Is there some DVD software available on the Mac that can be played universally across Windows and DVD players?

I am struggling to play DVD slideshows on other windows computers and DVD players?
Thanks
Toni

As far as Windows computers they must have software that can play commercial DVDs.
What you can do to improve the compatibility of your iDVD disks is to follow this workflow to help ensure the best quality final product:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
OT

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Good Hunting!

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