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logfarm
6th November 2002, 08:37
Hoping someone has an explanation or fix for this.

I have been ripping dvd to SVCD for over a year now and really have no problems in that issue.

Recently I built a computer to dedicate to this process and have ammassed a large amount of complete svcds that i needed to burn (bin cue).

The problem I had was this computer had no burner and I got sick of transferring the files over the lan.

So, getting to the point, I got a plextor 40x USB 2.0 burner to use on this computer.

After burning 4 of the movies I decided to check one of them out while I was wating for others to burn.

To my dissapointment the movie was horribly jerky and had pixelation every few frames. Totally unwatchable. I though, hmm, maybe a bad burn. So, I tried another movie I just burned. Same thing! In fact all 4 were VERY unwatchable. I'm watching these on a Pioneer dvd standalone which has played all my other movies with no problem.

I couldn't believe it so I went back to the computer and tried using nero instead of cdrwin. same thing! i tried converting the bin back to mpeg with vcdgear and burning the mpeg, NO, didn't help!

I tried lowering the burning speed, I tried 3 brands of media. Nothing helped!

And before you ask, yes I watched the finished svcd on the computer in WinDVD and it played fine.

So what is going on here? Is it a USB 2.0 issue? I can't imagine it since I believe USB 2.0 is faster than IDE. In any case, it shouldn't be an issue.

I then tried burning some mp3s to an audio cd and playing them back on standalone. They played fine, didn't skip or anything.

Can anyone tell me what's at fault here?
I'm really bummed and don't want to waste any more cds. About 20 are in the trash right now.

:confused:

wmansir
6th November 2002, 10:30
You mentioned transfering over a LAN. Have you tried transfering one of the bin/cues and burning it from your old machine? Then you could isolate the problem to the new machine (and probably the burner) and eliminate any chance of it being a CD image issue.

Recyclez
18th November 2002, 18:19
I have the same problem, but only since i upgraded the burner.
First i had a 8x burner (SCSI), that gave me no problems at all.

I upgraded the burner to a IDE 24x burner, since this upgrade i can't burn SVCD in the right way.
Sometimes i get green blocks.
Then the CD is not recogniced.

Everytime it something else.
I normally use the Philips CD-r's 16x speed.
I changed it for 4x speed CD-R and i can burn again.
This is not what i was hoping for, but for the time being it solves my problem.

Still don't know why i can't use the fast speed CDR's.
I tried several brands, but none did.

I use a philips 40x,24x,12x with latest firmware.

grtx -=[Recyclez]=-