Help burn a DVD

I tried to burn a DVD that i had converted. It burns fine but when i put it in my DVD player it doesnt work. Its says it cant read it. Am i using the wrong type of disc? I used a DVD-R

is your dvd player capable of playing burned dvd's

i forget the format?

When the burn is finished, does it ask if you want to close out the session and format... (in a specific format)?

I don't have a dvd burner but I know CD burners used to ask that question, years ago, before a specific format was agreed upon and used by all.

Will it play fine in your computer? Does your dvd player support dvd-r?

it's probably the dvd- problem...most older players will only play dvd+ iirc

im not sure what my dvd player will play. One is fairily new and the otehr was top of line when we got it and it plays VCDs. How would i find out?

they usually say on the player itself, right in the front...usually it's in semi-inconspicuous letters, it will list all the compatible formats (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, VCD, CD, MP3, JPEG, etc.)

hey just have DVD and then some of the other ones.

that's probably your problem then...double check in the manual if you still have it..it will def list all the formats in there

so whats teh point of burning a DVD if it wont work in all dvd players? Thats teh same as a SVCD.