Playback problems

[erica12]

I am totally new to this. Transfering my VHS tapes over to DVD. I'm using a Magnavox recorder and Fujifilm DVD-R disks. Muddled my way through the recording process and finalized the disk. Put the disk in our Apex DVD player and I get a message that there is no disk inserted. Same thing for the WII box. Put it in our computer and it works just fine. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help.

[Baldrick]

Does other burned dvdrs work on your apex player?

Is it a standard dvd-video? You can check in windows with windows explorer and see if there is VIDEO_TS folder on the dvd.

[erica12]

The DVD-R says for data and video 8x write speed. Yes, there is a VIDEO TS folder. I tried 2 different dvd's in the Apex. The one burned from my brothers computer loads and plays. The one burned from an unknown source does not load.

[Ai Haibara]

What program are you using to burn the discs? What do the contents of the root directory of the discs look like?

It could be that the DVD players don't like DVD-Recorder-created discs. Have you tried them in a different DVD player?
(Did you say you were trying to play them in a (Nintendo) Wii? The Wii doesn't support DVD playback.)

[gonwk]

Hi erica12,

To me sounds like the one that is not playing back was Not Finalized correctly! Can you ask your brother what process did he use and what he used to make the DVD!

BTW, I have a question ... can your Magnavox Recorder output to ISO image ... if so, then you can burn that image with ImgBurn which will for sure guarantee a playable DVD on any stand-alone player.

G!

[jman98]

Apex hasn't made any players for the US market in years. I owned 2 but they're both in boxes, long since retired as active players. Fujifilm discs are pretty bad quality discs. All I can tell you is that my 3 disc Apex DVD player, which was better than my older 1 disc player, was kind of fussy about either DVD+R or DVD-R. I am not certain but I think it was DVD-R. Whichever one it was, the player refused to play DVDs I burned of that type unless I used better quality discs. It could be the brand. But as a typical consumer you're not going to be happy to learn that you're basically going to have to buy good media online from rima.com or supermediastore.com to get the good Verbatim (anything EXCEPT their cheap "Life" brand - if you can find their DataLifePlus, these are excellent) or Taiyo Yuden discs.

[erica12]

@ Ai- I am not using any program to record. This is a stand-alone DV recorder hooked up to the VCR and tv. I'm going to try a different dvd player and see what happens.

@ gonwk - I'll check on the ISO image thing. I'll try the finalizing process again and see what happens. I have 2 other disks that I have recorded but not finalized. I'll see what happens with them. The dvd my brother made was done on his computer, not a stand alone recorder.

@ jman98 - Yea, the 2 Apex dvd players that we have are oldddddddd. As far as the Fujifilm disks....I had my doughts about them. We have a small stack of them so I just grabbed and used.

[Ai Haibara]

Sorry about that. I don't even know why I mentioned a burning program in there, as I clearly was aware the discs were created on a DVD-Recorder. Perhaps my mind really is going. I'd still wonder if there's something about the structure of the DVDs that standalone players might not like, as well, though (which is why I asked about the contents of the disc).

Come to think of it, I don't remember if my old Apex 1100W still works. Probably not. It was the first DVD player I'd ever had that let me actually play something other than regular DVD-Video and VCD discs, though (MPEG files and MP2/MP3s, mostly. But still...).