DvDs that wont play properly

[fzf5bl]

Ive burned around 100 DvD's in the past year its very rare that I have one not play properly on one of my DvD players.But when I lend them out people say that the get half way thru and it freezes up or no sound.I use PPro1.5 & Encore 1.5 and my burner is an HP 300i and I only use TDK+R DvD's.Any suggestions??

[tvideo]

+R isn't the most compatible format, even with set top players that support it...sometimes their support isn't 100%.

-R is the best choice if you plan to loan them out to friends.

If it isn't that then it is an authoring or shrinking issue, but from my experince +R can be like that with players.

[fzf5bl]

I did notice that the only time I had a problem on one of my players was when I used DVDshrink and did some heavy shrinking is that what you mean.

[Garibaldi]

Do you mean like skipping problems? That could be from damage to the disk. If you labeled the disks, and I know this sounds funny, but it has been suggested that the added weight of the label will offset the disk in such a way that it skips. It may play better in certian dvd players, it all depends on the specific design.

[dvdx_925]

i don't know about you but when i burn dvd-r's, my movie skips every like 10-15 mintues on my standalone. I don't think my dvd player plays dvd+r but i burnt one with bitsetting and it worked perfectly. Have you tried bitsetting the dvd+r to dvd+rom (if your burner supports it)? It increases the comptaibility and therefore can have a higher compatability than dvd-r.

[thecoalman]

I had the same thing happen with me with +R's. I had two discs with identical content, a +R and a -R. The +R skipped right from the begining in the DVD player but the -R played flawlessly.

Same thing with a few other people.

[dvdx_925]

so it's up to your own player to what it likes, but i would recommend using dvd+r's, bitsetted to dvd-rom, although i'm still using my dvd-r's, i still have a whole batch, about 35 left

[thecoalman]

I'll trade you for my batch of 35 +R's..... :P