I've burned over 100 movies and now that I have some time to view them on the stand alone DVD player or the pc, there's a long pause at the first 5-10 minutes of play. Most of the time I have to stop the player or drive because it's stalled for a long period of time. All good burns and copies but they're stalling much to frequently. Does it matter on media quality and type, or do I have to do some adjusting in Nero 7? I burn at a speed of 4X. I've been using some really cheap media (Nexxtech 2)from Circuit City. But the other brand I've used was HP, Philips, Lightscribe, and Memorex, just to name a few.
1)Those are all unreliable brand names of blank dvds and some picky stand alone players will have fits with them.Well advised to stay away from. If in a pinch,sony are pretty decent.
Upgrade to Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden,and you should be able to up that burn speed to 8x.
2) You may have a picky stand alone player. Verify some of those backups in question,using another player-friends,family,etc. Also verify the backups using the pc for playback and see how it reacts to the beginning.The drive that burned it,should play it to near original in quality. This will verify if the media or drive is at fault. I'll bet that issue is only on your stand alone player!!!!
3) What's the brand name,model #,and current firmware version of the drive that burned them? Use nero infotool to find the answers. The burner may need a firmware update to help solve this issue. Firmware controls the writing strategy.It's the built-in programming that tells the drive how to burn a certain media. There's also some crap burners out there.Dvd-rw drive's aren't all alike.
4) Burn engine. Do try another burn engine if it's the dvd-rw drives fault. Nero can be flaky,sometimes needing a thorough cleaning and re-installed.There's also a packet called INCD that can screw us up. Stand alone players can also be picky with burn engines. Picky players are very screwy,especially the high dollar/fancier stand alone players/surround sound systems.
5) Keep harddrive/s defragged regularly.
6) Encryption can cause that issue,especially columbia releases.Shouldn't be your issue,but maybe someone who looks at this thread with the same symptoms.
7) If you narrow it down to the stand alone player,try cleaning it.Try ejecting tray and spray compressed air in it. Take it apart and swab the eye out with alcohol if you want. Or last resort before replacement-run a had lens cleaning disc in it. Those discs have been know to ruin drives. Last resort,pick up another $20 player. Those el-cheapos will play most dvd backups.
