Just started to use this combo and had a couple questions. I tried backing up she's the man and all went well. I used verbatims and burned at 8x. when I played the movie parts were pixilized and a couple parts froze. I then re-did the same movie and the only thing I changed was the write speed(4x instead of 8x). The finished product was perfect with no problems. My question is-Is it better to burn at 4x instead of higher? I have seen other posts here and people have said they burn faster with no problems. My firmware is up-to-date and I have switched to verbatims, so I was also wondering how some people have problems and some don't? Any help or info would be greatly appreciated!
Hi AngelEyz Your player could be pickier with the burn speed. Did you try playing back the 8x burned one in the pc? How did it do in that? What's the make and model of your burner?
I alweays play my movies on one of my 2 dvd players (one is a toshiba and the othe is the LG divx one) Both encountered the same problem with the dvd burned at 8x, but no problems with the 4x dvd. My DVD Drive is an LG 16x Dual Layer Multi Drive. I have had 0 problems with LG in the past and have always had LG products since I got my computer. I guess it really isnt a problem but more of a question or concern. Thanks for the help binkie7
This is a common problem. Although I can't personally say for sure, if you ask half the people here at AD or Videohelp.com, they'll say burn speed makes a BIG difference in standalone playability. The rule of thumb many go by is to burn at 1/2 the rated speed of the media or drive, whichever is less, or at 4x speed or less. There are even a lot of folks who always burn at 4x or even 2x even for DVD-ROMs because they believe that reduces on-disk errors.
@AngelEyz Did you try playing the dvd back in the burner to see if there was any pixelation or freezing? That will tell you if it's more of a player issue. As Dunker said burn speeds can make a diff to some players. My set up - I burn 8x w/ Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim (8x & 16x) on a LiteOn or Pioneer drive. No issues on several different players. But it's finding what works best for your setup. 4x may be it for you & w/ verbatim. Other helpful tips: °Keep as much memory free when doing backups (no multitasking, shut down unnecessary programs) °Do a disc cleanup weekly °Do a system defrag weekly ° Virus/spyware scans weekly May not make a difference on the playback of 8x burned discs but good to do anyhow (if you're not already)
So what's the hurry burn them all at 4x and you should not have any problems. You will be happier in the long run and won't have any problems or very few, at 8x the chance of problems go up. 4x take about 15 minutes to burn a full DVDR
Thanks 2 all that offered their advice! I think I will stick to burning at 4x. Plus I'm really pleased with the quality of video that I've seen from the verbatim dvd-r. If I had not read the forums here I would have never given them a chance! Thanks afterdawn!
AngelEyz ,blinkie covered everything in her last post on what to do ,the only other thing you could try to burn at 8x is to update your firmware on your LG drive. or even try using 8x blank media instead of 16x ive had some playback problems with 16x media in some dvd players
Although my media of preferance is verbatim 8x dvd+r over all other media, in regards to dvd-r media you might give taiyo yuden a try. Some have better performance with TY dvd-r's than they do with verbatim dvd-r's. Just a suggestion. Depending on what model LG dvdrw drive you have, it might be capable of bitsetting in which case I would recommend using dvd+r media and booktyping them dvd-rom.
I also had a problem with "She's the Man" with AnyDVD and CloneDVD2. I also used Verbatim at 8X. It worked fine when I used DVDfab Platinum. After reading this thread, I checked the speed setting on DVDfab, and it's set to SLOWEST. The difference in speed is probably why DVDfab worked and AnyDVD didn't.
