[antipode]

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.

[Cold Warrior]

Drag your clips into iMovie, export to iDVD, then burn to a DVD. iMovie should take your .mov files and import them just fine.

[antipode]

Thanks for the reply.

I dragged the .MOV into iMovie, then exported to iDVD, then went to "burn DVD" in the file menu.
It spent time loading and burning the DVD. When it was done, my DVD player wouldn't recognize the disk, and my mac didn't see a DVD to play either.

Now it's a coaster in the living room.

Any ideas?

[mduell]

Drop the clips into Visual Hub, convert to DVD, burn the resulting image with Disk Utility.

[turtle777]

Maybe your blank DVD-R's are of bad quality ?

-t

[mr. burns]

Originally Posted by mduell 

Drop the clips into Visual Hub, convert to DVD, burn the resulting image with Disk Utility.

This is what I'd recommend. Visual Hub encodes in better quality and faster than iDVD.

[antipode]

I tried the Visual Hub + Disk Util option. I got "incorrect disk" on the DVD player.

The media are new. They are my third try -- I thought that the media might be the problem, too.

I'm beginning to think it has something to do with the DVD players themselves. I have two older Toshibas: a 5-disk, and a TV/DVD combo. Both *claim* to play DVD-R. I have suspicions.

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

[turtle777]

What do you mean by 3rd try ?

Did you try three different brands ?

-t

[antipode]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

What do you mean by 3rd try ?

Did you try three different brands ?

-t

Sorry about being unclear. Yes. 3 brands, 2 types: Sony DVD-RW, Verbatim DVD-R, and now Memorex DVD-R.

[turtle777]

Well, that should fix it. I think you can rule out bad blanks as the culprit.

Do you have any trouble burning data DVDs or audio CDs ?

It is also possible that the problem is your standalone DVD player.

Have you checked if the self-burned DVDs actually play in your Mac ?

-t

[mduell]

videohelp.com has a list of players and what recordable formats they support and reported media success/fail.

[antipode]

Thanks -- self-burned DVDs are playing (depending on which combination of programs used) sometimes in my Mac.

videohelp,com -- what a resource! Unfortunately, no notes about my player.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by antipode 

Thanks -- self-burned DVDs are playing (depending on which combination of programs used) sometimes in my Mac.

They gotta play with the DVD Player, not any third party app.
If the Apple DVD player can't play them, for sure most standalone DVD players won't be able to.

-t