Is there another way to burn a BD toplay on cheaper Blu Ray players

Ive been burning BD with no problem for myself and a few friends and family members. But one friend, who is a huge SW fan cant play the any of the discs Ive made for him. He has an XBOX1, which I found out why it wont play burned BD, and a crappy Sanyo player that wontplay it as well. I was just wondering if anyone with more knowledge on authoring BD could help me out. Is there differnt way I can burn it where he might be able toview it on his devices? I know this should be on the “How to” discussion,but it seems more folks view this part of the sight than the other. Thanks!

Well, it really should be in the ‘how to’ section. There are some threads that at least have some relevancy such as techniques for producing edits and stuff. But, as you say, you only did this for exposure. That’s a bad reason, so it’ll probably be moved.

Anyway, as far as I know, the Microsoft intentionally made the X1 not read BD-R video discs in order to avoid piracy. But if the case with the Sanyo player is just that it’s a cheapo drive that doesn’t read the discs well, you can try using better media like Verbatim discs.

Thanks for the reply. I am using Verbatim discs as it turns out. Didnt even realize it till I looked at the carousel of discs. I thought we were past the piracy and cheap BD player era. I guess I was wrong. Whats worse, is that someone burning home movies of vacations and weddings cant even watch a BD on whats supposed to be “the premier” A/V console from Microsoft. One more reason to not buy one. I was just wondering if there was another format or way I could write the BD so that maybe his Sanyo would play the disc. Its a shame, he was the one person that I really talkeded up the Harmy DE and TN1 versions. He was so excited to watch them. The sad thing is, my BD player is 10 yrs old and it plays everything.

Yeah. Microsoft has been doing this since the first Xbox, which they made unable to read music on CD-Rs, but fine for regular CDs.

I really don’t know about the Sanyo player. I don’t think it’s a common problem as it was with DVD-Rs. BD-Rs are a better, more reflective medium than the previous generation of purple discs.

Oh well, I thought Id ask. I didnt think there was a way around it, other than telling my co-worker to man up and buy a decent BluRay player instead of a cheap one. If he was a bit more high tech savy, Id tell him to look for a hack on his Xbox1.