DVD Burning Question

Okay, my HP laptop has the Windows 7 operating system and I used Windows Movie Maker and Windows DVD Maker recently to burn off several video (with audio) DVD's. I have a DVD player maybe 5 years or older and after Windows burns and finalizes the DVD's I pop them in my player and they work fine along with several I sent to others who report theirs worked fine also.

HOWEVER some people I sent them to (no idea of type and age of their DVD players) say they have video BUT THERES NO AUDIO GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

They were all burned one after the other and finalized and all should be exact duplicates and they all work in my DVD player

SO WHY DO SOME PEOPLE NOT HAVE AUDIO AND IS THERE ANYHTING I CAN DO DIFFERENT TO AVOID THIS (I sorta doubt it, afraid it has to do with their DVD players)

I do have other brands (Corel, Pinnacle) of DVD burning software, Im not sure if it matters if I try another one or not, but hard to tell if it still works on my DVD player no guarantee it will work (have audio) on ones I send to Billy Bob. Im not interested in a fight over Windows versus Mac and my HP is almost new and all else works perfect, JUST LOOKIN FOR OPINIONS WHAT, IF ANYHTING, I CAN DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM

Thanks in advance, God Bless and Merry CHRISTmas

John T

John I would google the problem and see if anyone else has had this problem. I would suggest that it's a backward compatability problem with the newer Windows 7 software but I don't know for sure. Also Microsofts support may be able to help. Only other thing I can suggest is going to the Microsoft site and making sure you have all the updates, it's free.


Rick

John,

Quit assuming that the problem is on your end.

Almost a certainty if not all your people are reporting the issue. :>)

Allan

Ima thinkin youre right, it works on my DVD player and most other peoples, just kind of embarrasing to give someone something and it dont freakin work grrrrrrrrr makes me look like a know nothing incompetent nincampoop NO REMARKS YALL LOL

Merry CHRISTmas Allan

John T

John T;
It's the format you're using (file type). Some players will read them all & some are limited. Went through this several years ago with my old puter. Change the file type to one that the older puter can read & it will work. Wish I could remember the type but my CRS won't let me. Good luck.

Thanks M Man, I understand your point: Its garden variety DVD Players they are using NOT computers to watch my home made DVD, but still maybe if in my burner settings I can change the file type (if an option) and if it still works in my DVD player then see if it does in theirs???

John T

Your audio problem is probably because your not saving it in MPEG. Many Windows based programs will save in WMV instead and that won't work in all players.

If you've got a burn program like Nero, use that instead - with the correct settings.

There are several problems with home-made DVDs. One is if you burn the disc as "open session" or "closed session." Read your software instructions closely because that choice is always given to you.

"Open session" will not work on all players. "Closed session" will.

The other problem is the DVD media. Burned DVDs use relfective dye. Factory made DVDS are pressed (in a way) like old records used to be made. The result is - home-made burned DVDs cannot reflect laser light near as well as factory made DVDs. Many older DVD players don't have lasers strong enough to play all burned DVDs.
Also can matter what your blank DVD disks are. +R or -R. Most new DVD players after 2003 are made to play =R and -R but some older ones can only play one or the other, but not both.

I assume you already know the audio tracks are separate from the video. That's where different file extensions and different types of compression make a difference. If you are making your sound tracks in MP4, AVI, or Windows WMV, many players will not be able to use the audio at all.

Store bought DVDs have the audio in MPEG which any player can use.

Ask them to play it on their computer. if it works there then you know that it's their dvd player. Simple.

Thanks for all the great info THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR. Thats why I love it here n try to help what little I can.

Im going to take a look at the file format and try it again

God Bless yall

John T

Most of the blank DVDs offered are junk. Taiyo Yuden professional line by JVC are about as good as it gets for DVD-R. And if your computer offers a choice of burning speeds, use 8X rather than 16X.

I've got over 2000 movies I've burned to DVDs. Compressed on cheap single layer 4.7G DVDs and uncompressed on dual-layer 8.5G DVDs.

I buy the cheapest crap out there. Usually in 100 packs for $18. I've had maybe four bad disks in the entire mess of 2000. That includes brands like Magnavox, Rosewill, HP, Ridata, Optical Quantum, Verbatim, Memorex, etc. I buy whatever is cheap and has free shipping. Whatever Newegg.com has on special. Most have been burned at 16X.

I'll call 4 out of 2000 pretty darn good - not junk. I suspect I could buy at three times the price and get the same results.

My DVD player has to have DVD-R to work. +R won't play.