DVD plays on DVD players but not on all PCs

I used Idvd to burn a dvd. It plays on DVD players but the audio is garbled when played on some PCs running windows XP. The same PC plays other DVDs ok.
Has anyone had this problem? Does a PC require quicktime in order to play a DVD made from Final cut and IDVD?
Thanks for any help
Rayfred

Welcome to discussions, Rayfred
Does a PC require quicktime in order to play a DVD made from Final cut and IDVD?
No.
Did you burn it onto a DVD+R or DVD-R? Many PCs don't play DVD-Rs well.
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