Problems with DVD's Skipping & Stopping

[pcole1803]

Right, im currently converting xvid, svcd etc to Dvd. Im using Mainconcept encoder to encode, then TMPGEnc DVD author to author & then nero to burn the Vob files

I dont have a problem with any of this. The encoded dvd files play back perfctly on my pc, the problem im getting is when playing the finished dvd disc on a dvd player (tried more than one).

Half way through the film it will start to stutter & stop on 9 out of 10 films I try to watch. I then have to rewind, go forward etc to try to get it to play smoothly. im generally using datawrite DVD-R discs

I'm thinking it must be the discs im using or a burning problem?
Does it pay to use expensive discs & does anyone else have this problem??

Any help & advice would be greatly appreciated as this is doing my head in!

[WhoisGeorgeBush]

try using dvd+r instead of dvd-r as some dvd players are slective

[hech54]

datawrite discs are also not the best...they are "hit or miss" as far as quality goes.

[pcole1803]

ok thanks, looks like it could be the discs. Ive used Bulkpaq before with similar problems from what I can remember. Does anyone recommend a good quality disc to buy?

[Bjs]

Try another mpeg encoder , such as bbmpeg or even quenc .

There have been a number of these post's over time , and all have some connection related to mainconcept's encoder .

A pc will play anything , home dvd player's will not , they are very picky at what get's played .

Dvd-r , burn at 4x , no more than 4.3gig is best practice for all player's .

The 4.3gig limit might be where this issue is also appearing ... very few player's find this acceptable .

For xvid , and svcd , vcd mpeg's ... consider using vdub to frameserve to bbmpeg (check guide's section) .
That take's care of the video and audio for most .

Svcd and vcd's are another thing ... check for guide's by baldrick , there is a guide for ripping the audio from vcd available .

Or vcdgear , rip mpeg from dat .
Visualsubsync to extract audio as wav file .

Getting them realigned and in sync can pose the biggest issue ... currently working on mp4 from nero ... yet another conversion method .

As for dvd media , consider verbatim ... they atleast dont out source to other compainies ... unlike tdk .

Which is unfortunate as it is what I alway's used ... bad people ... if they were a dog with rabies , it would have been shot by now ... or run over several time's .

[pcole1803]

Thanks also. Going to go back to encoding with TMPGEnc plus. Slower than Main concept but i'll see if it makes a difference. Also going to try burning at 4X instead of 8X

[jimmalenko]

I'll nominate a compatibility problem between your DVD Player, media and burner. I'd be interested to hear what happens when you try one of these DVDs in a friend's DVD Player. Then repeat the experiment using the same material, but different media, and see if that plays on your or a frind's dvd player also.