Every movie that I rip using shrink or DVD encryptor or even DVD xcopy work fine, but about hald way through the movie just starts stuttering and then locks up. Any suggestions as to what may be causing this???? System: Athlon XP 2500+ 512 DDR 400 Ram 120Bg WD HD Windows XP Not sure what the brand of burner is need to take the case apart. The media I used was KHypermedia
Hiya, Classic symptoms of CRAPPY MEDIA... Cheap disks are false economy... Ritek G04 or Verbatim Metal AZO are good quality media to start out with. We need to know a LOT more about your system, eg: Version of Windows. Make and Model of DVD Burner. Burning program. Have Fun...
just to offer support to drchips and his always brilliant diagnosis.......i was using poor media to start with and getting lots of coasters.......since i refused to anything other than ritek G04 i have not had a single failure!!!!!! let us know how ya get on viper
I have had no trouble using VERBATIM DVD-RW, TDK+/-R, IMITATION and MEMOREX. I had one partial failure using ULTRA DVD+R. The last 20 minutes of the movie started freezing, skipping, etc. I made several other copies using ULTRA DVD+R with no trouble at all.
Not all bad media will fail. But after switching to Ritek myself my number of coasters is down to 1 every 200 or so.
pa104inf, You might just want to be a little more careful with your recommendation of Memorex. I have heard numbers as high as 50 % of their media failed during burning. That was from a 100-pack purchase, needless to say, the guy wasn't overly happy. Remember, they just purchase discs and have their name put on them by who ever has their contract today :-( Recently their reputation, how shall I put this to get my meaning across, well let's say that Linda Lovelace would be worried about some serious competition - it could also be said, they truly SUCKUTH ! Pete Yo “Doc”, your head is starting to swell. See that, ya smack just one a*#swipe back into reality and you’re getting’ a God complex - lol
Yah Pete, I'll have trouble getting out the door, at this rate As it is I need to work on strengthening my neck muscles !LOL!
Just to confirm that memorex sucks... I was searching the forums to see why my backups were skating from start to finish and it is like you suggest from bad media. I just iopened a 25 pack of memorex and the first four out of the pack are bad. I have used memorex since my first burn but always in 5 packs with no problems. Just goes to show they are hit and miss...time to switch!!
testercle, interesting nick you got there. You said you just cracked open a fresh pack of Memorex, right? Would you be so kind as to run one through DVD Info Pro and let us know who manufactured the discs? I'd love to know who they're buying from now. http://www.dvdinfopro.com/
Hey Nephilim the Nik is one that has stuck from my card testing days I won't even ask about yours since it took me three cracks to spell it. Not quite sure what you are asking for since I'm still wet behind the ears with this "New Hobby" but I D/L ed infopro and put a blank in my burner, here is a copy & Paste....Let me know if it is what you want & Perhaps you can explain as I have no clue Media Information Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO Media code/Manufacturer ID CMC MAG. AF1 Format Capacity Not Formatted Free Blocks 411107328 Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB) Book Type DVD-R Media Type DVD-R Media Id Code Speed Unknown Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.0x 2770KBps Available Write Descriptor CLV 1.0x 1385KBps Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps 2x Speed OPC beta 0B 2x Speed OPC power 10 2x Write Strategy field 1 11 87 78 80 2x Write Strategy field 2 88 80 00 00 00 00 4x Speed OPC beta 06 4x Speed OPC power 17 4x Write Strategy field 1 0D 0F 0B 0B 4x Write Strategy field 2 98 08 0F 0B 4x Write Strategy field 3 00 00 00 00 4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 06 4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 1C 4x Write Strategy field 4 13 A8 88 65 4x Write Strategy field 5 98 9A 88 80 00 00 4x Write Strategy field 6 00 00 D0 00 00 Data area starting sector 30000h Linear Density 0.267um/bit Track Density 0.74um/track Number of Layers 1
