Hello All,

I've got a problem that's really stumping me.

I am unable to make a good backup when using any compression on a +RW disk. 3 of my 4 stand-alone DVD players will not even recognize the disks and my new cheap Toshiba will play it, but not without stopping every few seconds. When using DVDDecryptor to RIP and burn a DVD-5, the results are perfect. When using Shrink 3.1.7 or DVD2One 1.4 (Demo) on a DVD-9, I get the same exact pauses every few seconds. I have tried two different brands of +RW media (Memorex and Fuji 4x). The same media works fine when no compression is used. I have tried burning with the latest Nero and DVD-Decryptor, using File and ISO mode, and nothing seems to help. I even tried downgrading my DVD drive firmware with no success. I used K-Probe to check for errors and the disks show relatively few errors.

Interestingly, DVD-9 compressed using Shrink on -R disks work ok but with some audio sync problems requiring a stop and start to resolve. I'm hoping once I fix the +wr problem, the audio problems will be fixed as well.

Hardware:
Lite-On 811s/ HSOP firmware
Media - Memorex +RW 2x, Fuji +RW 4x (same bad results with both)
Fuji -R 4x - works ok
XP - 3000mhz, 20GB free space on HDD

If anyone has any ideas what I could try next, it would be greatly appreciated.