DVD Player can't read files burned in Finder

Hello all,
I had an avi file that I converted to play as a DVD using ffmpegx. I burned it to a DVD-R in the Finder, ejected it, popped it back in and the DVD player says "supported disc not available." It plays fine in one of my DVD players (curiously, the older one) but not the other. I burned the exact same files using Toast, and the MBP DVD Player reads it just fine. It also plays on just the older DVD player.
DVD player will also not play the TS_VIDEO file straight off the computer, only after it is burned to a DVD-R using Toast. What is going on here?
I am just trying to find a format that will work in any reasonably new computer or player I put it in, so I can mail them out to people and not have them complain they don't work. But it doesn't even play on the brand new computer that made it. How lame is that?
MBP 2.16 Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I went to a very well respect technology chain of stores in England called "Maplin" to inquire about these brush cleaners. In fact I went to two different locations to double check. They told that there are problems with Macs where the little brushes break off and get stuck inside the machine.
So I took my IMac to the Apple store. Decided there was no choice but to replace the drive. I am very disappointed. They drive runs as loud as a hair dryer (I exaggerate a litte), which I cannot believe is correct. My computer is 4 years and my old drive was quiet as a mouse. Looks like I will be dragging my computer back to the store. Very disappointmented in Apple's service here.
(Also, they kept the DVD that I had in the disc when I arrived).

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