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

[Colt Freeman]

I've had great luck with memorex, and you can burn at 4x minimum not 1. Also
make sure to use dvd-r


On 6/11/06 5:40 PM, "Nick Scalise" <nickscalise at cox.net> wrote:

> 
> 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,
> --
> Nick Scalise
> nickscalise at cox.net
> 
> 
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