DVD plays but not on all... help appreciated

Hey folks,

Im a bit of a noob at this but I have recently been converting things & burning alot more so anyway I have recently ran into a little hiccup with the method I have succesfully been using.

I have been using DVD santa to convert avi's to dvd ready to burn & then using nero to burn because I tried santa and basicly imo it was crap.

The problem im having is the DVD's I burn work in some DVD players & my computer perfect but the DVD player downstairs plays about 20 seconds of the title's and then starts skipping really badly. Why is this happening & what can I do to avoid it?

many thanks

 

That player may not like the media you are using. What brand do you have?

 

Im using "Datawrite Red" not sure where I picked them up from they have been lying around for awhile

 

I'll jump into this thread because I'm also having the same problem.

Original Source: Camcorder. Plays back fine on 2 home DVD players but on the 3rd it skips every 11 seconds. It's as though the overall data rate is too high (should be below 7Mbit/Sec? for best compatibility?).

NTSC 720X480, MPEG-2, 4:3,2 9.97fps, Progressive
Dolby Digital (AC3).

This appears to be compliant, but what would I change to make it smaller or more compliant? - Using Nero 6.6 Ultimate

 

@rbq49
'Datawrite Red', are made in different factories- some good,some so-so.
http://tinyurl.com/y6lhh2

Put a blank in the drive and run:
Nero Toolkit> Nero cd-dvd speed> extra> disc info
Look for a name like Maxell, MXL or Verbatim MCC or Tayo Yuden TYG.
Avoid names line Princo or AN31.
Burn at 4x maximum.
Verify that your stand alone can handle the type of disk you use, eg DVD-R or DVD+R.Not all players can handle both types.

 

Jefferj, Here's what I did - I tried to record at a lower rate (1.5 MB = 2.0 Hrs). That did not correct skipping.

I was using TDK DVD-R media (thinking that DVD-R is most compatible). However switching to Verbatim DVD+R, and the original DVD encoding worked for me on this DVD player.

The DVD industry - what a morass of copy protection and crap to wade through just to share videos from your own camera onto DVDs.

 

I am having the same problems look at 3 DVD players on this forum.
I can burn a copy and it will play or not and also it may not play again, the only realy good copys with no problems come from as the other people have said are on good DVD-R.
Also I would like to add that Voblanker and the guide on this site do a great job but it does take time.
Do the cheap DVD players work better than the more up market ones I have a free DVD player from some promotion and it works better than any £100/200 player that I have seen is this because the firmwere is more up to date.