how come dvd authored with dvd flick don't work on most dvd players

i have been using dvd flick to author dvd movies and i have tried it on my dvd player and it works fine but on many others it doesn't play at all (on the last one i've put it in it said playback feature not available) what does that mean and how can i get this program to play dvds on other dvd players like a normal one

 

Hi baron,

Are you using DVD-R's or DVD+R's?

DVD-R's are more compatible with more players than DVD+R's

 

i was using dvd-r but then i have a new pack of dvd's formatted dvd+r, are you saying that these new dvds might work on the dvd players

 

i was looking through all the other dvds that i previously authored with dvd flick and they are infact dvd+r and they don't work on most dvd players either so that doesn't explain why they won't work

 

I think you misread Puppywunder's post

They were saying the -R is more compatible than the +R. So if you have found most of your DVD's are +R this would in fact explain why you are having problems viewing them with some players. Try using the -R ones instead.

 

I have used DVDFlick to create and burn over 100 DVD movies. 98% of these were on DVD-R, and of the 98% I'd say 95% of those played on every player I've tried them on.... There are some settings in DVDFlick you should be aware of, the main one being NTSC and PAL. I always used NTSC (I live in the USA) and rarely had trouble. Check the settings on your DVD player when trying to play a movie that gives you trouble; try changing it to PAL or NTSC as needed. It really can make a huge difference.

The DVDFlick 'How-To' Guide can be downloaded in many languages (incl. English) in Adobe Reader PDF format from this link.

 

well lev lets just say that i have both formats and they don't work

but as dib said i might tinker around with the setting that he mentioned and see that it makes a difference

and before i forget to mention i always have it set to pal and which setting did you say worked for you with rare problems dib

 

i meant to say that i have it always set to ntsc i couldn't edit that last post sorry

 

I used NTSC 100% of the time. When I first starting using DVDFlick (2+ years ago) the DVD player I had at the time was 'stuck' on NTSC; I had lost the remote and had no way to change it (it was a REAL cheap DVD player from Radio Shack for $29 LOL ), so I was forced to use NTSC for everything, and it worked beautifully. That piece of :crap DVD player was real picky with what it would play and not play, and it played just about every movie I ever burned with DVD Flick. It did NOT play about half the movies burned with Nero, and did NOT play any movie burned with anything else. Why? Who knows. It was a lousy DVD player. But it worked great with DVD Flick. My new DVD player (which also plays AVI and DivX files) has had no trouble with any movies burned with DVDFlick either. With fairly high quality DVD players now costing less than $40, you might want to consider getting a new one. If the one you're having trouble with is more than 4-5 years old, it may be time to update. IMO, it seems that older DVD players did not take in to account that people burned their own movies on their PCs, and therefore are less compatible with 'homemade' DVDs, whereas the newer units can handle anything you throw at 'em.

 

as much as i hate to bump this thread i still have one more question on this stbject

how come regular dvds have a completely different format than what dvd flick offers

 

What do you mean by a "completely different format"?

A DVD that you buy from a retail outlet is a "pressed" DVD, meaning that it is factory made and may contain up to 30GB of information on it.

A recordable DVD can only hold 4.38GB(Single layer) or 8.7GB(Dual layer). Therefore, the software you use has to compress up to 30GB of info to fit on whatever layer disc you choose to use.