DVD does not play

I have an NTSC project, which I have burned on a DVD disc (4.7 GB, single layer)My transcode settings were: NTSC DV High quality 4Mb VBR 2 pass
I had no errors after checking it, burned it and it plays fine on my computer. But, when I try it on a standalone Panasonic DVD player, it does not play, it is not recognized, I get a message : can not read disc
What am I doing wrong? Any help will be appreciated

Here it is...............
Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RITEKF1
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 411107328
Free Capacity 4.38GB/4.71GB
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 16.0x 22160KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 16.0x 22161KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 16.0x 22160KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11081KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta 09
2x Speed OPC power 0F
2x Write Strategy field 1 15 87 88 90
2x Write Strategy field 2 A8 82 00 20 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta 06
4x Speed OPC power 16
4x Write Strategy field 1 10 14 0F 0B
4x Write Strategy field 2 94 07 0D 0B
4x Write Strategy field 3 80 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 09
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 1E
4x Write Strategy field 4 17 A7 89 85
4x Write Strategy field 5 B7 89 02 00 20 02
4x Write Strategy field 6 00 00 D0 00 00
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1
Complete Media Code
00000000 00 6A 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 87 0D 13 [email protected].....
00000010 87 88 90 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 46 00 04 31 00 00 .....RITEKF..1..
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 02 00 06 09 0F 15 ................
00 6A 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 87 0D 13 [email protected].....
87 88 90 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 46 00 04 31 00 00 .....RITEKF..1..
00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 02 00 06 09 0F 15 ................
Does this give you a clue as to what the problem might be?
Please keep me posted

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