Last ten minutes of authored DVD skips like hell

[One Night Stand]

It often causes the dvd player to just stop playing the movie completely.

The media I'm using is Memorex 4x DVD-R.

I have a Plextor 708A burner, burning at 4x. I also updated the firmware to the latest one available at the Plextor website.

I have re-ripped the movie from the original twice already. Both times they error. Is it the media? If media does not sound like a factor, what could be causing this problem?

[Dimmer]

Media is always the first suspect. Why don't you try different brand and test your projects on RW.

[Matthew]

Cheap media is prone to this sort of thing (skipping at end of disc).

What's the manufacturer ID? - you can check using DVD Decryper in ISO write mode.

Assuming it's a cheap media issue you may get better results by burning at a slower speed.

My solution is simple...don't buy cheap media :)

[nwg]

It can also happen with cheap media and burning to the edge of the disc. Try reducing by 200-300MB or so.

As already stated try burning slower. I don't go faster than 2x or 2.4x

[Arky]

Yes, I would agree with the above comments regarding burn speed and media quality.


* Try burning more slowly

* Try burning WITHOUT BurnProof (lossless linking is not great for player compatibility)

* Try not to completely fill your disk with data, since most recordable DVDs are less reliable towards the outer regions of the disk.

* Do not exceed 7mbps - recordable DVD is less able to cope with high data rates, owing to it's lower reflectivity than pressed media (thanks to TF for that nugget).

* Ensure your MPEG does not have excessive VBR spikes.

* Try an alternative brand of Media (e.g. Verbatim or TDK).


Arky ;o)