DVD in Car won't play burned DVD's

[tr]

I have a Jeep Cherokee with a DVD Entertainment System but it won't play movies that I've downloaded and burned onto a DVD.
Would a DVD hack help solve this.
(PS: I know Ford uses DVD Players made by Audiovox, but I don't know who manufactures them for Chrysler)
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks!

[TooLFooL]

have you tried using different brand of discs? some players are picky about dvd-r

[otpw1]

Have you been bit-setting? That is the only way my laptop will read a burned dvd is as a DVD-Rom. That has worked in everything I've tried them in so far.

[MoovyGuy]

I have a 2005 dodge minivan that also has a DVD kit from Chrysler in it.

I have been able to play DVD+R and some DVD+RW's in it.

It would not play TDK +RW's but would play older HP +RW's. It took a long time for the player to recognize them, but they did play.

+R's that I have used are TDK, Memorex (Both Ritek & Ricoh based) and HP. I have some Pioneer -R's but it wouldn't touch them.

I saw a reference to the player manufacturer once. I believe that they are made by KOSS, but I could not get an exact model number.

Cheers

[thegeeman]

Change media;

Confirm whether + or - media required for player; silly question but can be overlooked. You maybe using +'s when infact it should be -'s; or vice versa.

Check the manual that can with vehicle. There should be a manual specific for the entertainment sysytem. Check out the specs, model etc. Possibly do a Google search on model to get more info.

Try burning at MINIMUM speed.

Last one; are discs dirty, greasy fingerprints, scratched etc etc?

[gadgetguy]

but it won't play movies that I've downloaded and burned onto a DVD.

Are you converting these movies to DVD compliant format before burning?

[thegeeman]

That's a thought!!! As per Gadgetguy's comment. Are you sure you encoded to mpeg2 AND authored to VIDEO_TS before burning??

[jtoolman2000]

I have a Jeep Cherokee with a DVD Entertainment System but it won't play movies that I've downloaded and burned onto a DVD.

WHAT THE H**L

[Cobra]

These movies could well be legitimate movies, maybe even provided by the car manufacturer. I know that BMW do some damn good short films that are free to download - one is directed by Guy Ritchie.

I certainly hope it is legitimate. No more comments on that, though - if you're going to post, please try only to help.

[Noahtuck]

but it won't play movies that I've downloaded and burned onto a DVD.

Are you converting these movies to DVD compliant format before burning?

I was thinking that earlier also.....

Have you been bit-setting? That is the only way my laptop will read a burned dvd is as a DVD-Rom. That has worked in everything I've tried them in so far.

A very serious option most seem to not truely consider.....
I have been doing this for almost 2 years and have found this to be AT LEAST as compatible to dvd-r's if not even more so....... which when you have a dvd player that wont play either dvd-r or dvd+r, but will play a dvd+r with the booktype changed to dvd-rom, i guess that would put it above -r in terms of compatibility.....

I have a Jeep Cherokee with a DVD Entertainment System but it won't play movies that I've downloaded and burned onto a DVD.

WHAT THE H**L

OH NO!!! that must mean the dvd ISO's i have DLed must be bootlegs!!!
Even though they are totaly free and legal to do so
and i have some that rival ANY hollywood released dvd in content and special effects 8)

[tr]

Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions.
I tried bitsetting and burned as Book Type: DVD-ROM but that still didn't work.
I then switched to DVD-R's (instead of +R's) and these now work in my 2005 Jeep VES DVD Player.
Thanks!

[otpw1]

Thanks for the follow-up.
Reporting back what works is very valuable.

Again
THANKS!!

[tr]

I need to update my previous post... I thought the DVD-R's worked, but I spoke too soon... Only one movie has worked so far, and everything else I've burned onto DVD-R's haven't worked. The only difference has been is the file size... the one that worked was a smaller movie (3.3GB)... the normal size ones haven't (4+GB).
Anyone have anymore suggestions for my 2005 Jeep Cherokee factory DVD player (called VES - Vehicle Entertainment System)?

[lordsmurf]

Use good media
Read www.nomorecoasters.com

[tr]

This should be my last entry on this topic that I initiated because I'm fairly sure I have found the problem, which is... any PAL movies that I download do not work... only NTSC works... which means i now will have to convert my PAL movies to NTSC (unfortunately it takes a few hours to re-encode them), but at least i've found a way to play them in the Jeep.
BTW... DVD-R, +R, -RW, +RW all work if it's an NTSC encoded movie, and i've tried it with different media (Maxell, Verbatim, Sony).

[otpw1]

It never occured to me you might be using PAL discs. The Jeep should be a region 1 system.
You're quite fortunate that it reads all that media.