DVD Disc does not play

DVD Player not responding when I insert a disc. The DVD menu doen not come on screen...not even a black video screen. In applications, the option under DVD is to automatically open DVD player. The disc plays fine on my old clamshell so I know the disc is good. Any ideas...thanks

Hi b
Most probably You didn't use Verbatim DVD discs
or not DVD-R
or burn speed x1 but may be x16
My worst scenario "No-Name DVD+RW and x16" and with less than 5Gb free space on
internal hard disk.
*Quality of the DVD-disc depends on several things.*
• I DON'T USE the function Share/Export to iDVD from within iMovie - IT IS DESTRUCTIVE !!
Just drop the movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window - then iDVD do the
rendering and so much better. Especially if there is photos in the movie.
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk - should be about 25Gb when all material is imported
and structured. This for iDVD to work with - iDVD can't use an extern hard disk as scratch.
(less than 5Gb - result is most probably of no use at all)
• Best Quality isn't Top - better is Best Performances (up to 60 min. movie)
confused naming -
in iDVD'08 there is Pro Quality AND I like it. (and 120 min.)
• Media brand - I use Verbatim
• Type: IF SL DVDs -> DVD-R my choice no DVD+R or +/-RW
• I save a Disc-Image and burn this at an as SLOW speed as possibly (eg x1) with Toast™
(Disc Util tool can also do this)
in iDVD’08 this can be set - not in previous versions AND IT IS IMPORTANT - Less errors and gives
a disk that plays on more type of players eg PC or Mac computer that are more selective than
stand alone DVD-players.
from Karsten:
• Keep to same standard NTSC or PAL trough all steps
from: Matti Haveri:
• Is it jerky (=maybe some part of the workflow deinterlaced the footage -- iMovie can do this behind the users's back quite well!)
• Or is it awfully jerky (=maybe the field dominance is wrong -- this happens very easily when importing upper field first stuff from MPEG).
This is what come's first to my mind.
Yours Bengt W

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