You may have encountered a problem that will eventually hit most users who write their own DVD's. The media used to create your DVD's is not immune from damage or aging, and will eventually fail.
You might try to play it on a computer from one of your familly members or friends. Different drives are better at potentially flawed discs. If one of them plays okay, it may be possible to copy your original disc on that computer to make a new copy.
Obviously, how you treat the DVD's you create plays a big part in how long they will last. If you handle them only by the edges, never lay them down on other surfaces where they might get scratched or attract dust, and always put them back in their sleeves or cases, that will help.
The quality of the blank DVD media is also a big factor in how long the media will last. You can search on the web for quality comparisons of DVD blank media to help you make a purchase decision. No media is perfect, and there are error-correcting routines that are used by your computer software to account for the minor surface imperfections that will be present on any blank DVD disc. But there are definitely DVD media makers who produce higher quality blank media than other low-cost makers. This is truly a case of "you get what you pay for".
One other note: While your blank media may say it is rated for "16X" (meaning it can be created using a disc rotation speed that is 16 times the normal rotation speed), I personally never burn my DVD's at the rated speed. Frankly, I don't trust that having the laser beam speed across the disc at 16 times the normal rate is a reliable way to create a long-lasting disc. So I always access the recording options for my disc burning software and set the burn speed to a lower value, like 4X, so ensure the laser has enough time to create a longer lasting burn image on the disc. This applies to CD blanks as well, where some of the drives support 52X speeds. While I don't have any research to back up my disc burning recommendations, I just feel better not pushing my equipment and my disc media blanks to their upper limits.
It is the re-recordable version of the DVD+R
and everything that was said about the DVD+R is valid for the DVD+RW. Only the
newest DVD players play movies recorded in disks using this format. There are
recorders on the market that can record both DVD-RW disks and DVD+RW ones. These
recorders are called DVD?±RW. Similarly to the DVD-RW, the disk needs to be
finished to be played in commercial DVD players, and to record new data in the
disk after having finished it requires reformatting it, which makes all the data
in it to be erased. DVD+RW recorders are usually capable of reading DVD-RW disks
(but not of recording them) and vice-versa.
There you are.
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