When I burn a DVD it doesn't work when I play it on a DVD player

Question

This has been driving me insane, i have used + and - dvds. I have used them in all DVD players and they do not work, is there anything I can do to repair this? Thank you for the time and patience.

Answer 1

Spiritualperformer wrote:
the format that I have been using to burn the DVD's is .MOV
No, you're not.
The filename extension .mov designates a QuickTime file, not a DVD format. You are probably using .mov as a source for your DVD.
First, you need a DVD authoring app, which will convert .mov to the type of files required by the DVD-Video specification.
Second, you need a burning app which will burn the disc not only in the required format (UDF bridge) but also in the required layout (files need to be burned in a certain order).
(The two requirements -- authoring and burning -- may be combined in a single app.)
If you don't have it, you can still obtain
iDVD
<http://www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/>
Other options are,
Roxio Toast
<http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/>
NTI DragonBurn
<http://www.ntidragonburn.com/en/us/product/dragon_burn.asp?>
The above are commercial apps. If you're looking for simpler, cheaper, or open-source apps, try
DVD Image Utility
<http://geek.thinkunique.org/2007/07/17/dvd-image-utility/>
Disco
<http://discoapp.com/>
no longer supported, but free, simple, and runs well under SL.
LiquidCD
<http://www.maconnect.ch/>
free; iffy support, but, again, simple, and runs well under SL.
Burn
<http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html>
open source; not clear how active development and support are, but runs well under SL.
If you are a Terminal kind of guy, get
mkisofs
<http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html>
(part of the cdrtools kit)
Use mkisofs to create the disc image, and burn it with hdiutil or drutil. (Some of the free options mentioned above actually use mkisofs.)
Keep in mind that the list above is by no means exhaustive.
HTH