Pauses with Philips DVP 630

[Ingemar]

I've searched hi and lo, on this board and on others and I almost feel like I'm the only one in the world who experiences this.

While playing burnt movie dvd's (+r) I experience pauses of 2 or 3 seconds. It averages around every 30 minutes, although sometimes it happens 2 or even 3 times in a row. When I go back to right before the pause and play that part again it pauses at the exact same spot. This seem to indicate a problem with the disc, but none of my friends who play my discs seem to experience them. When I get discs from them I get pauses too. Original discs are not bothered by this.

I tried all this to no avail:
- I flashed the philips with several different firmware versions
- I flashed my 2 burners in my pc with different firmware versions
- I used a hacked firmware version to set booktype to dvd-rom
- burned at every possible write speed, from 2.4 to 16 times.
- I tried several brands, but mostly use Platinums

What's left to try to resolve this? If I can't fix it I'll take it back because I still have a few months warranty.

TIA,
Ingemar.

[SeeMoreDigital]

It would help if we knew what type of files you're trying to play. Mpeg1 (VCD), Mpeg2 (DVD) or Mpeg4 (XviD, DivX, 3ivx etc)?


Cheers

[Ingemar]

Movie DVD's - that would be MPEG2?

[SeeMoreDigital]

Does your player problem occur when you play "store bought" DVD's or ones you've made yourself?

If it happens with "store bought" DVD's.... there's something wrong with your player :scared:

It could be something as simple as cleaning the (pickup) laser ;)


Cheers

[Ingemar]

"Store bought" (what I call original DVD's) play fine, double and single layer alike.

So its only the ones I made myself, both SL and DL.

Btw, video cd's I made a while back play fine too.

[SeeMoreDigital]

What software are you using to create your Mpeg2 DVD's?


Cheers

[Ingemar]

The latest Nero. My pc is more than fast enough to supply a constant datastream at least up to 8X.

I have also been checking if burnproof is activated during a burn, which it is not (light does not go out during a burn).

But some light at the end of the tunnel: I have upgraded to a new firmware on the Nec 1300A and the latest DVD I burned on 2.4X seems 'pause-free'. I burning some more today and will see if they are free from pauses (but not tonight ;-) ).

Could it be that, depending on the burner I use, burnspeed makes a difference in how a DVD is read? Can I test the "quality" of a burnt DVD?

Thanks mate.

I appreciate your help on this.

[SeeMoreDigital]

The latest Nero. My pc is more than fast enough to supply a constant datastream at least up to 8X.It could well be that a constant bit-rate of 8000Kbps might be too high for the DVP630!

Have you tried encodes at lower bit-rates?


Cheers

[Ingemar]

I meant 8 times burn speed, not encoding bitrate.

Could it have to do with laser calibration?

How about testing DVD's for burn quality? Is that possible?