Why can I not burn DVDs that play in my standalone DVD player?

Ok heres all the info. I was able to burn quite a few episodes of certain shows onto a DVD with menus and everything and I was able to view them on my DVD player. They were all .avi files and were encoded and burned with no problem. Then I bought some new discs (3 different brands) and am not able to burn anything. Well actually the Nero Vision program will say the burn completed successfully and you can see where it burned on the physical disc, but the computer does not recognize it or the DVD player either. I have tried a few different burning programs and also converted the .avi files to DVD files. Also tried building an iso file and burned it that way. Still my DVD player will not recognize it. I am using Verbatim 16x DVD+R discs which were highly recommended for DVD burning. Also, my DVD player has the DIVX logo on it so maybe I need to burn them with DIVX? Any help would be greatly appreciated because I am wasting too many discs. Thank You.

 

A couple things to check:

Look at the one's that were successful--were they DVD-R or DVD+R? Some older players don't like +R but since yours has Divx logo it should play both types.

In your burning program you should have Disc at Once checked to finalize the disc.

 

The successful ones were DVD+R. Since my DVD player has the DIVX logo, is there a way to burn them as Divx?

 

I don't have a divx player but I think Dlb does and he checks this forum so I'm sure you'll get a better answer from him later.

As far as I know, you just burn the avi's to data dvd like any other file. The player should see the files and offer to play them in a menu. Doesn't matter what type of avi they are xvid or divx should both play fine. Check your manual if you have it handy for how to play.

Have a look at a basic thread a videohelp.com http://forum.videohelp.com/topic329837.html
I'm sure there are better explanations if you search videohelp.com but in forums where I see people mention burning avi's they all just state it is as easy as burning a data disc of the avi's. I'm guessing navigating the screens on your DVD player is the hardest part.