DVD Menu will not Work on DVD Player

[Malua25]

Hi,

I am using Premier Elements 11 and 12 to edit my videos.in HD and despite burning a perfectly good DVD the menus do not work nor will the DVD play in my Panasonic DVD Player if the disc has been burnt using the AVCHD preset. I can burn a DVD in HD Widescreen that will play but the image is not sharp. .

DVD's edited and burnt in HD Widescreen on earlier versions of Premier Elements have always worked well. I am using TDK discs.

I am using a Canon HV30 to film in HD and a Canon XA 10 to film in AVCHD. The setting I am using to edit in Premier Elements is -Pal-AVCHD-Full HD 1081i25 and the preset for burning DVD's is AVCHD H.264  1920x1080i Pal Dolby.

Can you offer any suggestions please.

[Steve Grisetti]

First, can you confirm that you're actually using Publish & Share to Disc to create your discs and that you're not merely outputting AVCHD files? Even if you add a disc menu to your project, if you don't output it as a DVD or AVCHD DISC, your menu won't be included. So please describe the steps you're taking to burn your disc.

[Malua25]

HI Steve,

Once the editing is complete I add menu markers, select the movie menu and preview. All works well to this point.

Then in Publish and Share I select Burn to Disc and select AVCHD. The disc burns with no problem. It is when I put the disc into my Panasonic DVD player that the menu comes up but cannot be accessed to play or select scenes.

If I select DVD in Share and Publish the disc menu works in the DVD Player but the image is not sharp.

Any suggestions please.

[Steve Grisetti]

AVCHD discs won't play in DVD players, Malua.

AVCHD discs are essentially BluRay video discs, except that the files are burned to a DVD disc. But you need a BluRay player to play them.

DVD players can only play standard definition DVDs.

[Malua25]

Hi Steve,

I should have mentioned that my Panasonic DVD Player is Blue–Ray but the DVD’s I am burning are standard TDK discs to which I am burning AVCHD files. Any further clues.

[Steve Grisetti]

So your Panasonic DVD player isn't a DVD player after all? It's a BluRay player.

If you burn your project as a standard DVD disc or a BluRay disc, can the player read that? Some BluRay players don't play BluRay or AVCHD files if they're on a DVD.

[Malua25]

Hi Steve,

I usually burn the AVCHD file to a DVD disc, the menu comes up but will not play and I cannot select scenes. I have not tried burning to a Blu-Ray disc and will try this in due course.

Thanks

[Steve Grisetti]

Some BluRay players will not play AVCHD DVD discs, BTW. It's kind of a touchy format.