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Q: My dvds that are made from iDVD will not play in a standard dvd player. Can anyone help me?*

I am running iDVD v 7.1.2(1158).  I used to be able to make dvds that would play in a standard dvd player.  As of today I cannot.  I do not know what has changed and I do not know what needs to be updated.  Can someone assist me?

 

The dvds that I can make will play from a disk image and they can play perfectly fine in a computer but not in a standard dvd player.  I am using an external dvd burner, (The same one  have always used) to create the dvds.  I am using iDVD to author them. 

 

Here is a list of my hardware.

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-5120D:

 

  Firmware Revision:          A102

  Interconnect:          USB

  Burn Support:          Yes (Generic Drive Support)

  Profile Path:          None

  Cache:          2048 KB

  Reads DVD:          Yes

  CD-Write:          -R, -RW

  DVD-Write:          -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW

  Write Strategies:          CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

  Media:          To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh

 

iDVD:

 

  Version:          7.1.2

  Last Modified:          7/19/11 8:19 PM

  Kind:          Intel

  64-Bit (Intel):          No

  Get Info String:          iDVD 7.1.2, Copyright © 2001-2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.

  Location:          /Applications/iDVD.app

 

Can anyone help me?  The dvds are not even detected

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on May 7, 2014 3:13 AM

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  • by Bengt Wärleby,

    Bengt Wärleby Bengt Wärleby May 7, 2014 5:36 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 7, 2014 5:36 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    HI

     

    The most common origins to this are:

     

    • Brand of DVD used - Memorex, NoName etc cheap media usually do not work as Video-DVDs - I only use Verbatim

     

    • Double Layer (DL)-DVDs usually creates more problems than SL-DVDs

     

    • Type of DVD used - DVD+/-RW usually do not work. DVD+R works on Newer DVD-players. I only use DVD-R as they also plays on older DVD-players

     

    • BURN SPEED - I use x2 (never more than x4)

     

    • Free Space on Star-Up (Macintosh HD) - I never let this go less than 25Gb when using SD-Quality Video - if HD-material is used 4 - 5 times more would do OK.

     

    • Cleaning DVD - I use one from time to time (NO Liquid - only the one with brushes)

     

    • Video-Codec and Photo file format and Audio file format - matters too. I use

    - StreamingDV .dv

    - .jpg (only)

    - .aiff 16bit 44.1kHz or 48kHz (ONLY - never .mp3 or directly from iTunes - all converted to .aiff first)

     

    Good Luck

     

    Yours Bengt W

  • by IpOdToUcHneWbIe,

    IpOdToUcHneWbIe IpOdToUcHneWbIe May 7, 2014 2:52 PM in response to Bengt Wärleby
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    May 7, 2014 2:52 PM in response to Bengt Wärleby

    I am using Sony DVD's, the same once I have always used.  I will try burning the dvds at a slower speed and seeing if they  work in a standard DVD player.  THere is at least 150G of free space on the start up drive. 

     

     

    I just burned a new dvd with a very small project.  The dvd played fine in the computer but it would not play in my external television based dvd player.  The disc is not being detected.  I also tested it by placing a stardard dvd in the dvd player.  That dvd played just fine. 

     

    Is there a setting I am missing?

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad May 7, 2014 3:31 PM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 7, 2014 3:31 PM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    What DVD disk formate are you using and how old is the set top DVD Player.  DVD+R disks won't play on DVD players earlier than 2004.

     

    OT

  • by IpOdToUcHneWbIe,

    IpOdToUcHneWbIe IpOdToUcHneWbIe May 8, 2014 3:25 AM in response to Old Toad
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    May 8, 2014 3:25 AM in response to Old Toad

    The dvds are DVD-R.  The player is sort of new but it plays my older idvd dvds just fine.  The newers ones that I am making it does not play at all.  It wont even reconize the disk as a playable dvd.. 

  • by Bengt Wärleby,

    Bengt Wärleby Bengt Wärleby May 8, 2014 3:43 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 8, 2014 3:43 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    and how about these

     

    • BURN SPEED - I use x2 (never more than x4)

     

    • Cleaning DVD - I use one from time to time (NO Liquid - only the one with brushes)

     

    • Material used: Video-Codec and Photo file format and Audio file format - matters too. I use

    - StreamingDV .dv

    - .jpg (only)

    - .aiff 16bit 44.1kHz or 48kHz (ONLY - never .mp3 or directly from iTunes - all converted to .aiff first)

     

    Yours Bengt W

  • by IpOdToUcHneWbIe,

    IpOdToUcHneWbIe IpOdToUcHneWbIe May 8, 2014 5:26 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby
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    May 8, 2014 5:26 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

    The burn speed was lowered from 8x to 1x - Still unable to have a dvd that can be read by a standard dvd player

    The dvd is already clean.  I can burn dvds that will play on the computer no problem.  It can play standard dvds as as well.

    Video-Codec is the default what every iDvd uses.  The option for converting the codec is not available.  I just have the standard options. iDvd handles the codec. 

     

    Maybe I am not explaining this properly.  The burning rom of iDvd works fine.  It is when I attempt to play the dvd in a standard dvd player that I have a problem. 

     

    In side a standard dvd player, the disc is not detected.  I can hear it spinning but I cannot get it to play.... unless I take it out an place it in a computer..  Then it will play just fine.  Is there a software update that I need to apply or a software fix that is preventing me from making dvds that will play outside of my computer?

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 May 8, 2014 5:54 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 8, 2014 5:54 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    How many stand-alone DVD players have you tried? Older ones sometimes don't like homemade DVDs.

     

    A video DVD made with iDVD is in the standard DVD format of mpeg2 and should play anywhere.

  • by IpOdToUcHneWbIe,

    IpOdToUcHneWbIe IpOdToUcHneWbIe May 8, 2014 6:05 AM in response to Klaus1
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    May 8, 2014 6:05 AM in response to Klaus1

    I have tried this on 4 different dvd players including an older on at my church.  Those are incremental at best.  Now on the computer all the dvds work.  When I browse I can see the dvd content files that are there. 

     

    If the older ones dont like idvd dvds what should I do.  Do I need a new burning ROM, a new drive?  How can I ensure that the vidoes that I am making will work.... ?????

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 May 8, 2014 6:13 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 8, 2014 6:13 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    I never had good results from Sony media. Most of us use Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R, with a 2x burn speed.

     

    What external DVD burner are you using?

  • by IpOdToUcHneWbIe,

    IpOdToUcHneWbIe IpOdToUcHneWbIe May 8, 2014 6:20 AM in response to Klaus1
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    May 8, 2014 6:20 AM in response to Klaus1

    See the post at the begining of the thread.  I have it listed there.

  • by Bengt Wärleby,

    Bengt Wärleby Bengt Wärleby May 8, 2014 10:30 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 8, 2014 10:30 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    • Material used: Video-Codec and Photo file format and Audio file format - matters too. I use

    - Video - StreamingDV .dv or AIC

    - Photos as .jpg (only)

    - Audio as .aiff 16bit 44.1kHz or 48kHz (ONLY - never .mp3 or directly from iTunes - all converted to .aiff first)

     

    With this I do not mean any setting in iDVD - BUT the raw material used in iMovie / FinalCut / Avid 100 / Adobe Premiere

     

    As this usually matters - later in iDVD

     

    How did You Export from Video-editing program used ? I prefer

    • iMovie HD6 - just drop the movie project icon (NOT iMovie Icon - the PROJECT one) over into iDVD big menu window (avoiding - drop-zones as they are for other tasks)

    • iMovie'08 to '11 - Share to MEDIA BROWSER - AND AS MEDIUM - not HD or other resolution as iDVD does a bad downscaling job.

    • iMovie'13 (version 10.0.x) - Share as 480p - Import this into iDVD

    • FinalCut (Pro or Express) - Export as QuickTime .mov - NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION - IMPORTANT

    • Adobe Premiere - I don't know - not tested Yet

    • Avid 100 - I don't know - not tested Yet

     

    Cleaning the DVD-burner - If it Burns DVDs OK then that's may be not the problem - But if it only burns CDs OK then either the DVD-burning-laser is dirty or broken.

     

    It is very easy to kill this DVD-laser as it over-heats if one burns several DVDs in a row. I only burn three at a time - then let it cool down for 30 minutes till next batch of three DVDs.

     

    Yours Bengt W

  • by IpOdToUcHneWbIe,

    IpOdToUcHneWbIe IpOdToUcHneWbIe May 8, 2014 11:02 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby
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    May 8, 2014 11:02 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

    I am exporting from FCE in Mpg format

  • by Bengt Wärleby,

    Bengt Wärleby Bengt Wärleby May 8, 2014 1:00 PM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 8, 2014 1:00 PM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    Yes ant that don't work for me either.

     

    Export as Quicktime .mov - just straight of

     

    NO - QUICKTIME CONVERSION - as this do not work either

     

    Drop the .mov file into iDVD

     

    Yours Bengt W

  • by IpOdToUcHneWbIe,

    IpOdToUcHneWbIe IpOdToUcHneWbIe May 9, 2014 7:08 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe
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    May 9, 2014 7:08 AM in response to IpOdToUcHneWbIe

    When I exported in MPEG format and burned the dvd, I am getting the same result.  The imaged disk works fine in my computer (PS, MAC, Linux) but it will not play in a standard DVD player.

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