Good burn. Bad result!

[tobenfun]

My first DVD burning was last week; mini-DVD on regular CD-R. Worked perfectly. I just installed Ricoh MP5125A-DP, over firewire in enclosure. All went fine. Everything recognised. Tried to burn the same DVD as last week, this time onto actual DVD+RW. DVD Complete performed a successful burn, but the disk was then not recognised at all by either my stand alone player or by two different PCs. Data was written to the disk - I can see that - and DVD Complete claimed a successful burn. So I tried
again. Same deal; successful burn, no errors, but non-playable result. Before I waste a DVD+R can anyone shed any light? (I have DVD Complete Deluxe, on Win2K, 1000MHz, 512 RAM.)
Thanks.

[bugster]

Many DVD players and DVD - rom drives cannot read DVD+RW (or any of the DVD recordable fomats). You can check you standalone players media compatibility in the DVD players list, look to the left column of this page.

[snowmoon]

Also, what were you using to author and burn the disk?

I have had trouble with specific programs like NERO and IFOedit that dissapear once I use SpruceUp or DVD workshop.

[paintmodel]

Most likely your problem is authoring and how you set up your files in NERO. I had the same problems until I switched to ULead Movie Factory for authoring purposed. Now I have no problems at all.

[tobenfun]

Thanks guys.
I'm using DVD Complete (so no Nero). Last week I successfully burned a Mini-DVD on CD-R, which played perfectly on my three PC test possibilities but not, of course, on my standalone (well, the menus did, but not the movie).
I have now tried three times to burn the same movie (13 minutes) on DVD+RW with each time the same strange result; the disk plays back perfectly on the burner, but it is not even recognised as a disk at all on any PC or on the standalone (which does support most formats - it's a Panasonic DVD-RV32).

Any suggestions, anyone?
Thanks.

[tobenfun]

Additional info:
I just tried a burn using Nero and got exactly the same result; it plays back fine in the burner, but not anywhere else.

[paintmodel]

Check the compatability list on this web site. Most computer burners recognize many different types of formats that your stand alone wont. Also when burning in Nero, when you start a new prject, be sure to open the TS_Video file and place your VOBs in that or it won't work.