I burned my iMovie project using iDVD. I used Verbatim dvd+R. The movie runs about an hour. It will play well and menus work on my iMac but it always hangs up after about 10 minutes when I play it on my DVD player. I tried 2 players and I cleaned the lens. Research tells me iDVD burning may be the problem. Is there a way to use the Video_TS files to burn a DVD that works on a player?
iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14
First follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
How old are your set top DVD players? The +R discs won't play in players older than 2005.
How fast did you burn the disc. Burn at the slowest speed possible. You should be able to make a disk image of the disc you've already burned and then return it at the slowest speed available with Disk Utility. Be sure to play the disk image with DVD Player to verify the disk image you created is good.
First follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
How old are your set top DVD players? The +R discs won't play in players older than 2005.
How fast did you burn the disc. Burn at the slowest speed possible. You should be able to make a disk image of the disc you've already burned and then return it at the slowest speed available with Disk Utility. Be sure to play the disk image with DVD Player to verify the disk image you created is good.
Thanks OT. This makes sense and I'll give it a shot. The DVD players are up to date. I can't remember the burning speed, but I don't think I used the slowest speed.
iDVD playback problem
