[MacDV] DVDs only work on some computers: please help

[Nick Scalise]

On Jun 11, 2006, at 10:04 AM, elizabeth cromwell wrote:

> I finished making my first iMovie (iMovie 5.0.2) handed off to iDVD  
> and burned a DVD. I tested the DVD on my desktop computer (Mac dual  
> G4, OSX10.4.6, on which I had created it) and on my laptop (Mac G4  
> PB, OSX10.3.9); it worked great in both places. I then took the DVD  
> to work and it wouldn't work on ANY of the Macs there (tried 4 or 5  
> different computers running both OSX 10.4 and 10.3) nor will it  
> play on my home TV/DVD player. The same DVD still works fine on my  
> desktop and laptop computers. Help! What am I doing wrong?
>
> Tried the following with no luck:
> Using a different brand of DVDs
> Using DVD-RW and DVD-R
> Creating a disk image from iDVD and using Toast instead of iDVD to  
> burn
> Slowing down the burn speed to 1x
> Using both "Best Quality" and "Best Performance" encoder settings
> Video standard is set to NTSC

I had a similar issue, but burning at 1x, always worked for me.

It turned out I had a bad burner. Is your machine still under warranty?

If it's not a bad burner, the only other thing to look at is your  
brands of DVD's.

I like this webpage for details on the best brands to buy:

http://digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

Good luck,
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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net