07-06-2008, 06:39 PM

Please, can anyone help?

I've tried more times than I can count...

I have videos on my hard drive that I'd like to burn to a stand-alone DVD PLAYER. I can't seem to do it.

My current project has me burning either
A) a .mov that I exported from PowerPoint
or
B) if not, then individual .wmv video clips to be played on a DVD PLAYER

Here's what I've got: iDVD 6, iMovie 6, Visual Hub, DVD Creator, MPEG Streamclip, Burn by Sourceforge, ffmpegX, mac the ripper, VLC (and I tried iVCD but it wouldn't play in the DVD player...). Running a G4 10.4, using Memorex DVD-R for my PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-105. (I previously was using Sony DVD-RWs but they never seemed to work, either...)

I'm not against buying a good piece of software if it in fact will do the job.

Help!!!

EDIT: OK, I've gotten as close as creating an ISO file and burning it to a DVD through Disk Utility. It works on my mac, but not on my DVD player, though.

07-06-2008, 06:47 PM

burn should be able to do the job, especially if the source is a mov file

I use Toast myself but have you tried any of the burnt DVDs in another DVD player, since you say they work on the mac but not the player

I have had no problems myself creating DVDs from a number of formats

07-06-2008, 07:01 PM

What is the format of these videos? AVI? MOV? MP4?

I use Toast for doing what you want to do and it works great, but the conversion from say AVI to DVD takes quite a while. Burn might very well work. I have not tried it in that way.

07-06-2008, 07:11 PM

I converted a PowerPoint to a MOV file.

Using Burn, I got a message that claimed "Burn unable to encode one file -- no audio/ video." However, Quicktime can play the MOV just fine.

I came closest by converting the file through VisualHub, then burning through Disk Utility. That one played on the mac, but not on TV.

07-06-2008, 07:36 PM

Which version of Visual Hub is this? The one I have converts the AVI's to DVD format and will burn the DVD at the end also.

07-06-2008, 08:47 PM

VisualHub 1.34

It offers to burn when finished, which I did, but the disk didn't read on any player.

07-06-2008, 08:57 PM

Are you sure your DVD player reads -R's? Some don't.
Or try a different brand of media, something a tad more reliable than Memorex.

07-06-2008, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by bryphotoguy

Are you sure your DVD player reads -R's? Some don't.
Or try a different brand of media, something a tad more reliable than Memorex.

A lot of older players do not like you said read DVD -R's. I have a top of the line Sony that has issues with most -R's.

07-06-2008, 10:58 PM

Not something I'd considered before.

I'll have to look into it -- it's a 2003 Toshiba combo TV/DVD.

07-07-2008, 11:27 AM

I'm beginning to think maybe it does have something to do with the DVD players.

I have two older Toshibas: a 5-disk, and a TV/DVD combo. Both *claim* to play DVD-R. neither has had success yet. I have suspicions.

The little research I have been able to accumulate on these models shows some people having trouble, but nothing definitive.

For the record, the DVD/TV combo is model MD20FN3R.

I'll have to try it on a newer DVD player.