This shouldn't be a problem with most newer players, it mostly effects older players and ironically older high end players. The reason I asked about the +R or -R is some DVD players will only play one or the other. Verbatim is top brand, I doubt it's a problem with the discs. there is a lot of all-in-one convert/authoring programs listed here for free:Īuthoring (DVD) - Downloads I'm a bit out of the loop so I don't know what the current popular one is but if you want to avoid the scam software try finding something here. To make one these discs you need authoring software. If they have the DVD logo on them they have to meet these specification. If a DVD player displays the DVd logo it has to be able to play this type of disc, the same thing for the commercial discs you buy in the store. When you create one of these discs it is commonly referred to as an authored disc will play in any DVD player. It also supports menus and other options. 'DVD' is actually a specification or standard that specifies the file formats, resolutions, file structure, bitrates etc. I'd suggest using the tool I linked to above and see if it tells you any differences between the files that worked and didn't work. As I mentioned being able to play DIVX or other formats are extra features and they vary by player. If you're just burning the file that is a data disc, whether it will play in a DVD player depends on the DVD player. Still, none of them play except that one tv show. All the AVI files I have are also in DIVX, which is also a format that my new dvd player advertised as compatible with. I don't know if that means it's a data disc?

The file opens and there's an option to burn. When I burn the discs, I do it straight from opening the file under Documents in Windows. Is by chance one a -R and the other a +R?

The second possibility is the disc itself. What formats they will play will be listed in the manual.

The one that does work is compatible with your disc player, additional formats like DIVX and being able to play data discs are extra features on a DVD player. Under that assumption there is two possibilities I can think of off the top of my head. I'm assuming you're just burning these as data discs? You can use this tool to determine what codec was used to encode it: Firstly a AVI file is not format, it's a container file that can contain many types of video.

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