cant get burnt dvds to play on my dvd player

There are some brands such as sharp and panasonic the earlier makes that does not play burn dvds. If it is the earlier make DVD player than there is nothing you can do but purchase one that does play them. The earlier products from this brands has a privacy protector and because of this will not play burn dvds.

I would recommend Nero to burn your discs. Also burn at the slowest speed that your drive and the program will allow to get the best results

The best program I have found for burning dvd's is nero. It makes everything compatable with either ntsc or Pal depending on what your dvd player uses. I have tried other programs but they never turn out.

Don't know about yours, but my DVD player won't play any homemade DVDs. The format doesn't matter. It has a way of knowing it was recorded other than in the professional manner. I have read that if you'll take a marker & draw a line across the back that it will start playing. I have NEVER tried it to verify that it works.

Make sure you burn your DVD as DVD movie format, and not just avi or mpeg. Cause not all DVD players can play avi or mpeg.

if it wont play in your dvd player it might be the type of dvd-r you are using or the encoding on the media you are trying to put on the dvd-r. i suggest using nero or some other good burning software. so try using a different software or maybe a different blank dvd.

If your DVD burner comes with the software called Nero, you can use it, the program has the option to create DVD's.

i am not a at all computer savvy ,i donot why the burnt dvds,hope someone will be able to offer a solution. this computer illiteracy is costingggggggggggg me alot ,as for everything related to computers,i have to call my computer technician.

moonlitmagikchild, I came across this software "CDBurnerXP" on CNET and it is completely free and recommended by the moderators there. Just download the software and when the "Main Menu" comes up in your CD/DVD program, select "Burn A New Data Disk" This is a much simpler and user friendly software. Hope this will be of help. Have a nice day! Ref: "CDBurnerXP" http://cdburnerxp.se/help/ P.S. I hope you are running on Windows XP with your current computer.

I've noticed that the newer more expensive dvd players dont read copied DVDs. I ended up going to walmart and buying a cheap 25 dollar dvd player for the copied dvds i have rather than redoing all the home videos and stuff.

You must have burned your files as data files. It should be in DVD format. The best way to do it is to install the program "ConvertX To DVD". It's as simple as ABC. Just put a blank DVD on your writer then open the program i mentioned above. Locate the files that you will be converting then burn away. The software pretty much self explanatory so i'm sure you can do it.

What burning software are you using? Is it nero? What dvd format did you choose?

It is normal that some dvd player don't play burned dvd. I had the same problem with my dvd player SONY. Is your DVD player a sony? The burned dvds did not played on this player but they played on another player which was not a sony. the lenses of some dvd players do not read burned dvd.

Hopefully this will be the easiest for you. You definitely have to convert the AVI into what is called "VOB" files for DVD playback in your computer. don't let people tell you that modern day "fancy" dvd players can't read DVD writables. That is false. There is a possibility though that the DVD player you have favors +R's instead of -R's or visa versa. But before you figure that out, go get WINAVI www.winavi.com This is a program (you might have to pay for it but it is totally worth it) that you can select the AVI you want to convert, press a button to go, and then it converts everything to VOB's. Let me know how that works.

I've been fighting that problem for a year now! Never got a specific answer, but put them all together and here is what I got....hte DVD players have a certain styleof DVD tey are compatible with of the DVD/+/-r/rw. YOu have to copy the movied on to whichever style of DVD you dvd player is compatible to. IF your dvd player uses DVD +R - they you copy them on that kind of DVD from your computer. In my case.. I have one DVD player that takes -R and the other one takes +R. So my delima was having a different style DVD for every DVD player I have and since I wanted to cipy them for the family... I have to findout what style my kids DVD players take and buy that kind and keep it all straight! However, I was given a link that said DVD-R was the first DVD recording format released that was compatible with standalone DVD players. It is the non-rewrittable format and it is compatible with about 93% of all DVD players and move DVD-ROM's DVD-RW is a rewritable format wand it is compatible with about 80% of all DVD players and most DVD-ROM's. DVD+R in non rewritable format and is compatible with about 89% of DVD players nad DVD+RW in rewritable and compatible with 79% of all DVD players. Bottom line... since my DVD players are a few years old.. I used the DVD-R and they copied and played on both my dvd players... so I amgoing to make them for mine first and then if they still dont' work the kids, I'll see how to copy them to something else... later.. once I get the initial copying portion done My problem is finding out how much time I can put ona DVD nad how do I know... I copy a bunch of the clips from the camera and then copy them to the disk and it isn't full... so I go to add more nad it says it can't be added to. SO I am working on figuring how much time to know how many clips to put on one disk at a time.... Good luck to you

try to change the program for burn CD\DVD, and if the error don't end change CD\DVD burner unit

DVD players can be picky. I've found that some DVD players won't play burned discs from computers no matter what you do. Have you tried it in a different player? Also, the brand of the blank DVD you're using could be factor. And lastly whatever software on your computer you're using is important to get it to play. NERO is a good program for burning for every day life, but there are a lot of versions out there. So, make sure you get one with video burning capabilities. There are more professional programs out there, but I would only recommend those if you're in the video making business.