Choppy Video

[Dallas Cole]

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for me. I burned a couple of videos to 2 seperate DVDs. On my home DVD player the video is choppy, ie it kinda pauses for a second about every 4-5 seconds. The DVDs play perfectly in both of my computers so I am sure it is something with the encoding of the DVD as I burn it. The home player plays store bought DVDs just fine. Anyone have ideas for me?

 

Thanks

Dallas

[bimicher]

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for me. I burned a couple of videos to 2 seperate DVDs. On my home DVD player the video is choppy, ie it kinda pauses for a second about every 4-5 seconds. The DVDs play perfectly in both of my computers so I am sure it is something with the encoding of the DVD as I burn it. The home player plays store bought DVDs just fine. Anyone have ideas for me?

 

Thanks

Dallas

 

If the DVDs play fine on your computer then there is most likely nothing wrong with the encoding and burning. The problem is incompatability of the DVDs you are using and your DVD player. What brand of DVDs are you using? Have you tried another brand?

[Dallas Cole]

If the DVDs play fine on your computer then there is most likely nothing wrong with the encoding and burning. The problem is incompatability of the DVDs you are using and your DVD player. What brand of DVDs are you using? Have you tried another brand?

 

The DVDs are Memorex out of a 50 pack. I don't have any others to try them with. I figured it was something with the player more than burnig but wasn't sure if there might be a setting I could change in the way the disc is burned.

 

Thanks

Dallas

[james_hardin]

Memorex has never made a CD or DVD in their life.

 

They have a less than stellar reputation for optical media.

[Dallas Cole]

Memorex has never made a CD or DVD in their life.

 

They have a less than stellar reputation for optical media.

ok, I will try to find something different for my next set. I am almost out of them.

 

I have had a lot of burn failure with them so that would explain why.

 

Thanks for the info

Dallas

[cdanteek]

ok, I will try to find something different for my next set. I am almost out of them.

 

I have had a lot of burn failure with them so that would explain why.

 

Thanks for the info

Dallas

 

Dallas,

 

open DVDInfo Pro in your EMC 9 tools. Look for.

 

'Media code/Manufacturer ID'

 

and

Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps

Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps

Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps

Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps

Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps

 

I would bet your Memorex are RITEK, the last batch I tested were.

 

RITEK IMO haven't made a good disc since the G04 days several years ago.

 

You can also test your burned Memorex DVD media in DVDInfo Pro for read errors.

 

What speed are you burning to disc?

 

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[Dallas Cole]

Dallas,

 

open DVDInfo Pro in your EMC 9 tools. Look for.

 

'Media code/Manufacturer ID'

 

and

Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps

Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps

Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps

Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps

Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps

 

I would bet your Memorex are RITEK, the last batch I tested were.

 

RITEK IMO haven't made a good disc since the G04 days several years ago.

 

You can also test your burned Memorex DVD media in DVDInfo Pro for read errors.

 

What speed are you burning to disc?

 

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Thanks, I had no idea about this feature.

 

Here is the info I got from one of my blank discs:

 

Media Information

Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO

Media code/Manufacturer ID

Format Capacity 4096.00GB(4398.05G

Free Blocks 411107328

Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB)

Book Type DVD-R

Media Type DVD-R

Manufacturer Rated Speed Unknown

Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps

Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.0x 2770KBps

Write Strategy Speed Not Defined

Data area starting sector 30000h

Data area end sector 7FFFFFFFh

Linear Density 0.267um/bit

Track Density 0.74um/track

Number of Layers 1

 

Complete Media Code

00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

 

I was burning at 4X. When I did the read test I did not have any errors.

 

Why would the system not be able to see the media code/ID and the rated speed?

 

Thanks

Dallas

[cdanteek]

Why would the system not be able to see the media code/ID and the rated speed?

 

When you open DVDInfo Pro make sure the DVD Burner is selected and showing at the bottom of it's screen. On the right, Drive Information, list the Drive, and Firmware Revision.

 

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[Dallas Cole]

When you open DVDInfo Pro make sure the DVD Burner is selected and showing at the bottom of it's screen. On the right, Drive Information, list the Drive, and Firmware Revision.

 

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Sony DVDRW DRU-540A

Firmware: 1.0B

[cdanteek]

Sony DVDRW DRU-540A

Firmware: 1.0B

 

Dallas,

 

Go here and download this,

 

UTILITIES DriveCheck Diagnostic Test, from the Sony site. You want to run the DVD test and it

 

will require a DVD disc in the drive. If the drive has problems it will show using this Diagnostic Test.

 

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