It sounds like you are simply copying the MPEG file onto the DVD and burning as an MPEG file. A lot of DVD players will recognise that it is a data disk (like you use on your computer) and play the MPEG. However some will see it as a data disk, don't know what to do with it and give up. For those players you need a DVD format disk.
To create a DVD format disk you need to convert your MPEG into a DVD format and then burn THAT onto the DVD disk which will play in all DVD players.
There are lot and lots of software to do it. There are a few free ones but I've yet to see one that does the whole thing without fiddling.
I use TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring (which is way out of date as v4 is here now) whic is commercial (about £50) but well worth the money if you are going to do more than a few DVD's. It takes you through a series of steps and you end up with a DVD to poay in your DVD player. It just works.
There is a free version available here. I have no idea how good it is or whether it will work for you as I don't use the free one.
As I said there are a lot of free options available and I'd be very interested to see if somebody knows of one that will not be fiddly or be a hassle and just works.
Kind regards,
Paul Broadwith
Blue Ivy Ltd, Wick - Certified Microsoft Small Business Specialist
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