DVD won't play in PC DVD drive.

I know this message board is full of questions like the one I am about to ask. But I am working on a project for school due in the morning and i am having a problem. So bear with me. I am completely new to DVDSP. I made a project in FCP and exported it using Compressor. I am not completely convinced I did it right. Then I drop a template in and moved my files to the asset folder. I then set my movie to the first track and assigned one of the buttons on the main menu to that track. When I burned it the DVD played back fine on a regular DVD player. But it will not play back on a computer DVD player. I have to show the project in class and the only way to show it is using a PC DVD player. HELP!!!!!!!!

Hi:
Wellcome to the discussions !
You didn't mention what software player you tried in that PC. Probably Windows Media Player?
You can download the free cross plataform VLC Player and install it in that PC. Most probably you'll get your DVD working.
Hope it helps !
Alberto

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