DVD from ISO will not run in Win 7 machine

[RichardB Profile Private message]

I burned a DVD disc from an ISO file containing a Producer 4 show and it plays fine in the Sony CD-DVD player connected to my TV, it plays fine on my wife's MacBook Pro, but will not boot up when inserted in my laptop DVD player that wrote the DVD. In fact, the computer does not even "see" it. What gives???? Thx.

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Hmmm - you can't even see it in windows explorer ? Even without a DVD player app, you should at least be able to read the disk and see the file structure. The only thing that comes to mind here is the disk was not finalized when you burned it, but I have not run into that, only heard of others with that issue. Are you sure your laptop has a DVD drive in it and not a CD only drive ? Can you read other DVD's?

edit - I see you say that was the drive that wrote it, so it has to be a DVD drive. What did you use to burn the DVD (what app?) ? I burn dvd's all the time on my win7 machine (desktop) and have no issues either reading the disk or playing it either on this machine or regular players. I use the free Imgburn utility to burn from an ISO and usually check the "verify" box.

mikey

[briancbb Profile Private message]

I seem to remember that some versions of Windows do not ship with a codec to play DVD videos.

I suggest downloading and installing VLC Media Player (free).

[cherub Profile Private messageWebsite]

I seem to remember that some versions of Windows do not ship with a codec to play DVD videos.

I suggest downloading and installing VLC Media Player (free).

Yes, I remember this too
The good old XP, for instance.

[RichardB Profile Private message]

I run DVDs of all sorts on my machine regularly. Movies, educational/instructional, data files, stored photographs, audio files of various formats. All kinds. Without any problems. But why, oh why, won't it play this DVD+R disc made on the same machine, using the Windows DVD Maker that I've always used, from an ISO file created by Producer? The same disc boots and runs on a MACBook Pro (and I'm surprised at that, too!) and in my Sony home DVD player connected to a flat screen TV. Why won't it run in my Window 7 laptop when any and all other DVDs will?

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

You didn't answer my question about if you could see the file system when you put the disk in the DVD drive. It may also be an issue with the +R format (I use Taiyo Yuden -R and have had no issues). What is not clear in your case is if your system can even read the file system on the disk. I have not run into that issue before - I have seen disks that the drive can't read, but they were usually ones that it could not burn either.

mikey

[RichardB Profile Private message]

No, I could NOT see any information on the disc when inserted. It gave me the idea that the disc was blank. (what do you want to do with blank disc? dialogue)
So, I have put on my Major Moron hat tonight. Shamefully, I might add.
I went back to an ISO file I KNOW FOR CERTAIN I have burned in the past. Still could not read it. So, it's NOT a problem coming out of Producer.
Then I thought. Wait a minute. The writing laser and the reading laser are two different things, right?
I put a can of compressed air into the slot where the disc goes and blew and blew and blew.
Guess stinkin' what? I put in the disc written with the ISO file and......presto. Loading. Then playing. Oh fudge. Major mental midget here.
I can't say why it would play movies, and instructional discs except to say those are probably pressed rather than burned.
My apologies for asking others to figure this out. I am beyond humbled.
Thank you for your attempts to assist.
Rule of thumb: Look for the simple things FIRST! ALWAYS.
Thanks,
RBMC

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Heh heh - been there done that. Those kinds of things keep you from getting too confident
Glad you solved it (although if you had burned it with Imgburn and selected the "verify" option, you would have found out sooner that it could not read.

mikey