DVD works on computer, not on standalone player

Mullenkedheim · Post by **Mullenkedheim** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:17 am

So, I finally got DVDs (1) to burn, and (2) to work on my computer, from this program. Good game.

I decided that, since I must make 70 copies of the DVD I'm working on, I'd best test it in a standalone player before I commit to that many DVDs.

The menus work fantastic on the standalone player, but when I choose an actual video to watch, it shows the transition, it grinds and whirrs and the laser assembly moves back and forth several times, and then it kicks me back to the menu from whence I came.

I burned the DVD using MF's "LP" setting, with low quality video. (My source was low quality). The DVD player is 4 years old. The low quality video has a non-standard DVD video resolution (it's not 704xwhatever, it's 352xwhatever). What's the problem? Is the DVD borked (it works perfectly in computers, so long as you don't use WMP), or is it just the old DVD player not having tolerance for "strange" or "abnormal" resolutions?

It's a little difficult for me to try it on another standalone player...

ruggy1 · Post by **ruggy1** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:35 am

It can depend on the speed that you burned the DVD on your computer. Most DVD players have trouble playing anything that has been burned at more than 4x speed. I always burn mine at 2x just to be sure.

Mullenkedheim · Post by **Mullenkedheim** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:37 am

i burned mine at 4x, which was the lowest it would let me burn at. you'd think the menus would be just as borked though, if it was a speed-of-writing-borked-the-video, wouldn't it?

garou423 · Post by **garou423** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:54 am

Based on the age of your player I'd also check it's brand-name as well as which type of DVD you burnt to.

For example, I used to have a 6-year-old Apex that would play everything except DVD+RW's, and a 1-year-old Magnavox that wouldn't play VCD or SVCDs.

Depending on the brand, there might be a firmware patch to make it read more formats, or you might need to make sure you're using DVD-Rs.

Mullenkedheim · Post by **Mullenkedheim** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:56 am

it's a 4 year old panasonic.
i used a dvd-r
taiyou yuden manufactured, if it matters. It wasn't a cheapo DVD-R

ruggy1 · Post by **ruggy1** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:09 am

It is getting difficult to find quality DVD blanks that will burn at 2x, most these days only support 4x to 16x. So go for 4x and hope your old player can cope.

Mullenkedheim · Post by **Mullenkedheim** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:14 am

ruggy1 wrote:It is getting difficult to find quality DVD blanks that will burn at 2x, most these days only support 4x to 16x. So go for 4x and hope your old player can cope.

i did use 4x, and it doesn't work.
i'm hoping it works on newer players...

Mullenkedheim · Post by **Mullenkedheim** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:36 pm

update: it worked on another player, so i'm gonna blame the oldness of the player i used originally. off i go~

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DVD works on computer, not on standalone player

DVD works on computer, not on standalone player

What type of media did you use?