DVD player says "NO PLAY"

I just burned a new DVD of a simple project I did. It has a menu with 5 chapters and a "PLAY ALL." The simulation worked fine. The disc also plays fine in a PC and menu works, too. When I tested it in my DVD player, I got the NO PLAY message. My DVD player is old, but it has been playing my other projects fine, menus and all. What am I missing or doing wrong? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks for your suggestion Gary.
I tried different first play settings but always with the prior results of the disc not being playable in the DVD players. I just successfully burned an older file that had been successful in the past to test the media itself. The media is good as it plays fine on the players. I need to state that the FCP source file fails when exported with Compressor so maybe the problem is further up the line? I have been creating files exporting as QT movies and then importing those to DVSP. I do wonder why the Apple products Compressor and DVDSP are unable to work with the file when Toast can.

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