is my tool of choice, but there are many alternatives - Take a look in the tools section under authoring for more. DVDAuthorGUI and IFOEdit can do it for free, but are a bit limited with what you can do compared to ones you will pay for.

[irishbloke2004]

i have owned a DVDRW for about a year now. it is a Sony DRU-510A. i have read many guides/articles from this and a few other sites but my discs still refuse to play. i have downloaded .avi and divx files and tried to convert them with Winavi, TMPG, and D.I.K.O. The file seemingly converts without a hitch, then the burning process seems to run well also, yet when i insert the disc into my DVD player i get a "No Play" or "insert new disc" error message. Both of my DVD players are compatible with DVD-R and DVD-RW. Could it be my choice of media? I have attempted Fuji-Film DVD-RW 4.7 GB and Memorex DVD-R 4.7 GB. Any help in solving this problem would be greatly appreciated. I have tried to us TMPG again, but this time i get an error message reading "Can't load P3Package.dll".

Im tearing my hair out with the DVD burning problem i have. My DVD Burner wonr burn DVD-R discs that my DVD_rom can read. Which is so frustrating.

Ive only been able to get my DVD Burner to burn DVD+R discs as both Video and Data to work in my DVD-Rom and DVD Player.

Ive no idea why my DVD-Rom wont read DVD-R discs when my DVD Player can.

Are you sure your DVD Player supports DVD-R and DVD-RW

You need to make VOB files for a DVD Movie, use Nero Vision Express for this.

[courtstarr24]

well i haven't tired aauthoring a disc. i was under the impression that winavi and tmpg did that for you. i'll read thos guides tonight and see what i can accomplish. thank you everyone for the replies and have a happy thanksgiving

[burnman99]

Courstarr24 Try DVDAuthorGUI. It's free and works well, especially for a simple DVD. You will need to Demux the file with Tmpg first.

Later!

Rog