Mydvd Project Won't Play In My Dvd Player

[Long Shadows]

I am a newbie. I've owned Creator 2009 for exactly 7 days. I created a small (test) slideshow and burned it to a DVD (TDK DVD-R 16X). It worked great. The DVD played on both my standalone DVD player and my computer. Following that success, I created my real slideshow (not so small - 468 images). This time I burned the real show to a different type of DVD (HP DVD-R 16X Lightscribe). The burn went great. The lightscribe image was transfered without a problem. When I popped the DVD in the DVD player attached to my television, it could not read it. That very same DVD works just fine in the DVD drive on my computer. Thinking I had done something wrong, I burned a second lightscribe DVD. Had the same results. The error displayed is: "this type of disk cannot be played. Insert a different disk."

 

If someone cannot offer me an explanation, then my next course of action is to attempt to burn the slideshow on the TDK DVD and try it. I just hate not being able to burn the lightscribe labed on my project. But I also want it to work in a television DVD player.

 

Any ideas as to why the second Creator 2009 project did not work in my standalone DVD player?

 

 

[gi7omy]

I think actually you answered your own question there

 

(TDK DVD-R 16X). It worked great

 

(HP DVD-R 16X Lightscribe). "this type of disk cannot be played. Insert a different disk."

 

Forget the HPs - actually, if you can get them, use Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. HP don't make discs - they sub-contract that out and go for the cheapest bidder

 

 

[Long Shadows]

I am a newbie. I've owned Creator 2009 for exactly 7 days. I created a small (test) slideshow and burned it to a DVD (TDK DVD-R 16X). It worked great. The DVD played on both my standalone DVD player and my computer. Following that success, I created my real slideshow (not so small - 468 images). This time I burned the real show to a different type of DVD (HP DVD-R 16X Lightscribe). The burn went great. The lightscribe image was transfered without a problem. When I popped the DVD in the DVD player attached to my television, it could not read it. That very same DVD works just fine in the DVD drive on my computer. Thinking I had done something wrong, I burned a second lightscribe DVD. Had the same results. The error displayed is: "this type of disk cannot be played. Insert a different disk."

 

If someone cannot offer me an explanation, then my next course of action is to attempt to burn the slideshow on the TDK DVD and try it. I just hate not being able to burn the lightscribe labed on my project. But I also want it to work in a television DVD player.

 

Any ideas as to why the second Creator 2009 project did not work in my standalone DVD player?

 

 

Thanks for the reply, Gi7omy. I figured that was the problem, but was hoping it wasn't. I live way out in the boonies and getting to town to purchase a different kind of DVD is not an option right now. My next trip to town is to fly out with the newly created DVD Christmas present packed in my suitcase. Guess I'll just have to bring the one that works on the computer and rebuild it after Christmas.

 

I certainly appreciate this discussion group. You guys have given me the solution to a couple problems already and all I had to do was just read the posts here. We, who have so little knowledge about this software, appreciate the wisdom of those with so much more experience. Thanks for being willing to share your knowledge. It is a priceless gift.

[gi7omy]

Don't rebuild it - stick it in the computer first and make a .iso image file from it - then it's just a matter of popping in a blank and opening the image - it will then duplicate the original

[sknis]

I use Lightscribe discs all the time with no problems. The fact that they are light scribe should have no effect. The fact that they are HP and that you may have some HP discs that are bad is a distinct possibility.

 

Make sure you go the ISO route and then burn at the slowest speed possible. Make sure nothing else is running when you are encoding. Encode using the software mode (MyDVD top menu, tools>Options, put a dot near software). Create the ISO file on your hard drive and then copy that ISO to a blank disc using Creator Classic. Burn the label after you burn the disc.

 

Use VLC player (free download) to look at the ISO file on your hard drive. If it looks OK, and after you burn it does not, then the discs (or your burner) are the problem.