I got a bunch of movies on crappy DVD+R's they skip and

[Scottie]

I got a bunch of movies on crappy DVD+R's they skip and freeze near the end maybe the last ten minutes my question is can I copy these Movies from these crappy disc's onto some good DVD 's and have the skips and freezes gone or are these movies that skip and freeze now garbage ?

[jeremyp969]

Well it doesn't hurt to try. It will work if your DVD-ROM can read the disks correctly. Chances are it will read the disks better than your DVD player so it might help.

[hech54]

Skipping near the end of the disc sounds like bad media to me as well. Just remember though....they are not bad media because they are +R....they are just bad media. If they read(with no errors) and play well in your computer it may be that your standalone DVD Player does not like +R's. I would definately download DVDInfoPro and do a read test on them first....no use wasting time on them if they really do have bad data at the end.

[Scottie]

Hey I tried the same DVD in my Computer and it seems like it was fine, I wasted $80 on these DVD's and alot of time, dam I'm pissed thanks guys.

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[aguillon]

Did you by any chance apply any sticky labels to your DVDs? Lots of people have reported skipping towards the end on DVDs that have been labeled -

The issue happens on set top players but not so much on DVD Rom drives...

Could be the explanation: labels causing the player to mis-behave.

Cheers

[Gurm]

If the movies behave in the computer, you CAN, in fact, just rip them to your hard drive again, and burn them back to better media.

- Gurm

[Hardcoreruss]

If the movies behave in the computer, you CAN, in fact, just rip them to your hard drive again, and burn them back to better media.

- Gurm

What I would do, some retailers do a dvd "tester" pack so you can find out which media is the best for you, could be worth investing.

[DTSL06]

If they play fine on ur PC just re-rip and reburn. I have an original copy of Saving Private Ryne that started to have artifacts appearing when played on my standalone players and was getting worst as each year went on. Thought I had to buy a replacement copy but just as a last resort I used my DVD rom was able to rip it to HD so I could make BK copies.

[sssax2003]

I have the same problem..

I use Great Quality 4x Media..

and it skips or freezes..

but thats on movies that are 2 hrs. and over..

I have no problem with movies below 2 hrs.

if I used Ridata Ritek 4x RICOHJPNR01

then I wouldnt have no problems ????

plus I need to upgrade the firmware on the HP 300 n.. so ya think it might help?

[Gurm]

Am I the only one that finds it ironic that "Great Quality" media are actually cheap crap?

- Gurm

[dory]

I had the same problem to. seems like even with brand name media u can have this problem. It really sux and i've been lucky lately.

[lordsmurf]

Am I the only one that finds it ironic that "Great Quality" media are actually cheap crap?

- Gurm

That's how it's been since the first "Great Quality" CD-R's came out back in like 1997 or so.

[DVD_Ripper]

I got a bunch of movies on crappy DVD+R's they skip and freeze near the end maybe the last ten minutes my question is can I copy these Movies from these crappy disc's onto some good DVD 's and have the skips and freezes gone or are these movies that skip and freeze now garbage ?

You many need several programs to run these copies. I've noticed that sometimes Shrink will work where Clone will not and Decrypter will work when Clone doesn't. Some react differently to data read errors.

Also try Intervideos DVDCopy V1 or V2... both work well at straight DVD5 copying.

[trossin]

You should be able to stick the DVD+R in your DVD drive on your computer and copy the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a directory on your hard disk. Then use your recording software to record them on to a new DVD+R. I don't beleive that you need to mess with ripping nor decrypting software. As far as your computer is concerned this is just a basic data disk.

I have never tried this so let me know if I'm nuts.

[BluntMan Bob]

I found that all my DVDs skip if I write them with Nero. If you make an ISO of the disk an burn with Alcohol it works perfectly! By the way I use DataWrite for but CD and DVD media very cheap and reliable I get DVDs for roughly the same price as CDs.