Burned DVD plays differently.......

on different DVD players.
Seems the iTheme works fine on my home theatre DVD player. However, can't seem to fast forward or rewind as that just takes me back to either the beginning of the video or even takes me back to the iTheme screen.
On a second DVD player, I can't access the iTheme screen. Just takes me straight to the video but does allow me to fast forward and rewind.
What is up with that?

Does this have to do with some setting son the DVD player, I assume?
Seems to work fine on the other DVD player and on the laptop.
Not all set top DVD players like to play writable discs. In addition, not all set top DVD player remotes produce the desired/expected action.
There isn't much that can be done in iDVD - to get maximum compatability with set top players use good quality media (Maxell or Verbatim) and burn out of iDVD at a low burn speed (4x or less). (Setting the burn speed in iDVD 7 isn't easy to find - it's an advanced option in the preferences if I remember correctly).

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Welcome to the Forum.
The most likely reason for consumer DVD players to skip or stop on DVDs that play well in computer DVD drives, are excessive burn errors that the consumer players 'choke on'. All burned media (CD and DVD) has burn errors. Burning at lower speeds tends to reduce the error level, hence the recommendation to burn low-speed media for maximum player compatability. Computer DVD drives have a high level of error correction (after all - you wouldn't want to loose any data on a data DVD) and can handle the errors. Consumer DVD players don't - after all they are designed to playback pressed DVDs with low error rates.
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James-
I suggest you try the disc on as many players as you
can get your hands on.
While it is good to have a player to test the final
disc on, you can't be sure that you're not facing the
quirks of just ONE player.
Of course this is no help if you only own ONE player.
The one that is your home DVD player. Many people on
these boards will reccomend the least expensive
player to use for testing. Often newer, less
expensive DVD players are more reliable than ones
that cost three times as much.
Have you had any success making DVDs in the past?
Very limited DVD making in the past but no problems such as this.
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Interesting that a lesser expensive unit could be more reliable...

Burned DVD plays on some DVD players and not others

Hello all,
First, please forgive my ignorance because I do not work with video much and have no idea what I'm doing. Someone created a video that I need to burn so the DVD can play on any DVD player. The folder is titled "VIDEO_TS" and then the files within it have the following extensions: .BUP, .IFO, .VOB. with VIDEO and VTS as the prefixes. the largest file has a .VOB extension. The master disk is a DVD-R and I burned the video on a Verbatim DVD-R which played fine on my MAc, a PC and two DVD players. However, I tried it on two other DVD players and it could not be played. So now I'm trying to figure out how I can created a DVD that will be compatible with any DVD player or create an alternate version that can be played on the machines that currently can't play the DVD.
Does all of that make sense? I've been all over the internet and seen different suggestions for similar problems but I don't want to spend money or waste time trying different tactics that won't solve my problem.
Thanks in advance!

Hi
This is a question very familiar in iDVD forum. I use to answer like this.
• Brand of DVD used matters - I only use Verbatim (more organic dye in these) - but there are other GOOD Brands
• DVD-R - plays on more DVD-players than DVD+R as it plays on even older DVD-players (DVD+/-RW - don't even think of it)
• BURN SPEED - is a major contributor to this problem - I never go faster than x4 - I use as standard x2
There are two kinds a blanc DVD can be burned as
• DATA-DVD - Files from DeskTop just stored on a blank DVD - few DVD-players can play this (only very very new ones and they are rare - if I'm rightly informed)
• Video-DVD - a DVD-authoring program is a MUST. iDVD, DVD-Studio Pro, Burn, Roxio Toast etc etc
I'm told that Compressor can do this - I never got it to deliver a Playable-DVD - BUT THIS IS DUE TO MY NEGLECT !
So when iDVD or Toast creates this very special structured DVD - You find the two (must be there) folders VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS (empty) - and if the DVD-player don't find this = it will not play.
Yours - very happy with iDVD and Toast (and DVD-Studio Pro - but this is hard to get right) - Bengt W

Burned DVD plays in computers, but does not play in DVD players

I found a discussion of a similar problem from back in 2010, but in that thread the only reply was suggested burning at 1x and trying different media. There was no further correspondence so I can't tell if that suggestion resolved the issue. I tried burning again at 1x and using different media (we're using Verbatim) without success, so I ask again.
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In any computer (we've tried it in 8: MACs and PCs) navigation of the main menu works perfectly using the mouse (although not the up/down left/right buttons on the keyboard... is THAT normal?).
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I'm stumped. I'd be panicked except for the fact that, post sign-off, the client has decided to make just one more little change in the video, so I have another couple of days.
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Misters Simon and Jones - THAT WAS IT !!!
I'm a newby and self-taught with a long way to go.
I had stumbled across this screen while working on another project weeks ago, but at that moment I was working to deadline and did not pay the least attention to it. Of course, when I tried to go back to the screen I hadn't the faintest idea where it was or what the screen/process was called and, so, had no way to look it up.
It wasn't until you said "Button Routing" that it clicked. THAT sounded like it was exactly the problem, so I trolled HELP and found the answer. Thanks for the very useful stab in the dark.
My test DVD hasn't finished burning, so I'm not absolutely sure myproblem is solved, but I am very confident you have directed me to the solution.
I'm working studio production today and through the weekend, but before I go incommunicado for 4 days, I wanted to say "Thanks a bunch".
JP

Burned dvd plays on computers, but not dvd players - help?

Hi,
I'm a noobie. I made a movie in final cut pro 5, then converted it to a quicktime movie, then saved it in idvd. The movie plays on all computers, but it's not recognized by dvd players connected to tv's. My questions are:
1. What's a quick way to burn onto a dvd that will be recognized by dvd players that aren't on computers?
2. What's the best way to save the best quality of my final cut movie to a dvd that I can play anywhere?
thanks!

Hi Noob:
Welcome to discussions!
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Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
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There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. Then click the Burn button.
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Audio goes in and out of sync when burned dvd played on standard DVD player

I made a short film recently (7:00 mins) and once completed and burned to DVD using iDVD and DVD Studio Pro about 20% of the clips have out of sync audio. Just slightly out of sync. Some more noticeable than others.
Playing off the timeline syncs perfect, the exported prores 422 mov file syncs perfectly, and if the finished DVD is played on my mac or my pc the sync is perfect, but when played on a standard dvd player to my TV I get the syncing problem, but only at certain points through the film. As I said, about 20% of it. The rest of the film is fine.
Shot on Canon 5d mkII - footage converted to prores 422 1920x1080. Audio recorded on Zoom H4N with some ADR recorded on logic pro. Audio synced manually using clapper board reference. Using a 27'iMac with current OSX update as of 14 March 2011. Edited in FCP 7, exported to proress 422, burned to DVD with current iDVD and DVD Studio Pro, all current versions and updates.
I have tried exporting to mpg4 and mpg2 - no joy. I checked audio bit rates and discovered the logic recorded stuff was 44.1khz as opposed to 48, so I converted to 48 but still no fix.
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Cheers
Dallas

Should I convert just the clips which are out of sync in the DVD, or all of theclips in the FCP timeline?
If that is the issue, wouldn't I have the problem in the final prores mov as opposed to just when its played dvd to tv?
Ill try it though. Its an odd problem so its likely to have an odd solution. Willing to try anything at this point.
Thank you.

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I just completed the first part of a wedding video and it burned fine. I just finished the second part and it looks and plays fine in imovie and idvd preview. However when I burn it and try to play it the dvd will only play the audio. the dvd starts like it's going to be fine, but the video stalls on the first frame and the audio continues. does anyone have any suggestions. I am trying to avoid starting over, but I don't know what else to do. I tried eliminating the first clip in case it was corrupt, but that didn't help.

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Run MacJanitor (free download) to do all the Unix Cron Maintenance scripts.
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Reboot your Mac.
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Burned DVD plays in Mac computer, but not in other players??

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Why doesn't it play elsewhere?
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this is a very expensive hobby! But I love it! Good luck.
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Hi, got a quick question and I think there is an easy answer but I am missing it.
I burned my project to DVD and it works perfectly on all of the Macs in the company. The problem is it doesn't play on any of the Windows machines or in standard DVD players.
What gives? Anyone know what is causing this?
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It's almost always the choice of media.
Suggest you look at the label and then google for comments about that supplier.
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Serious Q...basic softW imac few mos old, does nero burned DVDs play?

This is driving my crazy....the imac seems to work just fine, but I'm wondering about the drive. I have basic software...no extra software included. A friend burned a 120minute/4.7gb DVD+R sony disk with close to 600 minutes of uncompressed video...about 24 videos at about 25minutes a piece and 175mg a piece...in avi format. When I open the disk it shows the avi files on top and mp3 music files on the bottom. Strangely, he said there was no need to compress them despite the time lenght. I don't know that much about them but he swears there is nothing wrong with the disks. He says he burned them with Nero.
I have tried everything. I am tired of downloading stuff. I've downloaded divX player and converter, divX Doctor II, 3ivx, windows media componants for QuickTime. I went to the Nero site to download more crap to tell me if Nero burned disks are playable in this drive but i have no CD to burn the image I am supposed to burn and all that blah blah blah.
Can anyone with some proffesional knowledge take a stab at what is going on?
I suggested he should have compressed the files because they are too long for the disk but he says no...I'm wrong. When I try to fix them so divX will play them, they say there is no video but he swears he checked them.
I have been trying to figure this out all day.
I just want a simple answer.

ok....but there are 24- 25minute videos...each one is 175mb, all on the same disk...plus it is showing 18 audio files that are mp3s totaling 396mb and with video files that puts it around 4,600mb. That's almost 600 minutes of time not including the 18 songs. Doesn't that matter on a 120 minute disk?
I don't need to edit them. I was just wanting to play them.
I tried using divX Doctor II to do whatever it takes to allow the divX player to play them but when I added one of the avi video files to the divX Doctor II to fix it, it said Error code 2048: No movie found.
At one point I tried to rip them but they were showing up as just a few kb. When I try playing they are a few second long and just a green screen, whereas the song files will play.
I'm not so sure that there is even video on here....just the file names and the songs. How can I find out for sure? As for asking him to put them in another format, I am not speaking to him because he was being rather rude...so it's not so much the importance of the videos....but I would just like to know if there is a way to know for sure what is on that disk. divX Doctor II says there is no movie on there. How reliable is that?
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Burned dvd plays with line at top saying "MARKER 1"

hi
i exported a final cut express hd project as a fce quicktime movie, with the selction of "all markers" to be exported as well (i assumed this would add the little chapter markers i put in fcehd). however, when i used dvd studio pro 2, the program didn't detect the markers, so i created them myself in dvd studio pro 2. then, when i burned the dvd and played it back on my computer, a white line at the top of the screen says "marker _" for each chapter. how can i get rid of these? are the from final cut's exported movie because i chose to add all markers, or are they from dvd studio pro when i added chapter markers? thanks in advance.

A simple work-around (your version of DVD-SP does not understand markers which were generated by a later version of FCE) is as follows:-
Open the Quicktime file of your playout in Quicktime. Turn off the "text track" and re-save (or save a new reference version). Use the new file to generate your .mpeg2. Replace the video track in DVD SP2 with this 'clean' one. Do put your chapter makers in by hand (or keep the ones you've already set).
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