Burn a standard dvd

i have been trying to burn a standard dvd from divx/xvid/h264/ and other formats,after conversion and burning ,they will not play on my standard dvd player or a blu ray/dvd player,i have used different conversion software{free and shareware},different burners,different disc types,i know that some dvd players have a problem with rewritable disc,and i said they never play,anyone else ever had this problem and how did you resolve it,would appreciate all who reply,thanks for this great forum
Answer #1
you tried ConvertXtoDVD
the file are ending up in the Video_TS folder ?
also try setting the “book type” to DVD-ROM
DVD Book Type Setting - Troubleshooting DVD Burning Problems
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/video-hardware-software/dvd-book-type-setting-troubleshooting-dvd-burning-problems.asp
more info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_type
Answer #2
Use freemake video converter
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
Freemake tutorial how to burn DVD
http://www.freemake.com/how_to/how_to_burn_dvd_video
Answer #3
Like edwoodweb says, and use a good brand of dvd-r such as Verbatim.