I Burned a DVD from my iMovie and when played in the TV it skips I tried different DVDs but they all do. When Played from the computer the movie is fine. does any one know why?
Hi wex60,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like the DVD most likely burnt correctly because you didn't mention seeing an alert and it plays correctly on your Mac. What kind of DVD are you burning the project to? If you're burning the project to a double-layer discs, that type of DVD may not be compatible with your player.
iDVD '09 (7.x): If your disc doesn’t work in your DVD player
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5446
Double-layer discs burned from a disc image may cause playback issues, such as freezing during playback, in some set-top DVD players. Burn double-layer projects directly from iDVD instead.
Cheers!
-Jason
Hi wex60,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like the DVD most likely burnt correctly because you didn't mention seeing an alert and it plays correctly on your Mac. What kind of DVD are you burning the project to? If you're burning the project to a double-layer discs, that type of DVD may not be compatible with your player.
iDVD '09 (7.x): If your disc doesn’t work in your DVD player
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5446
Double-layer discs burned from a disc image may cause playback issues, such as freezing during playback, in some set-top DVD players. Burn double-layer projects directly from iDVD instead.
Cheers!
-Jason
Hi
Most common origin to this are:
Brand of DVD used - NoName, Memorex etc cheap brands might work as Data-DVDs - BUT NOT as Video-DVDs
Type of DVD used - I only use SL-DVD-R as they also playback on older DVD-players. DVD+R for newer DVD-players. Never ever DVD+/-RW. Dual-Layers usually creates more problems than Single-Layers
BURN SPEED - Very IMPORTANT factor - I never go faster than x4 - Normally I use x2
Material used - Video Codec, Photo and Audio file formats
Video-Codec: StreamingDV, AIC and HDV (I use)
Photo: .jpg - NO .bmp or other - all converted to .jpg first
Audio: .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or 44.1kHz (as on Audio-CDs) - NO .mp3, wma etc ailient formats - all converted to ..aiff 16-bit 48kHz or 44.1kHz first
Free Space: on Start-Up (Macintosh HD) Hard Disk - I never go less than 25Gb when doing Video-DVDs (for SD-Quality Video - if HD material is used 4-5 times more are a safe low level) (Other external Hard Disks - DO NOT COUNT as space here can not be addressed by Mac OS or iDVD for it’s massive use of .temp files)
Dusty DVD-burner Laser: I use a Cleaning DVD (no liquid but the one with brushes) from time to time.
Harmed DVD-burner Laser: Easy to do by burning more than three DVDs at a time - I let it rest for 30 minutes till next batch of three DVDs. If this happened - then only a costly repair will help. It will not heal by it self.
OBS: There are more than one Laser in the DVD-Burner so other functions might work OK as Playback CD/DVDs and even burn CDs. Still being broken.
Yours Bengt W
When I burn a DVD of my iMovie and play it in the TV it skips, it doesn't skip when played on computer. Why is this?
