Seeing pixels evry now and then. Common or no?

[cmusngi29]

Hello everyone,

I just picked up a Pioneer DVR AO7U DVD Burner and I have a quick question. I burned my DVD just a few minutes ago and tested it. Quality seemed pretty good but sometimes I'll see pixels every now and then(that blochy look). Is this a common thing for copied DVD's? Or is the copy supposed to look exactly like the orignal DVD quality? Your help is greatly appreciated.

[richdvd]

Or is the copy supposed to look exactly like the orignal DVD quality?

Did you shrink (compress) the disc before you copied it?
Or is it a straight 1:1 copy?

[cmusngi29]

I'm really new at this stuff. llet me tell you what I did in the exact order.

-Defraged the comp
-Installed the burner
-Installed DVD X Copy Xpress
-Downloaded firmware 1.10
-inserted the DVD and copied it to the hard drive with DVD X Copy
-when finished copying, I inserted the blank DVD and began recording with DVD X Copy.

That's basically what I did.



Do you suggest any other methods? Are pixels every now and then a common thing? Thanks.

[cmusngi29]

I forgot to add that I was using Memorex DVD-R 4X blanks.

Should I not use DVD X Copy? For some reason I can't find a way to change burning speeds on DVD X Copy. Is there a way to do this? Thanks again.

[richdvd]

-inserted the DVD and copied it to the hard drive with DVD X Copy

how big is this movie you copied to your hard drive?
i am not sure how X Copy works.
i would suggest downloading DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink then try to copy the disc again. they are both free and probably much better than X Copy.

[cmusngi29]

I put the DVD in and the decryptor says RCE protection found. what does that mean and what do i need to do?

[cmusngi29]

Does DVD Encryptor copy the DVD to the hard drive? and is DVD shrink the burning program? Let me know. Thanks.