Praise and a question

[FM80]

Big thumbs up for Sefy's Classical Newbies Guide! Works like a charm. :)

My first ripped movie works great!

Now for the question: My second attempt, ripping "What Women Want," worked fine in my standalone player for 45 minutes or so.

Then the audio went "zziiiip" in a really high-pitched squeal and the whole movie froze.

I can skip to the next chapter and it will play fine from that point on.

I have it re-encoding in TMPGEnc today while I'm at the office, maybe that will fix it?

Any experience with this problem?

Thanks, all.

[neomaine]

Definitely one of a few things, get it all the time:

1 - The media you are using is crap and therefore you didn't get a good burn.

2 - The device you are using is having a hard time with the media.

3 - Check the media for smudges or scratches.

4 - Overuse or heat.

To Fix:

1 - Keep trying different brands. For me, I've settled on Digital Media CD-R and CD-RW from Circuit City. Some players handle the color or opaqueness of the dye used better than others.

2 - Try using CD-RW instead of CD-R. Some players don't say they explicitly support or don't support CDR/CDRW, usually CDRW will work OK. My previous Panasonic RV30 was one of these, same with my 4yr laptop. They only liked CDRW.

3 - A simple fingerprint smudge or scratch may do this to you. Get a good cleaner or one of the 'disc doctors' that can clean up a disc for you.

4 - To solve the overuse/heat problem, invest in a good CD/DVD rewinder. It will save your player and make your media last longer. I have used one you can have for US$30....let me know if you're interested and we can hook up.

Good luck...

[FM80]

Thanks, neomaine.

Let's see... I'm using a CD-R/W compatible Panasonic player.

It's burned on a "silvery" Office Depot CD-R. Are the bluish media preferred for standalone players?

Brand new disc- no smudges or scratches.

CD/DVD rewinder??? :P

The odd thing is that the SAME player just played another ripped movie on the SAME media, so I don't think that's it.

Can a bad encode produce the same results?

[Sefy]

Glad to hear you like the guide
As for your question, i always suggest to play the movie before encoding, sure it may take time, but it might save you a media
Also, i agree that sometimes a media can go bad for no reason, i've nearly lost my Part 6 of Star Blazers because the media suddenly got an air bubble for no good reason, luckily i still had the Part 6 Bin/Cue on my HDD so i can burn it to another media.