ways to work around bad dvd+r media?

[vrdvd]

hi all.

i been having probs with dvd+r movie backups stuttering near the end of the movie. i've read numerous posts here and the general concensus is that this indicates bad media. i usually use memorex media and havent had problems. i recently bought a bulk load of liquidvideo dvd+r on a spindle cheap and have had stuttering problems on 4outof5 backups.

my question is has anyone else had any experience with this media?
and most important: is there a way to work around this problem? i've got about 50 of these discs that i cant take back! would burning at slower speed or limiting to 4.0gb disk space render better burns?

btw, i use a phillips dvdr+rw 200 burner using dvdshrink3beta + copytodvd2.34 for burning. All my memorex burnt backups play perfectly. i always test with dvdrw's 1st.

Here's a jpg of DvdinfoPro of the blank media specs:

[holistic]

...stuttering near the end of the movie

Asked

general concensus is that this indicates bad media

And Answered 8)

The Media Info in DVDInfo "ID cannot be read" does not bode well.

Accept the fact you purchased 3Gb DVD media and get on with life. In future check the "media" section for preferred disks.

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[ebenton]

Following the title of your post here:
The best way to work around bad media is to:
A. Burn it at a slower speed than as advertised.
B. If that doesn't work, shitcan it and buy something good, prefereably after checking the "DVD Media" listings on this website over to the left, there.

That's not to say there might not be any other hoops you can jump through to try to get a good burn. You might get all sorts of recommendations from people about using Nero instead of RecordNow Max or vice-versa, or some other program. All of this advice, if taken, might actually result in a good disk, although you would never know, unless you used the same RW disk for all of your tests.

Is it worth all the hassle when you will just end up buying new and better media anyway?

[tompika]

The Media Info in DVDInfo "ID cannot be read" does not bode well.

It only means that this Ricoh5125 clone has an earlier firmware that doesn'support info on BLANK media (as the pic shows)

Burn it at a slower speed than as advertised.

This burner has one speed and its 2.4x.


@vrdvd
This is a bad media for sure

However updating the firmware could help.
You can find official and regionfree firmwares at www.rpc1.org

I have a guide (guide section, this site) how to flash the Ricoh MP5125a 1.64 (the latest is the 1.68 www.rpc1.org)