Newie Questions

[Tc2172]

Well there are two main questions I have being new to DVDRs.

I read through the section on what DVDRs burn without problems. All the articles I read dont say what happens when I burn does not go right. I tryed recently to burn some home video. When I did it allof the disks completed the burn with out problems. But when I watched the video on my tv about 30 minutes into it the picture would start to degrade and become blocky. Soon in the film it would either stop working or at a chapter change the film would go back to start. Using DVDInfo the DVD+r showed a few errors on the DVDS that did this. What I am curious is that, is this what is meant as a bad burn? Is there any way to salvage those DVDs? Using DVDshrink to burn the DVDs.

Oh also a friend told me that DVD video should be burn on the slowest speed, that way it ensures that hte video is correct, (while data can go at full speed). I have a HP 4x, though DVD shirk will only let me burn at 2.4x or 4x. Is 4x fine for DVDVideo, or should I go slower, and is there a way to go slower?

For my sys

I have p4 1.7 gig
256 ram
64 Geforce3
and about 30 gigs of free space, so I know I dont have a hardware issue, unless the USB2 to my external burner is a cause? But I bought a brand that was recomended and have not had any bad burns with it so far.

For my second question, I was looking around and was wondering if there was a good program that would catalogue my DVDs, both home made and hollywood films purchaced. Is there something out there that is like the CD database, there it will Download all the info about the film. Also is there a website that has DVD Labels that were on mainstream films, stuff that you could print out on a label maker sheet. For example I think it would be cool to have the cover of matrix on a home video of my kids. Maybe it will get them to watch it more

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this

[Cobra]

It might be better to burn it at a lower speed. Do a few trial burns with DVD-RWs to test if it is the burning speed that is causing your problems. Also, try the disc in another player and see if that makes a difference - your player might be having trouble reading the disc, or might be error-sensitive. If all that fails, try a good, branded DVD media. I can't really suggest much else, I'm afraid.

For making a list/catalogue of your DVDs, here's some software I found on www.versiontracker.com that might be useful:

http://www.urchin.nl/

Hope this helps,

Cobra

[W_Eagle]

DVD Shrink uses Nero to burn. See if you have there the option to check "BURN-Proof" and check it. If not, burn from Nero, instead of from DVD Shrink and check it.
Also, try burn less than max. capacity, say no more than 3GB, only, this may not apply when pixelation starts after about 30 minutes.