Create DVD of photos -- update

Hi,

Please write to us with the following details.

1. Are you able to play/open DVD which you burn on other computer?

2. Do you get any error when the DVD fails to play on a different computer?

Ideally if you create a Data DVD using the steps given in the link below you can play it on all the devices. Follow the steps given under the section Burn a data CD or data DVD of the link given below.

Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/burn-cd-or-dvd-media-player

Write to us with the asked details so that we can assist you further.

I have been able to play/open DVDs from other people on CD-RW, HP Lightscribe (whatever that is), DVD-RW, and CD-R discs.  As I said in my question, I was able to play a CD-R disc that I created in my DVD player, but I don't know how I created it differently from the ones I cannot play.

I do not have access to another computer.

I have read the instructions "Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player," and I am sure I followed them.

One more tip for Windows Media Player users:

In the instructions, "2. In the Player Library, tap or click the Burn tab, tap or click the Burn options button , and then tap or click Data CD or DVD" I suggest that the instructions include the option to Name Disc, as well as choose Data CD or DVD.

Thanks for your reply.

Hi,

Thank you for the reply.

Please write to us with the following detail.

Are you able to play on your computer? If not then what is the error message you get?

I can read the disc on my computer with no problem.  It's my DVD player that won't play them.  The message on the DVD screen is "Check disc." 

I am going to try another possibility and will let you know if it works.

Thanks.

I do have an older DVD (Toshiba), but it played a CD-R disc of photos that I created last week, but won't play the DVD I created a few minutes before.  I don't know what I did that was different.

Yesterday I tried using my neighbor's DVD player to open the DVD-R's that I couldn't open on my DVD player, but that didn't work,either.

In my post of Sept. 17, I wrote, "I have been able to play/open DVDs from other people on CD-RW, HP Lightscribe (whatever that is), DVD-RW, and CD-R discs. "

They have said I should Finalize the discs, but I do not see how to do this with the famous Windows Media Player.

Thanks for your idea, anyway.

Hi,

I suggest you to check with the manufacturer of the DVD player once and see what all formats does the DVD player supports.

The DVD player, a Toshiba, will play DVD-R and CD-R formats, including one I created using a CD-R disc that I picked up by mistake, but it played fine in the DVD player and my computer.  (I don't know what I did that time that was different from the other times.)  This was only a few minutes after I had created a DVD-R disc that won't play on the DVD player.  The other DVD-R and CD-R discs I mentioned in the first sentence were made by other people.

So the mystery remains.

Thanks for your suggestion, though.