Burned DVDs won't play

Hello, My os is wxp sp3 and I am using infrarecorder to burn dvds from videos I downloaded using youtube downloader, but when I burn them to cd they will play on my computer but not on another dvd player like my norcent. Can anyone Help?

Try burning the DVD's in an .iso format. You have probably selected the wrong format in InfraRecorder . Go over the options carefully. I burn all my DVD's in the .iso format. They play fine on all my DVD players and my computer

I see no way to do this in infrarecorder, How do i do this?

You see no "tools" or "settings" in the InfraRecorder software. What format are you burning the DVD's in now? I don't use InfraRecorder. Who told you to use this burning software?

What other software is there?

You could try using DVD Decrypter:
DVD Decrypter

Can you give me instructions on how to use this software?

There are many different types of video file formats (mpg, avi, flv, vob, and many more)

Your computer has the flexibility of recognizing all these different file formats and types (each with its own different file extension). So your computer can play them all back (if you've installed the right media player and codecs for the associated file extension)

On the other hand.... stand alone media players usually have a much more limited number of file types they recognize and will play back. Many will only playback VIDEO_TS VOB files. I'm certain whatever you download from youtube aren't VOB files. You;d need to find a program to convert file types to whatever is needed for your player. (And that conversion process and finding the right program can be a pain in the ***)

To see what i mean, put a commercial DVD movie into your computer to look at it;s folders and files. Right click the DVD player to Explore it. (don't Play it) You'll find it contains two folders: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Look in the video folder. it will contain VOB, IFO and BUP files.

Quick little tid bit here, seeing that your using Windows XP with (SP3), more than likely your using Windows Media Player 11, if so, when I was running Windows XP (SP3) I would burn my movies through the software that came with the media player. There's no work to do other than through the media player, have it "open' the movie file directly, then take your mouse pointer and "drag & drop" the file to the pane to the far right, it will then discern what type of file it is and apply the correct burn to it. Just before the burn is complete, and if done right, you will notice a little advisory statement towards the completion. This statement will say something in the order of "finishing or finalizing disk as so it can be read on other computers"! After that finalizing process, that disk can now be read on other computers DVD drives and regular non computer DVD drives as well. This has always worked for me, maybe one or two times I had to divert to another program like Nero, but Windows Media Player version 10 and above can burn your files (in house).

Good luck.................

As you perfect your method of making playable DVDs, try using rewritable DVD. You'll end up w/ less coasters.

"Can you give me instructions on how to use this software?"...

Select mode: .iso Write

Select file to be written
Select destination: DVD drive with blank media

OK, time out. It is my understanding that to burn an ISO file directly, you need an .ISO file to begin with.

I seriously doubt that this crap is coming off youtube in the form of a disc image.

Consequently, you need a file converter program to create a Video_TS file, then create an image, then burn it to DVD in DVD-Video format.

Unless you're ripping DVD-Video directly, "DVD Decryper " is of limited use.

For a more general purpose image creating / image burning software, I suggest "ImgBurn", also written by "LightningUK".

"ImgBurn" has a forum, with published guides, covering all aspects of its intended use: http://forum.imgburn.com/ It really isn't the province or mission of this forum to reinvent the wheel upon request.

You still need a file converting program to generate Video_TS files suitable for burning to, discs intended for playback on a freestanding DVD players. This is not my area of expertise, and so I demur from here on.

i concur with the captain. DVD Decrypter is of little use for your case

You first need to
1. Figure out what video format you're downloading from youtube
2. Figure out what video format(s) are supported by your standalone DVD player. (It may only be VIDEO_TS format)
3. Find software that converts formats from #1 to #2 and burns that to DVD

I'm no media expert either. So can't give you any more specifics. maybe media player may help for your case as someone suggested. IDK

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But can also add, i've been down the path of step #3 before. trying to find conversion software to create a DVD that will play on any DVD player.. and is a pain in the $$$. .

If you have plenty of free time on your hands, the information you seek can probably be found here: http://www.videohelp.com/

If your Norcent DVD player supports DIVX, you can try converting those Youtube videos to that format. A firmware update might be necessary (if one exists) in order for the player to play DIVX files. There doesn't appear to be a web site for Norcent and no model number was given, so you'll have to research that bit on your own.

As the captain said "if you have plenty of free time..." HEREs another link you can look at.


It provides an overview about VIDEO_TS formatted DVDs for standalone players. BUT note the instructions and the tool it mentions assumes you're starting with MPEG-2 video files. That's very most likely not what you're downloading from youtube.

Plus a heads-up: From my own limited experience, i found many of these authoring/conversion tools are not easy to use and don't always convert source video format very well. So i wouldn't buy anything you can't try first for free

Downloading video from 'youtube' means, by default, it will be in .flv format.
Your pc should playback files of that type, if you don't have any success with what you currently have installed, try this free program;
http://www.applian.com/flvplayer/download_flv_player.php

Your 'standalone' DVD player will use the .vob format, and just possibly 'Divx' but it will have a sign on the front showing that as a 'feature'.
To convert .flv (that's Flash video) to .vob, you can use the free program, 'Format factory', (Video option, 'All to .vob'), I use it often, generally works for me.

To burn TS_ video files to DVD, I use 'Burnaware' by Glorylogic.
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html
(This program is also called 'Trueburner').
Also 'Imgburn' will do the same job, as mentioned above;
http://www.imgburn.com/

in burnaware do I chose DVD video instead of data dvd?

Hi mike1959

I got motivated by this thread and wanted to try the tools in your post so had a go at it as well.

Format Factory is pretty cool and handy. Thanks for that tip It converted my mpeg video to a vob file with just a few mouse clicks! And i could play the vob file back on my computer too, no problem

But i also had problems when i tried burning to DVD to play on my Samsung DVD player. I also tried the DVD Video option but Burnimage seems to want VIDEO_TS format for DVD video and i can't get it to add the vob file to VIDEO_TS. The vob file itself burned to DVD didn't play on my Samsung when i tried the just the vob file itself

I'm also not sure if i'm doing some setup wrong? but will have another go at it tomorrow if i have the chance

I don't know if I"m stating the obvious here, but ".vob" is only the video file itself. An".ifo" Information file), and a ".bup" (backup info) files are required to complete the "VIDEO_TS" folder. There is also the "AUDIO_TS" folder, but that always seems to be empty.