Errors in playback near end of VCD

[mojo2185]

To be exact, I have a KVCD i made using the program ACP. The program worked great (the all in one KVCD solution), and it plays back fine on my computer. When I burned it to an 80 minute Memorex cd and tried playing it back on my standalone DVD player, it worked great up until the end quarter of the movie. At random times it would stop playing, the picture would get blocky, then playback would resume after a few seconds of this. Anyone know what could be causing this? I have a hunch that it has something to do with overburning since it only happens near the end of the movie, anyone agree with my hunch?

Thanks!

[mats.hogberg]

Probably, but since it's the last 25% of the CD that's affected, it can't be the full story. Try another brand of CD-R, and/or try burning at a lower speed, like 4x.

/Mats

[Hardcoreruss]

I agree with what Mats is saying that will probably sort your prob out 100%

[mojo2185]

Well, to begin with, I'm only burning at 2X speed (I have a 4X speed burner) right now. If I have a loonnnggg time to wait, i'll try burning it at 1X. I may have been a little off when estimating it happening 3/4 of the way through the movie. On second look, its probably past the 3/4 point in the movie. My guess is it's still a little bit of an overburning problem. I'll give a different brand of media a try.

Thanks for the helpful tips!

[ZippyP.]

Memorex CD media is crap!

[mojo2185]

Memorex CD media is crap!

Really? My music CDs turn out fine with it, with occasional glitches, but I assumed that was due to my old burner/slow computer. So is Memorex bad for music cds, and VCDs?

Thanks for the info!

[mats.hogberg]

As for burn speed, my own rule of thumb is: max half of nominal writer/media max speed. Burning 2x with a 4X writer ought not to create any problems. But overburning related problems should only occur in the overburned part - like the last 1-2% of the total CD-R.

I'd say that "this or that media is crap" might be generalizing a bit too much. My experience is that different hardware works best with different media - For instance, Plextor writers like Fuji media, while LG writers refuses to burn Fuji, but works fine with Precision (just examples). To boot, in this case we're dealing with one media and 2 pieces of hardware - the writer and the reader, who may not agree on what they prefer when it comes to CD-R.

/Mats

[Redeye07]

I'm glad I read this post!

I had the same problem -- VCD plays beautifully until the last 5 minutes (79-minute movie), then it's gets blocky/pixellated every few seconds.

I tried burning with VCDEasy, Nero, and MovieFactory at 2x. It improved but was still not right on all tests.

Then I burned on a Verbatim instead of my usual Memorex -- perfect!

And I thought I had my media problem figured out. It's always something.

[ZippyP.]

Then I burned on a Verbatim instead of my usual Memorex -- perfect!

I rest my case.