[MacDV] Help with iDVD DVD playback problems on home DVD players

[Gordon Alley]

When you copy a DVD disc to your hard disk, you must follow the
instructions on this web page:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724>

There are some special steps required (like selecting DVD/CD Master as
the image format) to produce a proper DVD image that will work
properly when you burn new disc from it.

--Gordon

On 9/26/05, merelyn davi <merelyn_davi at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Christopher,
> I have tried burning a disk image onto the desktop from iDVD and
> burning it in toast and it worked. The quality was fine and it played
> in 3 different players. I used verbatim and tdk disks. Burnt at x1
> speed.
>
> I copied the disk image onto an external hard drive and have recently
> wanted to get more copies of this dvd.
>
> I copied the disk image back onto the desktop and could not copy it.
> I tried toast, I tried disk utility and finder.
>
>   I decided I would test my drive, so I filled a dvd with "stuff" and
> burnt that in finder - no problems!!
>
> Can't see why the VIDEO_TS files could be burnt and played without
> any trouble and now they can't!!!
>
> So Christopher it may work for you, and it may not.
>
> Lesson for me here was to try with dvd-rw discs, and I wouldn't have
> wasted 5 discs yesterday!!!
>
> Good luck with it
>
> Merelyn Davi

--
Gordon B. Alley
http://galley.home.texas.net