DVD-R does not play in my Sylvania player

[litlin]

I created a DVD-R using the method in:

http://heaven.earthlights.net/dvd/g...owtos_menu6.htm

which shows you how to copy out the main movie. The move plays fine in my panasonic dvd player, but not my Sylvania DVD-850c unit. This unit is supposed to play DVD-R as stated here:
http://www.buy.com/ugo/retail/elect...0118537&loc=111

but it does not.

Perhaps it is the method I burn at? I use the Nero method to burn and use the DVD (ISO,UDF) as show in the first link above.

OH I should mention that this player played a DVD-R disk I created in Pinnacle 8 Studio. The structure seems to be the same with the VIDEO_TS directory.

what to do?
Thanks for your help

[padre]

litlin, first thing I'd look at is what is the brand of DVD-R you are trying? While many standalone DVD players state they will play DVD-Rs, I have found they play only certain makes (Pioneer, Verbatum, Ritek) and don't like the noname brands.

Next, I can't select that link you posted - doesn't work. So I can't tell if those instructions have you following all the steps correctly to rip, process and burn a dvd copy.

If you suspect (which I do) that the processing is what's failing, you can confirm it by doing a simple test. Get a DVD that is less than 4.3gb (a regular commercial movie). Use DVD Decrypter to read it and create an ISO file (image) onto your hard disk. Then use DVD Decrypter to burn that image to the blank DVD-R. If that doesn't play in the standalone, it's your DVD-Rs (or their compatibility with the player). If it does play fine, it's your rip-process-burn that's the problem, not the DVD-R.

[padre]

It could also be Nero, as I've seen quite a few people have problems with it. Doing the DVD Decrypter also elimates that. If it works, then it's either:

1) your rip-process-burn routine or

2) Nero

You could try doing the rip-process-burn THEN create an ISO file (with ImgTool) and burn with DVD Decrypter. If that works, it's Nero.