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    Hi,

    I have a blu-ray ripped movie in mkv format (8GB) and burned it to a DVD+DL using Nero. The burn process was successful and I could play it in my pc using MPC. The problem is everytime it gets to the middle part of the movie, it freezes. I am able to watch the entire movie as long as I skip that middle part.

    I tried burning that movie again to a different brand of DVD+DL, still using nero, and the same problem occurs.

    Does it have something to do with the layer switch? Is there anyway I can burn my mkv file to a dual layer without having this problem?
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    Nero = Dumbass software when it comes to DVD burning. And for DL it is amongst the lowest of the low.

    Even for data burning, there is only one truly reliable combination. Verbatim DL +R discs, burned with Imgburn.

    Anything else is just building a coaster collection.
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    Dont use nero to re-encode the mkv,try tsmuxergui,it will author it to blu-ray much faster without any encoding.
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    Actually, I wasn't re-encoding it, I just burned it as data dvd. I didn't want to lose its HD quality. And I happened to use a Verbatim DL as my first disc.

    I will try to look at ImgBurn. Thanks for the replies.
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    Further, the Layer Break is a DVD Video attribute, not something used in data burns.
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    I just thought it's a layer break issue because it always freezes in the middle part of the movie.
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    That is always going to be the weakest point, and made worse by the fact that you are effectively burning one big data file to the disc. If you burned it as a DVD you would not have the same problem, as a DVD player and the DVD spec are designed to deal with (that said, the layer break is still the weakest point of a DL burn).

    I have never had much success with DL data burns, although DL DVDs have never been a problem.
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    So, using Imgburn is not gonna help me either?

    The only reason I'm burning it to a DL is to back it up so I can delete it from my hdd because it takes a lot of space. I guess if that will always be the issue then my only option for now is to buy a large capacity hdd.
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    Portable HDDs are relatively cheap. Get a 1 TB external drive and you can put a hell of a lot on it.
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    Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

    I was also thinking, from what I understand, rippers out there rips/re-encode videos to a certain size so that it could fit a specific media. I was wondering, if they ripped a blu-ray movie to fit a DL, have they actually tried burning them to see if it works?
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    What you are now heading into is likely to breach forum rules. I would think carefully about how you proceed with your questions. Discussion of downloaded copyright material is verboten, and ripped Bluray movies sounds suspiciously like exactly that.
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