I downloaded the retail ntsc dvd version of Matrix Reloaded burnt the image with nero, burn was successful but the disc only plays on my pc. i used a dvdrw disc just so if it messed up i wouldnt have to throw it away but that doesnt make any difference as my dvd player is pal but is chipped, can read dvdr and dvdrw discs too. I put it in the player but it just spurts it back out after reading it for a few seconds. I used maxell 4.7 dvdrw media to burn the image.

i'd try a different burning prog, Nero is pants for dvd burning and dont let any tell you otherwise.

what would be decent dvd software to burn dvd images

Primodvd works quite well

isnt that like really old?

Yep quite old, but no where near as old as mp3's and people still use that.

If you have a recent burner, then it may not recognise it. Try RecordNow instead. It uses the same burning engine and therefor should be every bit as reliable.

I should have said RecordNow instead. It hard to spot the difference between the 2 anyway cept recordnow is alot newer.

mate 95% sure its cos you used a dvd-rw.

if you are burning the iso you got from news groups directly then just use a dvd-r.

dvd-rw's are a pain- they somtimes work and sometimes don't- i've had instances of dvd-rw only playing in the drive i burned it in- even though i also have a dvd-rom drive as well

Use Recordnow Max v4.5. I've had the same probs using Nero.

Originally posted by nimbles
mate 95% sure its cos you used a dvd-rw.

if you are burning the iso you got from news groups directly then just use a dvd-r.

dvd-rw's are a pain- they somtimes work and sometimes don't- i've had instances of dvd-rw only playing in the drive i burned it in- even though i also have a dvd-rom drive as well

Funny as I have had that same problem. There were even a couple of times when my DVD-RW drive wouldn't read it the first time. However he did mention that his DVD Player did read DVD-RW discs. It could be that he is using Maxell media. They seem to be decent but definitely not the best.

I hear what you're saying jesterace- but the rw's i had probs with are the princo 2x- the first disc actually burned fine and read in the dvd rom drive, the dvd player i have and the xbox- took the second disc out of the batch and subsequent discs for that matter and all i can do with them is write and read off my 105

I spent £3 on a couple of 1x verbatim dvd-rw and they work pretty well on everything- but got annoyed with the slowness of burning so went for a couple of pioneer 2x's (at £4/disc!!!) and they work in the dvdrom drive and the stand alone dvd player nut not in the xbox- haven't tried burning at 1x yet- but that kind of defeats the point of buying them in the first place

The annoying thing is i only use the rw's to test xbox games (so long as your video_ts folder can be opened by power dvd i'm pretty sure that provided you stick to having an audio_ts folder and using decent media, it'll play on most dvd players) so those pioneers are not that much use to me!!

When you use Nero to make DVD's, if you choose the incorrect options in the ISO field, you will end up with a DVD that will play ONLY on a PC...your stand alone player will attempt to read the DVD but it will soon eject it or just not play it at all. When you choose to make a new DVD, under the ISO options, select ONLY " ISO Level 1 " and " ISO 9660 ". I have made DVD's on DVD-R and -RW using only Nero and I've never had any problems which weren't caused by faulty disks. Good luck!