DVD no worky in standalone DVD players

I cannot get my burned DVD to play in any players. It will play in DVD Player on my G4, but thats it. I've tried 2 different brands of disks also. What really chaps my hide is that i did the EXACT same thing this time last year and it worked. No problems. And all my software is identical (with the exception of a newer QT) Here is what i did. Does anyone see anything wrong with this???
Step 1: Created a movie in Flash
Step 2: Exported as quicktime
Step 3: Created new iDVD project
Step 4: Dragged aforementioned QT movie onto Autoplay portion of DVD map
Step 5: Chose "Loop Movie"
Step 6: Burned DVD

hi bazooka,
to add my sad commend:
I onced used a Pioneer102 as external/internal drive (some... hardware voodoo with a Cube, a looong story...)
exactly 2 years (warranty) + 4 days (no warranty) after purchasing, that drive begun to start as odd as yours: first, DVDs had "hickups", finally didn't play on my trusty 49€ DVDstandalone.. then audio-cd showed the same symptoms... finally, even the drive itself could not read media it created...
problem: I have no clue, how to test a drive!
maybe Sue has something in her library.... ?

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