Burnt a DVD with a DVD Player (and it plays fine with it) won't play on windows 8 laptop?

[kbcountry37]

I have a DVD player that can burn recordings to DVD, however my laptop will not read that there is anything on the disc (even though I've watched it with the DVD player). SO PLEASE IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS? I NEED THE VIDEO I RECORDED.

 

[ram1009]

First, DVD players are incapable of making DVDs, What you have is called a burner. Second, Windows does not natively include the proper codec to play DVDs. Try using a player called "video LAN". It's much better than WMP anyway and it's free.

http://www.videolan.org/index.html

 

[boju]

in the dvd player recording settings if you can find it, there should be! need to find an option to finalize burning, otherwise the disk is bound to the drive it was given data from until closed...

 

[kbcountry37]

I have a DVD player that not only plays DVDs, it can record and then burn them. I know what I'm talking about because my dad who installed it explained it to me and he has 30+ years experience in that field. Don't talk down to me.

My DVD player on my laptop works perfectly fine, second off....it just won't read this one and I NEED what is on it.

Also, I NEVER use Windows Media Player. My Acer came with a player that is 10x better.

 

[rgd1101]

I have a DVD player that can burn recordings to DVD, however my laptop will not read that there is anything on the disc (even though I've watched it with the DVD player). SO PLEASE IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS? I NEED THE VIDEO I RECORDED.

which software did you use to burn the dvd?
make and model of the laptop?

 

[boju]

There are dvd recorders ram1009, they're not entriely pc exclusive.

 

[kbcountry37]

in the dvd player recording settings if you can find it, there should be! need to find an option to finalize burning, otherwise the disk is bound to the drive it was given data from until closed...

That seems like an option although I only used it today so figuring that out....may be a hard one

 

[kbcountry37]

I have a DVD player that can burn recordings to DVD, however my laptop will not read that there is anything on the disc (even though I've watched it with the DVD player). SO PLEASE IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS? I NEED THE VIDEO I RECORDED.

which software did you use to burn the dvd?
make and model of the laptop?

ARE YOU READING WHAT I TYPED. READ THEN TYPE.

 

[kbcountry37]

There are dvd recorders ram1009, they're not entriely pc exclusive.

I need just need a fix so my laptop can play what was burnt, that's all I need

 

[boju]

depends how new and what codec the dvd recorder uses, probably divx maybe and also depends how old your Acer media player is as well. Look to see if there's an update for your player to include these codecs if it is a media player issue as rgd1101 has suggested. Test with Windows media player anyway to see if theres a difference since WMP is maintained.

 

[kbcountry37]

My Acer is a year old....so it's quite new.

And the laptop itself says there is nothing on the disc....and it played fine in the DVD Player I made it in.

 

[boju]

its either one or the other, dvd player not closing disc properly for other dvd players to read or is a media player with codec problem.

 

[rgd1101]

My Acer is a year old....so it's quite new.

And the laptop itself says there is nothing on the disc....and it played fine in the DVD Player I made it in.

can the laptop play other dvd?

 

[kbcountry37]

Yes, it plays all other DVD's. That is not the problem

 

[rgd1101]

so laptop play other dvd, then it the way you make your dvd.
boju have your solution