Burned DVD's will not play in my sony Blu Ray.

joyZ wrote on 4/14/2017, 1:09 AM

I have tried memorex and Verbatim DVD+R and DVD-R and get the same error when trying to play on my sony. The DVD's play just fine on my laptop. I read some of the post and see that may others have same problem. I have tried locating the latest patch to install but unable to. When i log into Magix I do not see photostory 2015 listed under magix support page, only my old version Photostory 2013. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Comments

johnebaker wrote on 4/14/2017, 5:23 AM

We need more information:

Are you burning direct from Photostory?

Settings used in Photostory to burn ?

The version number of Photostory 2015?

Photostory forum is under Photo & Graphics, Fotostory

John EB

joyZ wrote on 4/14/2017, 3:09 PM

Yes, I'm burning direct fro Photostory.

Version Number of Photostory 2015 is 14.0.6.69. I have been unsuccessful finding the latest patch.

Encoder Settings: Standard DVD NTSC. Burning Speed: 4

johnebaker wrote on 4/15/2017, 3:51 AM

Try setting the Burn speed to 2x or 1x

I would advise getting a couple of DVD-RW discs for doing initial burns, they save you money if you have to make changes to the movie or a burn fails and you can re-use them.

Once you have a good burn you can use Burn Project (image) again option under the File menu or use a disc copying program such as Nero, ImgBurn or to copy the DVD-RW disc to DVD-R .

I would not recommend using DVD+R discs - while alleged to be better than DVD-R - they appear to cause a few issues.

HTH

John EB

Sleon wrote on 4/15/2017, 11:13 AM

Although my DVD discs are DVD-R they appear in the burn session as DVD+R

Sleon wrote on 4/15/2017, 11:22 AM

Another thing is that having a standard cd-rom I can only burn to the two star setting and the definition as rotten. I also made an image file (VOB) to a directory on the HDD and the definition of the file is the same as that burned.

johnebaker wrote on 4/15/2017, 1:25 PM

. . . . a standard cd-rom . . . .

Do you mean 'a standard cd-rom' or a DVD/CD-ROM drive ?

What is the actual model number of the drive - to find this do the following:

Open Windows Explorer and in the left pane, right click Computer
Select Manage
In the left pane click Device Manager
In the right pane click the > in front of DVD/CD-ROM drives
There you will see the actual model number of the drive.

John EB

Sleon wrote on 4/15/2017, 4:32 PM

Hi John, I meant DVD/CD Player. It is a TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-244GB ATA Device. I am trying to improve the definition on a 2 minute test video. I had the chance a few years ago to use Proshow Producer which resulted in high quality DVDs. Exporting Mpg-4 files are of high quality but it is the conversion to VOB which suffers. I know that sitting about 6ft or so from the TV screen masks the problem but I am seeing the results on the computer monitor and it irks me. I shall probably just use a USB stick plugged into the TV and make do with that..