My dvds that are made from iDVD will not play in a standard dvd player. Can anyone help me?*

I am running iDVD v 7.1.2(1158).  I used to be able to make dvds that would play in a standard dvd player.  As of today I cannot.  I do not know what has changed and I do not know what needs to be updated.  Can someone assist me?
The dvds that I can make will play from a disk image and they can play perfectly fine in a computer but not in a standard dvd player.  I am using an external dvd burner, (The same one  have always used) to create the dvds.  I am using iDVD to author them. 
Here is a list of my hardware.
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-5120D:
  Firmware Revision:          A102
  Interconnect:          USB
  Burn Support:          Yes (Generic Drive Support)
  Profile Path:          None
  Cache:          2048 KB
  Reads DVD:          Yes
  CD-Write:          -R, -RW
  DVD-Write:          -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
  Write Strategies:          CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
  Media:          To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh
iDVD:
  Version:          7.1.2
  Last Modified:          7/19/11 8:19 PM
  Kind:          Intel
  64-Bit (Intel):          No
  Get Info String:          iDVD 7.1.2, Copyright © 2001-2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
  Location:          /Applications/iDVD.app
Can anyone help me?  The dvds are not even detected

• Material used: Video-Codec and Photo file format and Audio file format - matters too. I use
- Video - StreamingDV .dv or AIC
- Photos as .jpg (only)
- Audio as .aiff 16bit 44.1kHz or 48kHz (ONLY - never .mp3 or directly from iTunes - all converted to .aiff first)
With this I do not mean any setting in iDVD - BUT the raw material used in iMovie / FinalCut / Avid 100 / Adobe Premiere
As this usually matters - later in iDVD
How did You Export from Video-editing program used ? I prefer
• iMovie HD6 - just drop the movie project icon (NOT iMovie Icon - the PROJECT one) over into iDVD big menu window (avoiding - drop-zones as they are for other tasks)
• iMovie'08 to '11 - Share to MEDIA BROWSER - AND AS MEDIUM - not HD or other resolution as iDVD does a bad downscaling job.
• iMovie'13 (version 10.0.x) - Share as 480p - Import this into iDVD
• FinalCut (Pro or Express) - Export as QuickTime .mov - NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION - IMPORTANT
• Adobe Premiere - I don't know - not tested Yet
• Avid 100 - I don't know - not tested Yet
Cleaning the DVD-burner - If it Burns DVDs OK then that's may be not the problem - But if it only burns CDs OK then either the DVD-burning-laser is dirty or broken.
It is very easy to kill this DVD-laser as it over-heats if one burns several DVDs in a row. I only burn three at a time - then let it cool down for 30 minutes till next batch of three DVDs.
Yours Bengt W

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