DVD Burning...some play on DVD, some don't

So I recently got some software to burn DVD's on my DVD burner. I've got DVD Decrypter to copy actual DVD's, and use DVD Shrink to actually put it on the DVD after it is decrypted. This I have no problem with.



Now I've been burning DVDs from AVI files I have. I use WinAVI to convert the movies from AVI to DVD format. Then I use DVD Shrink to burn the video on a DVD. Half the time the movies are fine and play on my DVD player. The other half of the time, I get an error message on my DVD player (and my room mates) that says can't play dvd. It says something about being outside of the readable disc area? Just wondering if anyone had any ideas or knew of any other programs I could use that might be better. Thanks!

are you using +R OR -R media ?

Also what Brand of Blank DVDs r u using... and the Brand for Your DVD player?

I had a BENQ DQ60 ( usually benq makes good dvd burners) that was junk sent it back as did a lot of other ppl. I think it was a rebranded teac. Also had one made by BTC , that was junk, unfortunately still have that one.

I bought an LG that works great, not a coaster yet. It's all what chipset they have.

What about your DVD player..? what brand is that..?

I think my blank DVD's are HP's, single layer 4.7GB....i wanna say DVD-R, but I'm in the office right now, will check later. The size of the movies burned are always less than 4GB after using DVDShrink, so I don't think that's the problem. My DVD burner is shitty, it was originally a USB external DVDRW by MAD DOG, but I dissasembled it and am using it as an internal via IDE. I have a panasonic DVD player that plays SVCDS and video discs pretty well, and my roomate's Sony is pretty good. The movies seem to burn fine, just some play in the DVD player and some tell me it's outside the readable disc area. The ones that don't play on the DVD player autorun on my computer as a DVD.

dvd-r isn't compatible with all dvd players. try dvd+r

i've burned like 10 movies on the same media (assuming they are DVD-R), and like half play, and half don't play. But next time I'm going with DVD+R...

Just what I thought.. Panasonic and Sony makes One of the worst DVD Players, that have compatibility issues. I myself own 3 Sony DVD players,, and about 80% of the time I can't play DVDs that I made (Movie or Home video).



Funny thing is that I paid $20 bucks for a DVD player that I got from Sears recently, and It plays all the DVDs (Burned or not burned, DVD+R and -R)..



The reason behind Sony and Panasonic is that they put lot of sensors in their DVD players which prevents DVD+R and DVD-R to play correctly or not play at all.



SO I suggest getting a cheaper DVD player if you can,,that would be the best choice,, or try to check the same dvd that you can't play to a DVD player other than Sony or Panasonic..

yea...i'm using dvd+r's...i'm going to try them on other dvd players to see if they work...thanks for the help!