Burned DVDs will no work with PC
My PC reads all other DVDs fine. My burned DVD I made with iDVD plays fine on my MAC and also plays fine in regular DVD players. However, my PC won't even recognize my iDVD-made disc. I also tried it on a friends PC, same thing, won't even recognize it. It's like it's not even there. Does apple just rig everything not to work with PC or what is the deal?
No it's not "rigged". Nor is apple proprietary in this regard. Keep in mind the PC must have a drive capable of reading a DVD-R, and the software necessary to play and decode MPEG2.
Most macs will read and play Dvd's straight out of the box. Not always the case for most PC's. Real Player and Windows Media Player won't necessarily play DVDs unless there is an MPEG2 codec present in the system. I searched this topic over the internet and found what I think is a relatively good answer in spite of the fact the title of the article is misleading since there is no such software as "iDVD HD". At least not to the best of my knowledge (unlike "iMovie HD").
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080323180836AArptJh
This second link is also informative:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2102239&tstart=270&start= 15
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