Pioneer 520H momentary picture freezes

[Yvon]

I asked a friend, while my DVD recorder was unavailable, to record a DVD-R of a documentary from a tv program. He did, by recording the 02h 05 minutes program on his Pionneer 520H's HD. Unfortunately, he does not record chapters, because he thinks there are jumps in the picture at the chapters points. I assured him that chapters do not cause jumps, to no avail.

He then copied the program from the HD to a DVD-R (at SP), after eliminating te extra 5 minutes at the end. The resulting disc shows 4 temporary - about 1/2 second picture freezes - during the 2 hour DVD, always at the same points.

Can anyone explain how to remedy this?

Thanks,
Yvon

[Frobozz]

Do the freezes appear when played from the hard drive? Was it copied to DVD in High-Speed mode? The only edit was at the end and not where the freezes occur, correct?

What brand of media was used?

[Yvon]

Do the freezes appear when played from the hard drive? Was it copied to DVD in High-Speed mode? The only edit was at the end and not where the freezes occur, correct?

What brand of media was used?

- Freezes don't show up when played from the HD.
- The copy was made in High-Speed mode.
- The only edit was at the end.
- Memorex DVD-R was used.

Thanks for answering.

Yvon

[Frobozz]

I'd test with a different brand of media. Memorex is not too reliable. It could be media incompatibility. Everything else shouldn't be an issue unless there is a defect with the Pioneer's DVD burner itself.

[Yvon]

Do the freezes appear when played from the hard drive? Was it copied to DVD in High-Speed mode? The only edit was at the end and not where the freezes occur, correct?

What brand of media was used?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

I found out that my friend uses a variable rate of compression: approximately 3 Mb/sec. to 7 Mb/sec.

The bitrate at the freezes is only approximately 3 Mb/sec. which is not enough compression to be rendered on the DVD players/recorders.

Yvon

[Frobozz]

A DVD player should have no trouble with 3Mb/sec video. Have you tried this disc in other players or on a computer? Does the problem happen when played on the Pioneer that recorded it? I'd still do a test with a different brand of media. Yes, there could be some defect with the Pioneer DVR but one disc doesn't prove it.

[johns0]

Its most likely the dvd player cause i get the same problem after buying a new radio shack dvd player,different media doesnt help,just cheap crappy player.