DVD Compatibility issues

Gothic Phantom · Post by **Gothic Phantom** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:30 am

Hello everyone. Newbie here, so not too sure if this question has been covered before or not.

I have been transferring some of my home video VHS tapes onto a DVD, and they all seem to be working perfectly. I've had no problems at all. My aunty gave me a VHS tape for when she went over to China, and I was able to put this onto a DVD for her as well. Once again, it played perfectly on all 3 DVD players we have at home - Toshiba SD2600, Sanyo DVD V70 and Digitrex GK 3000. I also have a Toshiba SD 2109, but none of the home movies I create work on this (I think it's too old). However, when I went over to my aunty's place and gave her the DVD, she was unable to play it in one of her DVD players. The screen would get all pixelated and freeze. She has a Pioneer DVK302CD. She then went to another DVD player in the house - a Panasonic DVD S35, and it worked perfectly. She lent the DVD to another person and they were having the same problem. They own a Teac DVD Player (sorry, I'm unable to get the exact model - but I was told it's pretty basic, with not many features...).

I cannot work out whether this problem is being caused by either the software I am using or if it is the media I am using.

I am using Ulead DVD Movie Factory 3 to create the mpeg file, and then using Nero Vision Express 3 to create the actual DVD - menus, chapters etc (I know, both are probably bad software considering what you guys would use hehehe). I am also using TDK DVD+R as the disc media.

Is there anything you can suggest where I could fix this problem? Am I using the wrong DVD media depending on what DVD player it is being shown in? And if so, what would be the most reliable media? Or am I using the wrong type of software?

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Regards,

Shannon

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:56 am

Doesn't sound like your editing or burning processes are wrong.
That's one reason I stay with "Dvd-R" disks.

Many older dvd players and even some fairly recent ones will not play Dvd+R disks. The Panasonic unit is probably a Multi-format unit and reads all formats.

Depending on the dvd burner your using try changing the "BOOKTYPE" of the dvd from "Dvd+R" to "Dvd-Rom".
Using Nero if your burner supports it look under the "Advanced or Options" when selecting the burner from the nero tools menu.

Lite-On burners have a utility at their website to download that will change the booktype before you burn the dvd.

Hope this helps,

MD

AnimeChick · Post by **AnimeChick** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:38 pm

It's probably just player/disc compatibility. You really can't burn a disc that can be recogniezed by all players. Most of the times it's format incompatibility, but it can sometimes depend on the make and model of the blanks.

You can look up your DVD players here.

rcurzon · Post by **rcurzon** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:18 pm

The booktype is worth a try. That's what convinced me lately to use DVD+R... (you can't play with booktype in DVD-R).

I'm guessing, that's why DVD+R, on day 1, was able to match the quoted 85% compatible rating that DVD-R had worked hard on for years: by cheating!

The capability to bypass that one validation check (setting booktype to DVD-ROM) has meant it worked instantly and clearly on several problem machines for me.

-R

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:55 pm

They aren't cheating. The DVD+R came out after DVD-R and has many improvements.
They are more versatile.
Programmable BookType.
Lesser error gapspacing between On & Off laser cycling when burning "Track At Once" mode. Read the spec's.

MD