My burned DVD won't play on DVD player or VLC

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My burned DVD won't play on DVD player or VLC

Hi all,

I have a DVD that was burned by a colleague that will not play on any of the computers in my office. It opens automatically in DVD player and freezes on the title (there is no menu on the DVD) with the words "PLAY" in the bottom right corner and when I press play or skip or anything, either nothing happens or there is a "not permitted" message. The same thing happens when I try to play it on VLC and when it won't open in Quicktime. I have no clue what this could be as it plays on my computer at home and my Xbox and my colleague tested it on her own computer before she sent it over. Please help! This is incredibly frustrating.

BTW - when I double click the DVD it opens to two folders - AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS but when I try to open any of the files, it just says there is no application to open the file and I wouldn't know which application to pick so yea. I'm screwed.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Feb 20, 2014 11:23 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 21, 2014 2:50 AM in response to jrosie

Hi

The most common origin to this are:

• Brand of DVD used - was to Cheap e.g. Memorex, NoName etc - known problem makers.

• Type of DVD used - DVD+/-RW are a NO NO, DVD+R plays well on newer DVD-players - I use DVD-R

• BURN SPEED - I always set this down to x2 or max x4 - and it's so much better

• Dusty DVD burner - I run a Cleaning DVD from time to others - NO LIQUID but the ones with brushes

• Material feed to iDVD - doesn't suit - iDVD tries many Video-Codecs, Audio and Photo file formats it really can not handle = A BAD DVD.

• Very low - FREE SPACE on Boot hard disk (I never go less than 25GB)

Usually one of these or all of them results in disaster.

Yours Bengt W

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Answer 2

terryzx

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May 2, 2014 3:20 PM in response to Bengt Wärleby

The stinking copy protection the new Blu-Ray players are using for the last 2 years will not allow ANY DVD that you create to play at all. You can stream the files but the DVD's will NOT play on ANY of the newer Blu-Ray players.

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Answer 3

May 4, 2014 7:08 AM in response to terryzx

My plays OK on PlayStation 3 - But that is kind of old - isn't it.

Yours Bengt W

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