DVD Movie won't play on DVD Player

When sharing project to DVD it only plays in Apple computer what Im I doing wrong?

Perhaps if you tell what you are doing, we can figure out what you are doing wrong...
Are you using File->Share->DVD...? Are you outputting directly to a DVD disc or hard drive? If the latter, how are you burning the disc?

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Hi Sue
Thanks for responding.
I used a 16x Maxwell DVD-R. The same kind of disc worked fine with the movie when I had a menu.
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Welcome to discussions.
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