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by borginva

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I burn myself a movie (a copy of a VeggieTales episode) onto DVD, a converted AVI into a playable format for the DVD. Works find in my DVD (TV connected) player. All of my converteds (yes, a real word by me) work in my DVD player, okay? Now, I bought the newest Wizard of HAs movie but my player, instead of the usual stuff you get like warnings, main menu, intro, etc, etc, pop this into the player and it starts playing the movie with commentary. I can not find a way to stop it within the DVD's menus. Play any of my other actual DVDs (store bought and latest like Transformers) and they work fine. So, I figure it is a defective DVD. So, upon traveling yesterday, I took it with me so we can return HAs to the store and exchange it tonight on the way home.

Now, at a friend's house, we were trying to put on my copy of VT into their DVD player for our daughter but their player saw my DVD as a file formatted, but empty, DVD. Nothing I could do would make the player see it as a video formatted media. Interesting... Now, for giggles, I put in HA and it worked like any other regular DVD. Main menu, etc. Played fine.

Now, I am baffled as to why the DVDs, my made on and a store bought one, worked opposite on 2 different DVD players.

EDITED to add in tested movie.

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by cmiller5400

Isn't copying DVD's/movies/shows illegal??? No support for illegal activities here. Sorry :(

As far as the retail version of the DVD, it does sound weird. I would return it too, it could be a defect in the mfr process. Try it on another player to see if it still does it though... As far as the two players not playing/playing the dvd's, it depends on how new they are. Some of the older players will not play dvd's made from a computer.

by borginva

Illegal if I do not already own the DVD, but I do and it is packed away. Hench, my AVI copy which is my personal backup.

Would you please redo your answer? I know I did not provide that extra detail, but did not see a need. My bad I guess.

Thanks.

by borginva

Just another FYI, but we can record onto DVDR from the TV when something is on.

by older mycroft

You have 2 different DVD players

You have 2 different DVD sources

Which part of 'variety' don't you get?

Perhaps you should give more thought to the standards of the 2 different DVD players!

Oh! - And apart from 1 computer-drive-generated DVD optical disc, not really a computer problem.

by borginva

But more of an attitude than an answer.

Has it occurred to you that if you burn a movie that it should work in all standards players?

Ha sit occurred to you that maybe someone could suggest a problem with the burning software used and maybe offer their own?

Please, do not post again.

by cmiller5400

Why should a movie burned with a DVD rendering program work in every DVD player? Don't you think that the older sets may not be able to read the newer formats that it may be using?

I also just reread OldMycroft's post and I do not detect an attitude. He was just asking which variations you could not see. there are differences in how DVD+R and DVD-R are burned. Not all players can read both (especially older ones). I had a player that would not touch one of them (can't remember which format it was though). And If I remember correctly, you did not state which burning program you were using.

Good luck getting a solution now after you bash respected members.

by borginva

Some extra info....

The DVD player that WILL play my made copy and WILL NOT play this new store bought DVD is a player of 8-10 years.

The DVD player that WILL NOT play my made copy and WILL play this new store bought DVD is a player of 2 years.

Both play fine in my computer's DVD player.

I have no access to another DVD player of any type.

by borginva

"it depends on how new they are. Some of the older players will not play dvd's made from a computer."

As stated above from some info I added a few days ago, my DVD player will play ALL of my made DVDs, from backups of movies to personal ones. The newer DVD player at our friends' would not play. It seems the newer DVD player will not play new DVDs, but mine does.

The burner is a standard Creative DVD +-. The media are blank DVD+Rs.

Every DVD I make works in my player of 8-10 years where they do not in a player of 2 years.

I know it is a format issue, but can not figure out why the new player does not see the video, when the newer player "should" recognize all formats for backward compatibility. However, they have always worked in players of other people.

The software is Nero v7.

I am tired and probably blabbing, but I might as well just say to not bother because it will probably not be anything I can fix after days of research.

Surprisingly, I figured I try to figure it all out.

Well, there was not even a point for all of this then.

Bugger...

by cmiller5400

Have you tried burning at a slower speed? It could be an issue with the media itself and not the player. The newer stuff seems to be much more finicky about the media used. I have some brand new CD-RW's that can not be used on newer recorders, but work fine on my older one.

by squirrelonfire

It is completely normal for a copy of a original manufactured made DVD to behave differently on different dvd players. I strongly suggest you to go to this website and read on about this "copying" DVD.

www.afterdawn.com

For clarification in the next post, use the word "back up" instead of "copy" for legitimate copy operation.

by borginva

Signs of an attitude (please pay attention to wording and punctuation):

"Which letter in 'variation' can you NOT see ??..."

"Which part of 'variety' don't you get?"

"Perhaps you should give more thought to the standards of the 2 different DVD players!"

Thank you!

As for respected, I may not one with thousands of points/thumb ups, but I have been here a lot longer in TR and never have been accused of giving people an "attitude".

by cmiller5400

[i]"Has it occurred to you that if you burn a movie that it should work in all standards players?

Ha sit occurred to you that maybe someone could suggest a problem with the burning software used and maybe offer their own?

Please, do not post again."[/i]
That comes across to me as an attitude. Maybe OldMycroft may have treaded a fine line there, but his questions still remain. What formats are you using? And on which players are they not working?

The point remains, you can't expect to burn something and have it work everywhere is what I was getting at.

In my comment: [i] Good luck getting a solution now after you bash respected members. [/i] I meant that you should not tell people to not post again. I respect [b]everyone[/b] until they give me reason not to. My philosophy has always been to treat people as you would want to be treated.

by borginva

I do not care about how you decide to act here anymore. This posting is about the issue, not about your attitudes towards my (posted) problem.

Please, STAY ON TOPIC. You do not need to reply about my replies towards someone else attitude. I have every right to tell someone if they had an attitude. I do not need people giving me their little opinions about my reply to that other person. Stop acting like kids here. If you do not want to respect me, then stop posting here. Otherwise, STAY ON TOPIC!

Sheesh! People, come on!

by cmiller5400

You are missing my point; I WANT to help if I can. That is why I check this site several times a day. You need to answer the questions asked so that I can help. If you read my post, I asked [i]What formats are you using? And on which players are they not working?[/i] I guess my question was not clear, so I will ask again in a different way.

What type of disk DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM are you using? Are they Dual Layer disks? And what player is it not working in (manufacturer)? Are you closing/finalizing the disk? What burning program are you using?

A quick google search turns up the following links to explain the formats and compatibilities.
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2003/DVDFormatsExplained.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Formats

And by the way, if you read my post, I said that I respect everyone (including you) until they give me reason not to (which you haven't). Hope the links help and have a Happy New Year. Best of luck!!

by borginva

cmiller5400, let us end it. I am tired of dealing with people's personalities. I am not giving anyone an attitude. I am just straightforward and I stick to the topic in hand. Plus, why are you going on? You were not even the person I first stated had an attitude.
So, please, for the sake of others, stop it. If you want to answer my questions, feel free. If not, please do not continue adding in your feelings.
I will answer your questions in another post (reach maxed level in posting on that thread). Again, feel free if you wish to answer, but for emotional discussions, please leave it all out.
Thank you and bless.

by borginva

That is crazy, and something I have not tried. Will give this a shot. It is currently burning items at 16x. I can try going down to the lowest and see what happens there. Good idea to try.
Thank you.

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