I've burned a handful of movies and they all seem to have occasional skipping in them. It wasn't a real problem until "I, Robot". I tried watching it last night and it froze and skipped like crazy. It even occasionally skipped entire chapters. Is there something I can do to fix the problem? I'm usind DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink and burning at 4X. Maybe I should burn slower? I'm at a loss and a little dumb about this whole thing, please help.
If your backup freezes, stutters, skips, or has some pixelation, it is more than likely due to poor quality media being used. You can try using a different media, and with cheaper media a 2x burning speed
Are you burning with other programs running? How many fragments is the file? I notice that when I burn 1. With cheap Media 2. While doing something else on my box 3. With one of my VTS files fragmented (fragments>1000) that my backups skip. If you are not sure of fragmentation, then defrag your hard drive.
I'm using Maxwell DVD-R. I've just bought a spindle of Maxwell DVD+R. Hoping they will work better. If your computers screensaver kicks on during the decryption or the burning does that effect the playback?
It can. It is generally recommended that you disable your screensaver while encoding/burning. Use this free proggy and give us the media code of your Maxell's. http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com/
You can also check to make sure your burner firmware is up to date. You did not say what kind of burner you had.
Actually I'm burning onto DVD+R and just bought a spindle of DVD-R. I'm looking at my burner and it says "DVD+ReWritable", does that mean I can't burn DVD-R? I'm sorry for the dumb questions but I just started copying. Thanks
If your burner lists only +rs then thats all it will burn. No go with -rs. Check your specific drive to see what media with which it is compatible.
Have you tried to play the movie(s) back in your computer using the same drive you burned them with? If that plays fine, it's a compatibility issue between your media and your DVD player. Not necessarily bad media, just that they don't play nicely together. If this is the case, change media or players, your choice. If your burner will not play the movie back properly, then it's probably just plain bad media.
Hey guys. Thanks for all the help. I found that DVD-Rs played fine and DVD+Rs skipped. It must be a compatability issue with my DVD Player (stand alone). It's about 4 years old so I guess it's time to invest in a new one.
i am having the same problem!!! and it's making me crazy! at any rate ... i have a lite-on that burns DVD+RW and am using DVD+R media, so i can't figure out what the problem is. i also made the adjustments recommended in another thread for the preferences menus. it is happening to almost every dvd i back up. does anyone have any other ideas? also - on the subject of media - i am using Verbatim DVD+Rs, and have also used Sony DVD+Rs ... is that bad? can anyone recommend "good" media?
also - I have a new dvd player w/ all the new bells and whistles, so i'm quite positive it's not the player. and it also happens on my computer when i play them back.
Yea, the older players back that far were usually -R players only. I burn only -R media just so I never have any problems if someone borrows a movie to watch. Jerry @florasped, Poor playback can be from several issues. 1. poor/cheap quality blank media. 2. programs running in the background while burning the dvd. 3. burning too fast usually over the 4x speed. 4.multitasking while burning. 5. stick on lables on the dvd. Thats a few items that will cause playback issues.
florasped, I use Verbatum dvd+r's media code MCC003 almost exclusively. I also use some Sony dvd+rw's media code Phillips 041. I was having some similar problems when I first switched from Ritek Ridata dvd+r's to the verbatums. You may need to reset the learnt media eeprom. After doing this to my litey 1653, I am getting the best kprobe scans I have ever had. Check out this web page. http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=112103 Also if you don't already have it I recommend downloading kprobe to check for PI, PIF errors. PIF errors are the only ones to be really concerned with. Kprobe scans with PIF errors of 4 and under are considered good. Here's a link. http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=83441 Then If you want you can use an image hosting page to post the results of your scan. Here's one, there are others. http://www.photobucket.com/
Something I forgot to mention. You can also booktype your dvd+r/rw media dvd-rom with lite-on's booktype utility making your backups much more compatable. Look here. http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=83441 All the utilities and programs I have mentioned are free but only work with lite-on's.
Here's the results of a Ritek G04 on my LiteOn LDW-411S. Here's the results in text form: Date : 4/12/2005 12:07:03 PM Model : 1-0-0-0 E:LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-411S FS0K Disc : DVD-R , RITEKG04 [RiTEK Corporation] Speed : Max ECC blocks sum (PI/PIF) : 8/1 Scanned range : 0 - 2295112 Sampling count : 62233 Errors : 0 PI Max : 553 PI Average : 117.80 PI Total : 1760545 PIF Max : 66 PIF Average : 0.31 PIF Total : 4575
