Video plays well on HD, but freezes after burning to DVD

[ericdunn]

Hello,

I have this video plays well on HD, but freezes after burning to DVD disk. I copied it from DVD to HD and it plays well again. Why? Here is some info on the video.

General
Complete name                    : C:\Video.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile                   : OpenDML
File size                        : 4.37 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 10mn
Overall bit rate                 : 8 812 Kbps
Movie name                       : Video
Director                         : N/A
Writing application              : Lavf54.3.100

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP            : No
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                         : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                    : XviD
Duration                         : 1h 10mn
Bit rate                         : 8 673 Kbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 1.600
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.167
Stream size                      : 4.30 GiB (98%)
Writing library                  : Lavc54.15.100

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format version                   : Version 1
Format profile                   : Layer 3
Mode                             : Joint stereo
Mode extension                   : MS Stereo
Codec ID                         : 55
Codec ID/Hint                    : MP3
Duration                         : 1h 10mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 64.9 MiB (1%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration     : 72 ms

[Baldrick]

I guess it freezes on your computer? And not any standalone player?

Maybe crappy dvdr media so your dvd reader can't read it fast enough for playback.

[jman98]

More details if you want help.

Did you burn this as a data disc?
What are you playing it on when it freezes? PC? Standalone (need details if it is this)?
Most standalones will not support playing Divx/Xvid with resolutions above 720x576.

[KBeee]

Your file is HD (High Definition), but your nomenclature is confusing. When you say "HD" do you mean High Definition, or Hard Disk (HDD = Hard Disk Drive)?
If this HD file plays from your HDD, but won't from a DVD disk, then there's a good chance you're using bad blank DVD disks.

[addu]

it is always half that cater to full here in this forum.

[ericdunn]

More details if you want help.

Did you burn this as a data disc?
What are you playing it on when it freezes? PC? Standalone (need details if it is this)?
Most standalones will not support playing Divx/Xvid with resolutions above 720x576.

Yes, I did burn it as data disk, using Nero. I played the DVD on PC. It freezes. Then I copied to hard drive, it played ok.

[ericdunn]

Your file is HD (High Definition), but your nomenclature is confusing. When you say "HD" do you mean High Definition, or Hard Disk (HDD = Hard Disk Drive)?
If this HD file plays from your HDD, but won't from a DVD disk, then there's a good chance you're using bad blank DVD disks.

Sorry about the incorrect use of acronyms. By HD I meant hard drive.

Correct, the video file plays well on hard drive, but won't play on DVD disk. After I copied the file from the DVD disk back to the hard drive, it played well again.

When I was burning the DVD as data disk, I was also doing other tasks. Could that affect the outcome?

[jman98]

Unfortunately Nero has some default settings that are not very helpful.

Download and install the free ImgBurn program. Use it to burn another disc. You will have to use UDF format. Use version 2.01 and nothing higher.

Having said that, one possible problem is that Nero burned you a UDF 2.50 or higher format disc and your PC doesn't understand that version of UDF. If you are using Windows XP or earlier, try installing the free UDFReader program and see if that magically fixes your playback problem. However, you should still look into ImgBurn as it's more reliable than Nero.

[ericdunn]

Unfortunately Nero has some default settings that are not very helpful.

Download and install the free ImgBurn program. Use it to burn another disc. You will have to use UDF format. Use version 2.01 and nothing higher.

Having said that, one possible problem is that Nero burned you a UDF 2.50 or higher format disc and your PC doesn't understand that version of UDF. If you are using Windows XP or earlier, try installing the free UDFReader program and see if that magically fixes your playback problem. However, you should still look into ImgBurn as it's more reliable than Nero.

I think you have hit the nail on the head! I'll give your advice a try and let you know the result. Much thanks!