bad disks message

[standarddeviant]

I burn a bunch of mpegs onto a dvd-r.

I use TDK & maxwell dvd-rs.

It plays in the computer fine, but when I try and put it in a standalone dvd player that accepts dvd-rs, i get a "cannot play this disk" of "bad disk" message.

Any ideas? Would that be the encryption? I am using cheetah to burn and MPEGencoder to convert from avi to mpeg.

I have a brand new sony that does play dvd-rs, but none of the ones I burn! Help!

SD

[setarip]

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) If not already DVD-compliant, use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") to convert the MPEG to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this (This step may not be necessary, if your MPEG-2 filies are already in DVD compliant format)

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc") to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish)


**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}