ISO of Burned DVD containing VHS videos stuttering when played back on PC

[bigbadben]

I recently digitized two VHS tapes and burned them to DVD with a DVD recorder. Then I took that DVD and played it on the DVD recorder itself and a DVD player. The playback was smooth. When I built an ISO from the DVD onto my hard drive using ImgBurn and played it using three different programs there is various amounts of stuttering. Like the video pauses still at certain points for one to two seconds and then continues playing. Then I built another ISO using another DVD burner on another computer and played that ISO, I still have the same issue. Either DVD programs on Windows just have this issue or the disc itself only works properly on DVD players. What could it be? The blank DVDs I am using are brand new and have been used to burn PS2 games with no issues.

[lordsmurf]

What exactly do you mean "built an ISO"?
What programs?

In general, good video/DVD software on Windows is fine. The problem is when NOT using good software. Hint: most payware under $200 is crap (all the Chinaware for $50-100, thingsl like spammer Movavi), the freeware is vastly better.

[bigbadben]

In ImgBurn there is an option to build an ISO. It offers this instead of directly copying the DVD to ISO because multi-track DVDs aren't supported yet. It copies the files one by one to create a directory within an ISO exactly the same as on the disc.

I used AnyDVD, WinForth, and 5kPlayer to play the ISO and 5kPlayer had the most stuttering. When playing the DVD directly on my PC it still stuttered during playback.

[davexnet]

. When playing the DVD directly on my PC it still stuttered during playback.

Do you mean the disk straight out of your standalone DVD recorder? This would suggest something about the structure is
non-standard.
Are you trying to create a working copy of your original recorded DVD?
Have you tried using Windows freeware VLC to play this disk?

Did you look at the IMGBurn log when the ISO was created to see if there were any warnings or similar?

[bigbadben]

. When playing the DVD directly on my PC it still stuttered during playback.

Do you mean the disk straight out of your standalone DVD recorder? This would suggest something about the structure is
non-standard.
Are you trying to create a working copy of your original recorded DVD?
Have you tried using Windows freeware VLC to play this disk?

Did you look at the IMGBurn log when the ISO was created to see if there were any warnings or similar?

The DVD recorder burns DVDs to be able to be played on any DVD player and every DVD is finalized automatically. Yes. Yes, and at 16 and 34 seconds in there is a stutter, while on a DVD player there is no stutter. I even played the DVD on another computer and there is the same problem.

[Alwyn]

If the original DVD from the DVD recorder is glitching on your computer, then it must be the DVD Recorder that has messed up. It's conceivable that DVD players are more tolerant of glitches than computers when playing DVDs. After all DVD players have only one job.

When you create your DVD, burn it as slow as you can: 4x speed max if it's single-layered. If possible, also try a different brand of disk.

[pchan]

If your DVD recorder has a hard disk, record it to hard disk. Play back from the hard disk and see if it stutters.

[bigbadben]

If your DVD recorder has a hard disk, record it to hard disk. Play back from the hard disk and see if it stutters.

On the hard disk of the DVD recorder playback is smooth.

[bigbadben]

If the original DVD from the DVD recorder is glitching on your computer, then it must be the DVD Recorder that has messed up. It's conceivable that DVD players are more tolerant of glitches than computers when playing DVDs. After all DVD players have only one job.

When you create your DVD, burn it as slow as you can: 4x speed max if it's single-layered. If possible, also try a different brand of disk.

I have the same brand of Panasonic DVD recorder as you, EH-55. There's only normal and high speed mode. High speed mode is disabled in the settings. The only brand of blank DVDs I have are Verbatim and they were bought 6 months ago and stored in a room without sunlight. Is there a way to make the computer less sensitive to glitches? All I want to do is play it back smoothly.

[pchan]

If your DVD recorder has a hard disk, record it to hard disk. Play back from the hard disk and see if it stutters.

On the hard disk of the DVD recorder playback is smooth.

The VHS player and DVD record parts are OK. It's either the DVD burner or the DVD media. Go get a few new DVD discs(please don't get those 50 or 100 discs stack) and try burn again.

[johns0]

Try playing the dvd with mpc-hc.

[davexnet]

For a burned disk you can use Windows Explorer and drag the video_ts folder from the DVD to HDD.
Then you can play it from the HDD to see if the problems still exist. (VLC File/Open Folder)

Also you can use a program like VSO inspector to do a surface scan of the optical media

[bigbadben]

I tried playing the dvd with mpc-hc and there is still stuttering. Then I copied the VIDEO_TS folder, still stuttering. I checked the surface of the disc with VSO Inspector and it's 100% good, no errors. On a side note I have a USB DVD drive, and there is a small gap between the plastic of the door and the top of the drive where you can see the red laser when you slouch in your chair. Can seeing that damage your eyes?

[davexnet]

I tried playing the dvd with mpc-hc and there is still stuttering. Then I copied the VIDEO_TS folder, still stuttering. I checked the surface of the disc with VSO Inspector and it's 100% good, no errors. On a side note I have a USB DVD drive, and there is a small gap between the plastic of the door and the top of the drive where you can see the red laser when you slouch in your chair. Can seeing that damage your eyes?

If you want to investigate the stuttering further open one of the vob files that contains the issue in Avidemux.
At the bottom left set the file type to mpeg-ps.
You can use the A and B buttons to refine the clip (and make it smaller) but it should be at least a few minutes.
Save your clip as MPG, play it back and confirm issue still present.

I don't think that tiny laser is going to harm anybody unless your eye is right above the lens when it's on