Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's?
Wednesday, 29 December, 2004
Burnt DVD's don’t play on my Xbox. A message saying that the disk can’t be read, comes up. What can I do to play burnt DVD's on my Xbox?
Also can downloaded movies/clips be put into DVD format?
(Originally posted July 2004)
Tom Shugg, Mildura, VIC
 There were two types of DVD-ROM drive included in Xboxes. If yours has a Samsung drive, it should be able to play copied DVD's just fine. I’m afraid that if your Xbox has the other brand (Thomson?) it will not, according to reports I’ve read on discussion boards. The only thing you could do about that would be to replace the drive with a model that's capable of the task.
I can give you a bit more joy with your other question, however. You should be able to record movie files of virtually any type or source in DVD format with the use of appropriate software. You’ll need an adequate DVD authoring program and a DVD burning program. You may even be able to find a DVD authoring program which performs all the tasks for you. A good place to start working out just what you’d like to do with your movie files, and what software to use for it, would be the Authoring guides at VideoHelp. You should find enough information linked there to get you well on the way to using your DVD burner more productively.
And by the way, Tom. I sure hope those downloaded movies are legitimate. If they are copyrighted movies, then you aren’t allowed to download them and put them on DVD yourself. Same goes for your other DVD's -- don't be a pirate. Piracy is bad, mmkayyy?
Cheers, Terry O'Shanassy
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Mads LykkePosted: 30/06/2010 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Yes, you need a universal dvd creator application that can burn any video format to DVD for palyalyback on dvd player.
But be warned that this software will probably infect your computer and steal your money.
How to burn MOV to DVD simonePosted: 21/04/2010 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? will i buy the games yet? i dont have the xbox.
(Why would you buy them? -PZ) NanoPosted: 20/04/2010 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Use Dual Layer Dvds Julius AhiekporPosted: 09/04/2010 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I used to play burned fifa 2006 on my xbox until recently. When i insert the dvd it says the disc is unknown or dirty. What can i do.
(Clean it? Buy the legitimate game? Stop pirating? -PZ) sandyPosted: 22/02/2010 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? i burnt a xbox360 game in DVD+R and its not working in my xbox even though i hv modded it......this happened for the second time so tit-tat iwasted 4 dvds:( natasha w.Posted: 07/01/2010 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? wel i had a dilema like tis. i burnud two new games for my xbox one with dvd+r and the other -r.all of my recent burns would say now loading but booted me back to the evox dash.this is caused by lack of physical memory in the e drive.i just erased some crap and bam they worked.and btw people you cant play xbox backups without a soft or hardmodded xbox KevinPosted: 12/08/2007 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Xbox wont play mp3 cdr's but will play burnt audio Cdr's ..make audio cd's not mp3 cd's cassiePosted: 07/08/2007 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned cd's??? please someone tell me how to fix this problem??
if their is a solution. majePosted: 20/02/2007 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? i tried and mine works fine i din't try dvd+ but it works with dvd- fine jakePosted: 03/12/2006 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I didn't have anything sensible to say so they put these words here instead. ohlordPosted: 17/11/2006 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? yall making it too hard....just buy tdk 8x dvd's DaniellePosted: 15/11/2006 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I own the black xbox, and it will play everything but burned dvd's at least the ones like tevion 4.7gigbites, 8x maxinum speed. or maxell dvd+r 4.7 16x rw can someone tell what dvd's might work in my xbox because neither one of the one that i have will work and there is not reason for me to have a dvd player if my xbox will work and i was told that it would i just need to find the right dvd's that would work thank you Danielle Posted: 16/10/2006 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Get a PS2 for Only $186.
They play all burnt dvds
KeloKePosted: 12/10/2006 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Just use UDF and Enable Xbox Compatibility in Nero lanePosted: 02/09/2006 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? i dont know about burned dvds cause i dont have a dvd burning device. but i know that musicburned from mp3's in wmp(windows media player) at slow speed on all cd-r, cd-rw, pure silver, double mirror cd's work on, as peter said, on second third or so on times, never first. i have found it to work more often when i go to music- cd- (play or copy open) on the xbox. good luc k hope it works. btw, if you dont have an issue opening your xbox do so, pull out the hdd(dont disconnect) and remove the jumperand but in on the cd drie where the four pin goes, and put it on the far right when facing the power button. then put the four pin back in and it will play burned games. dont work with the burned music might with the dvd's. bye BosstonePosted: 02/09/2005 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Just letting you all know, all you have to do is take any burnt dvd (+r or -R) and put it in your X-Box to find out. I bought my X-Box in May (I dont know if it's thompson or samsung) and it will only play -R format. Even if you dont have the DVD remote addition that is need to watch dvd's you can still test what is needed but you cant watch it. JonathanPosted: 02/07/2005 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned cd's? Ive just got an xbox like two months ago and it wont play burned cds can any readers tell me y and how do I know wat drive I have? annonymusPosted: 12/06/2005 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? xbox has different dvd drives. some wont read cd-r but should read cd-rws. its because of microsoft anti piracy crap. unless you have a modchip there aint a way to get around it. also try burning dvd-r movie without joilet. xbox doesnt like it. If your trying to play a burnt xbox game on dvd it wont work unless you have a modchip period. so go get one there easy to install. JRPosted: 10/06/2005 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? i have a samsung drive but i cant play burned cds on it Esteban BaldenegroPosted: 02/03/2005 My Xbox wont play burned CDs I just got a Xbox in January. It wont play burned CDs. What do i have to do????? leePosted: 27/01/2005 how do i burn DVD's onto my xbox? Please email me at laylaini@cs.com Phillip MurrayPosted: 05/01/2005 Playing DVD-R's without a Mod Chip Hi is there anyway you can play a copied xbox game that is the same format as the xbox?
You can reply to me directly if you like to-
bowlin_4_soup@hotmail.com
cheers
Phil Murray juggsPosted: 05/01/2005 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? get it right sunshine, there are 3 types of dvd drives.
http://llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_version_comparison.htm
even a quick google shows up that as your first result.
PetePosted: 02/01/2005 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Geoff writes ■■This site is a cut above the rest, an entertaining read and a very helpful resource for many (including those of us who aren't PC experts).■
Yes Geoff I totally agree with you and emphasize the entertaining read bit. So why isn■t it? Though I don■t agree with your suggestion that Paul should correct the bad stuff ■ let■s have it warts and all.
■But occasionally writers begin to bellow at one another and Nathan and Pete have given us a good example.■
I think that when you have a Neanderthal like Nathan attacking Ian Nicholson■s post about spelling and grammar with■
■TYPE IT STUFF THE GRAMMAR AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE MEAN.
As you said there are plenty of other sites for that type of communication but I think my comments and Ian■s are justified here to let this person think a little before posting his childish remarks. Again entertaining and if you don■t like it just pass over it please. It■s not like we are using up a finite space. Please Geoff don■t think that I am jumping down your throat but only trying to say that this is a forum for open discussion about specific help topics and if anything I am guilty of being off topic.
Your suggestion of a search for all queries is fine but I would like to be able to either scroll down or click on the previous page past questions in the order they were posted as many times I have wanted to read again something that was posted say a week ago but it has disappeared into cyber space.
Just my two Bytes worth!
sammakkoPosted: 01/01/2005 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? i have tested to burn video on dvd+r and my xbox won■t play them but in my PC they work fine with PowerDVD. But if i burn the same video on a dvd-r i can play them in my xbox.
with dvd+r it says "unknown" and with dvd-r it says "video". GeoffPosted: 31/12/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Paul wrote "I'll let you in on a secret Ian. When we started running these reader submissions I used to correct the bad stuff - and even now I sometimes do - but I decided that it didn't improve the message. What do you think - should I? -Paul Zucker"
Paul, I think you should continue to 'correct the bad stuff'. This site is a cut above the rest, an entertaining read and a very helpful resource for many (including those of us who aren't PC experts). But occasionally writers begin to bellow at one another and Nathan and Pete have given us a good example. There are plenty of other sites for that type of communication. I have valued this site generally being clear of all this.
One thing I'd like to be able to do - to see more than just 15 of the most recent contributions. Is there a way of conducting a search that returns all of the queries in date order?
Well they're my thoughts. Keep up the great work.
(Hi Geoff. All noted, and we'll see what we can do to fix these things. Always good to get feedback. -Paul Zucker) JohnPosted: 31/12/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? If you still have questions regarding backups, networking, modchips, modding, evox, a great site is http://www.xboxscene.net/
And to play any media including divx a great program is called xbox media center.
And high quality brand disc is always better to use. Ive got a Xbox v1.1 w/ thompson drive and use 8x TDK DVD-R and burn at 8x with Pioneer DVR-A07XLA no promblems.
statiXPosted: 31/12/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? My xbox plays -r's, and +rw's just fine but only if you burn at slow speeds. If i burn 8x or more the dvd starts messing up around the 3rd or 4th chaper of the movie. All stand alone dvd players i have work fine no matter how fast i do burn at. It is my experiance that the Samsung drives suck donkey balls, at least for my laptop... dkPosted: 31/12/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? The thomson dvd drive in my xbox plays DVD-Rs fine so it must be some thing u are donin roge.
DamoPosted: 30/12/2004 re: what part do i need to store games and dvd's etc on to my X box i just want to know what chip or part or place i need to go, to so that i can brn dvd's and games on to my x box hard drive petePosted: 30/12/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Nathan writes "GOOD ON YOU FELLAS WHO CARES ABOUT SPELLING IM TRYING TO HELP OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE A BIT SLOW.." You should have stopped there buddy as to that point I believed you were speaking as one totally qualified!
Oh another point if you did not get my drift, GROW UP IDIOT!
Dyslexics of the world, untie! JeffPosted: 28/12/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I'm having the same problem, I just bought a new DVD burner. I have a program called AVI to VCD/DVD... so i converted the avi to a dvd.. then i went to burn the dvd on to a dvd+r and it hasnt worked. I'm not sure what drive I have (Samsing or Thomson), how would I go about figuring that out? I've looked all around the case for it. NATHANPosted: 29/10/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? GOOD ON YOU FELLAS WHO CARES ABOUT SPELLING IM TRYING TO HELP OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE A BIT SLOW WHEN IT COMES TO X-BOX'S.
TYPE IT STUFF THE GRAMMAR AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE MEAN , YOU SOUND LIKE YOU WOULD VOTE FOR THE GREENS AND IMPROVE HOMOSEXUALS RITES AND WE ALL KNOW WHY......
OH AND BOOKS DO SEEM LIKE MORE YOUR SPEED YOU DOPEY GIT. Ian NicholsonPosted: 24/10/2004 Do something else...! I don't think I've ever seen so many spelling mistakes and such bad grammar in a single thread before!
If that's what playing with console games does for you, try reading books instead!
(I'll let you in on a secret Ian. When we started running these reader submissions I used to correct the bad stuff - and even now I sometimes do - but I decided that it didn't improve the message. What do you think - should I? -Paul Zucker)
NATHANPosted: 13/09/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? if you have problems getting -r dvd's to play on yer x-box (and we're talking x-b0xes with chips here, the standard x-box is good for proper region dvd's x-box games and music cd's and thats it!!!) just get a cross over cable (i got one for ten dollars for a ten metre cable)ram all yer files straight onto your x-box using an ftp program and run them off the hard drive. it takes all the wonder out of it ( i wonder if it'll play or not)plug in the cable load the ftp program transfer whatever you want and then run it ftom the x-box hard drive. i still wonder to myself why people bother burnring dvd's when the cross over cable is about the same price as a blank disk and is gauranteed to work!!!!! have a nice day!!! nathan xPosted: 01/09/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? DVD-r is the readable format for all xbox drives +r may work but not as reliably.
it also makes a hell of a lot of difference if you have an EVOX chip everything works fine all my P.C. files get put onto DVD-r and then put onto the xb0x eg all my mame roms neo geo etc.....
tooo easy!!! MattPosted: 29/08/2004 I figured out how you can play vurned DVD's on an Xbox You can play burned DVD's on your XBOX. But you have to have a DVD decryptor and a DVD compressor. XBOX Will only work for DVD-R's not DVD+R's, iv tried. When you put your dvd in your computer to copy; you have to decrypt it using DVD decryptor and after that is finished you have to use DVD Shrink which compresses it from 7 GB to 4 GB. Then you burn your DVD-R, put it in your XBOX and it will play the DVD. I rent DVDs from the video store and copy them instead of buying them, its way cheaper. The DVD Decryptor and the DVD Shrink are free off the internet. I can give you links to both.
DVD Decrypter:
http://www.dvddecrypter.com/
DVD Shrink :
http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html
I hope this solves your problems. if you have any trouble what so ever just e-mail me and I can help you.
MarkPosted: 27/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I have a Thomson drive and it plays my burned dvd+r's. I havent had a problem with it before. frankPosted: 25/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? i think i have a thompson drive and i was wondering if i can play dvd+R with a chip. i tried playing one without the chip and it doesn't read it. SkyNetPosted: 22/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? If you burn over 3gigabytes into a dvd, it becomes worse for the xbox to read it.
Thats becouse the startup fil (.xbe) is usaly plased last in folders, so they comes last into the dvd.
Try to copy a smaller game (max2g)
and burn at slowes possible speed.
DVD-r is the choise! ScottyPosted: 19/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I think I inverted de Samsung and Thomson DVD reader. The Thompson seems to read all type of DVDs, but the Samsung seems to read only the DVD-. ScottyPosted: 19/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I think the problem is the type of the DVD. From what I can see, the Samsung reader can accept DVD+ and DVD-, but the Thompson can only read DVD-. So, all of you who has that problem, try burnig your DVDs in - format. BrensirocksPosted: 16/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? hey i don't know what dvd rom drive mine is. How do you find out.
we are getting the x bit and will that allow me to play copied games and dvd's damienPosted: 13/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? my xbox runs all sort of DVD's thanks to a chip i had installed it allows all DVD to be played it the laser in the drive it powerful enough i have a philps drive it works fine. dont use this as a way of playing copyrighted movies on your xbox via a burned DVD buy it for god sake NoobPosted: 04/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I recently got a new chip, and i tried playing a burnt dvd, it didn't work (I have the Samsung DVD-Drive) . So i tried the same dvd on my friends xbox and it worked perfectly. How do i make it work on my xbox??? Daniel Posted: 02/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I have a thompson drive and mine plays them perfectly all you have to do is burn them them slower or there is something wrong Tom ShuggPosted: 01/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? they arent pirated, legeit pron it is AYE LukePosted: 01/08/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? my x box has absolutely no problems playing burnt dvds. i just burn them at the slowest speed possible. this helps and i find works unless a file is corrupted or it is the wrong type of media format shanePosted: 30/07/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? I have a tompson and have had no trouble playing dvd-r movies.
try burning at at a lower speed PeterPosted: 28/07/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Actually, thompson drives read DVD-R at the fastest speeds and at the greatest stability of all the xbox drives, their only downside is that they cannot read cd-rs correctly first time, but reinsertion of the disc helps, if second time doesn't work, third time lucky and so on =). the samsung drive reads most cd-rs and dvds, but at a slower speed compared to the thomspon in the dvd area DavidPosted: 27/07/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? Tomm, You don't say if you have a specific XBOX i.e halo limited edition green xbox etc
My xbox id the halo limited edition and i have noproblems whatsoever playing minus DVD's.
although as Terry says this is probably a samsung drive DerekPosted: 27/07/2004 re: Why wont my Xbox play burned DVD's? The simplist way to whatch burned dvds, if replacing your current drive viods your warrenty, is get a stand alone dvd player capable of playing them. there are many models that do so. but first you need to find out what type of burned dvd you want to watch. is a dvd-r, or dvd+r or dvd-rw or +rw is it a dvd-rom or dvd-ram. some players do both and others do them all. they cost anything from 149 and upwards (for reasonable quality ones anyway). just make sure the player you get is compatible with the disks you want to play. tho i prefer to get one that can do them all (tho these generally dont do the roms/rams or both, they may do one of these and the others i mentioned)
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