Problems w/ PC playback of IDVD dvd-rs

I produce video for a living. My problem is my client's PCs and some DVD players will not play the DVD-Rs produced on my G4 or Powerbook. The media is still pics from I-Photo and burned in I-DVD 4.1. I use Verbatim, Maxell and Phillips DVD-R media. Of course my DVDs play on all my Macs and my personal DVD players. What gives? I did not have this problem with video mastered to DVD-Rs.

Hello Rod,
what is your encoding preset? maybe your client's PC doesn't like the data rate of the disc. Also ask your client what software he is using to play the DVD. WMP in my opinion does not always do a good job here. the software should be WinDVD or similar (equivalent to mac DVD Player).
as for the stand-alone DVD players: you will never be able to provide 100% compatibility....
I wouldn't say that DVDSP will solve all your problems, although it's a great piece of software. I'm guessing here, but think you're in the same business as me, and i have been using iDVD for almost three years now with excellent results. so far i had about 5 DVDs come back to me...
*%&/£#% happens...
mish

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