Imgburn freezes vid repetitively at last 10 min.

[ehunter]

Hi,

I don’t know what to do to fix this.

I have a AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS directory structure which VLC Media Player plays without issues. This was created using AVSTODVD. So then I use Imgburn to place the movie onto DVD. When I take the finished DVD and replay it, the very last 10 minutes of the vid freezes for 3 seconds, then plays for 5 seconds, then freezes for 4sec, plays 4 sec, freezes, plays freezes, playes… etc. The closer to the end the movie gets the longer the freezing lasts for.

Maybe I am not burning the video right? All I do is use the Imgburn “build” mode, drag the VIDEO_TS directory to the Imgburn window. The program then tells me it will fill up 99% of the DVD space. Then I place a DVD in the tray, and press the “build” button.

What am I overlooking?

[Baldrick]

SOunds like crappy dvd media.

[hech54]

Yep....junk discs most likely.

[ehunter]

The current disks are TDK "Life on record" DVD+R 1-16x speed | 4.7GB disks.

Can you guys suggest a media that is usually more stable than the ones I have and I will buy it and see if the problem disappears?

At the same time, do you think I can use the remainder of my disks by instead of burning 4.6GB, to burn 4.2GB to avoid burning onto the last 10% of he disk? All I would have to do is re-do the vid from AVStoDVD and just specify the size of 4.4GB ?

[hech54]

Taiyo Yuden discs (from Rima.com) or buy some Verbatim locally. TDK DVD blanks have been garbage for many years.

[redwudz]

At the same time, do you think I can use the remainder of my disks by instead of burning 4.6GB, to burn 4.2GB to avoid burning onto the last 10% of he disk? All I would have to do is re-do the vid from AVStoDVD and just specify the size of 4.4GB ?

That's what I would try. Lower quality discs usually fail at the end of the burn, near the outer edge of the disc. Do a visual inspection of the edge and see if the dye is uneven there. BTW, single layer DVD-5 discs are actually 4.37GB in size.

Reducing the size of the file and avoiding that edge area can help. I used to reduce the size by 200MB with crap media. But some of it failed a couple of years later anyway. Not really a good way to save money. I only use TY and Verbatim now.

[ehunter]

You guys were exactly right... it is the disks.

The weird thing is the first 80 disks were fine. The last 20 disks start showing the problem. The only rationale I have about this is that I think over time, these things start degrading on you, at least with these TDK disks they seem to.

I was able to cut down on the writable size of my files by 5% and the problem is now gone.

I guess it is Verbatium disks for me moving forward.

Thanks for the help guys,
EH

[olyteddy]

The weird thing is the first 80 disks were fine.

You might want to check those again. TDK media also has a habit of disintegrating...

[redwudz]

One of the major problems with cheap media is inconsistency between batches or even discs within a cake box of DVDs. It may be the first 80 were OK, and the rest, problematic. Quality control problems. Hopefully the discs already burned are OK.

[jman98]

Slower speed burns with crap media can also be helpful. There is no way at all I'd burn those discs any faster than 4x if it was me.

I agree with olyteddy. Check those discs in another year or two as some of those "OK" ones may have already failed by then and become unplayable.