What is the best format for a DVD player?

Xavion Kron wrote on 9/16/2009, 7:46 AM

What format should I render my project, if I what to play the DVD from a stand alone home DVD player?

Sometimes a DVD will play on my home DVD, but will not play on the DVD player at work.

I've gotten into the habit of rendering everything in WMV, should I use MPEG2?

Comments

Former user wrote on 9/16/2009, 8:15 AM

The standard DVD file is MPEG2 (and in some case MPEG1). Anything else is a non-standard DVD and may play if your PLAYER supports that format.

Dave T2

Tech Diver wrote on 9/16/2009, 8:28 AM

The acceptable forms of MPEG2 are listed on page 28 (chapter 3) of the DVD Architect manual.

Peter

Former user wrote on 9/16/2009, 8:33 AM

A quick question, are you Authoring the DVD or just copying the WMV file to a DVD disk?

Dave T2

Xavion Kron wrote on 9/16/2009, 8:42 AM

Yes, I'm authoring the DVD.

Xavion Kron wrote on 9/16/2009, 9:44 AM

I rendered the file out using MPEG2 and there is no audio.

Stuart Robinson wrote on 9/16/2009, 10:16 AM

With any of the DVD Architect MPEG-2 (DVD) templates, you have to render twice, once for video and again for audio, ensuring to render the same region each time. You can choose whether to use WAV or Dolby Digital (ensure that the total does not exceed the maximum allowed by the DVD format).