iMovie burned to DVD-R or +R will not play on iMac, MacBook Pro, or Blu-Ray DVD player.

I also am having this problem. I purchased a DVD from Amazon which appears to be a burned DVD from their disc on demand service. It will not play and I get the same message in the DVD player "supported disc not available" I also tried instructions to burn another disc in a cdr file as well as dragging the video file directly onto the DVD player app, still no luck it will not play.

A different problem, which should probably be addressed to Amazon, but as a matter of interest: does the DVD show on your desktop? If you double-click it to open it, what kind of files are there?

Can you check what format the DVD is in?

I did address this with Amazon and they are issuing a refund which is great but I would rather be able to play the DVD.

The DVD does show on my desktop, when I open it there are two folders Audio_TS and Video_TS with numerous files in each. Not sure what format the DVD is in it doesn't say on the packaging. It is manufactured by a company called TGG Direct I may also contact them with the issue. My computer is an iMac purchased mid 2010.

In the next few days I am going to test on an actual DVD player which I do own and see if it plays on that.

Thanks for your response

Maybe the result of using poor quality media. Most of us here recommend Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden.

Also, use a slow burn speed of 2x or 4x for the best results.

The DVD's you made with the Finder will only play on a computer.

You need a DVD authoring app like iDVD to make a DVD that will play on other devices.

DVD's are standard definition and your file copy is probably HD quality. That's why the video quality is much lower.

You might want to start over. in iDVD, select Delete Encoded Assets from the Advanced menu. Save your project as a Disc Image. It will take a while as it encodes the assets. Burn your DVD from the Disc Image, with a different burner, at 4x speed or lower. See if your DVD will play properly.

iDVD burns standard def DVD's and you should be getting good video quality. Since your movie is less than 60 minutes duration, burn at Best Performance. I have never tried the Professional Quality setting, so can't comment on that.

Good luck with this.

DVD's can't use HD sizes like 720 and 1080.

Share to File and change the dimension to 480. Drag that file to iDVD.

I think that once you get your vid into iDVD, as Quicktime Kirk suggests, those options will be available. Delete Encoded Assets may not be necessary unless you still have your original vid in the iDVD project. But if it is available, select it anyway.

Maybe the result of using poor quality media. Most of us here recommend Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden.

I used to use, and recommend Taiyo Yuden. I have thrown all my blanks in the trash. Started using M-DISC. Zero failures, rock-solid. Very very tough.

1000 year lifetime.