Difficulties playing iDVD's on my MACBOOK and powerbook

Question

I have burned some dvd's and supervideo discs on my MAcbook Pro 17 inch 2,4 duo, with iDVD but they wont play on dvd player. They DO play on my dvd player on my television, but not on my MAcbook or Powerbook
any ideas why these discs are readable only on my external dvd devices, and not on my poer or MAcbook pro?
thanks
artguide

Answer 1

Hi a
Yes this is a common question.
a. DVD is burned with iDVD and burn speed is not set.
b. DVD is probably x16
c. DVD might be of a cheep brand
Improve DVD quality in iDVD08
• I use the Professional encoding quality.
• The free space on Your internal (start-up) hard disk matters and should read 25Gb or more
• Way to import movie to iDVD: Don't use "Share/Export to iDVD from within iMovie = destructive
both to the final result BUT ALSO to Your original movie materials. If photos then You need to
re-import those and re-edit them. When iMovie renders it destroys.
I drop my movie project (icon with a Star on it) into theme window of iDVD.
• I BURN at an as slow speed as possible eg x1 = less burn errors on disk
THIS CAN BE SET in iDVD08 but not iDVD 1 - 6 where You need to do a DiskImage and burn it
with Apple Disk Util tool or Toast™
• I use Verbatim DVD-R (there are other brands but some are really lousy)
• DVD-R (No +R or +/-RW)
Often I do a DiskImage first. Then play it with Apple DVD-Player to judge the result before burning.
Yours Bengt W