[MacDV] Re: Re making a cross platform dvd

[James Asherman]

On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 09:46  PM, cathal mc carthy wrote:

> thanks Jim
>  The dvd I burned on a mac will not play on a dell pc running win xp.
> What software should the pc have installed on it to play a dvd made on 
> a  mac
> what is the solution?
> Could this be put with the dvd in order that pc users could play same 
> the dvd.
> Thanks so much for the help
>

  If Xp is as good as OSX(Chuckle) then it's DVD player software should 
pop up when a DVD is inserted.
  So somebody has to determine what sort of DVD deck is in that machine, 
whether it supports DVD playback and whether the payer software is  
installed.
   Then you have the additional problems of the basic compatability of 
DVD's across the spectrum of media and player brands.
  So put it in a living room player and see if it works.
Burn to another brand of DVD-R for your XP users.
Or some combination of above.
  Always let iDVD finish it's Mpeg2(where it gets smaller) conversion 
before inserting and burning your disk.
PC, living room or Mac a DVD should be a DVD. You play it with a DVD 
player (hardware or software)
Jim