For Newbys- if you have probs with burned DVD disks playing

[ozstar100]

Hi,

You have hit the problem that many people have when burning DVDs for
many people who have many different players!

The thread at this link will give many q's and a's, however it is really your own trial and error until you come up with a media brand and way of burning that will give you better results.... and that's if your very lucky!

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=27

Also see how others have faired with players and media here..

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia

I have burnt 100's of discs of a 74 minutes (3.7GB) live show with MF1.3
and 3 and MW and still have returns with my DVDs. I have mainly used
Princo white top media and out of about 200 have maybe 8 I know of that
didn't work. Strangely it was the later and more exy machines that
seemed to be the ones that wouldn't work. Some played a few songs then jerked, others played a few more, others played nearly to the end then pix elated etc. It is strange as my own player plays every single disc
I have ever burnt!

Some in the thread above refer to some more exy DVD media being able to be played where Princos and others failed. I did not find this. I used
Maxwell, TDK, JVC which cost 3 times the Princo and they still didn't
play for them. They say that Japanese made discs are far superior and
Taiyo Yuden the best of these and maybe that is correct.

Some say it is the labels that cause the problem and that is why many
are running to the cheap Epson R200 or 210 printers which print to
disc. I have yet to try this but will and report what happens when I
do. I will try the same people who other DVDs failed. It is touch and
go and really frustrating if you are trying to either sell or send promo
copies to the mass public. I have used my own label printing with a few
brands but I now use Kwik Copy Printing who do a really pro job and
water proof! But I still have my problem.

Commercially Replicated DVDs do work in 99.99% of players so it is
something to do with these things for the computer burns..

1. Way the DVD disc made .. thickness, type of dye and other
components. More exy does NOT mean more will read it!

2. The burn, some say a slow burn is better than a fast burn! I don't
find one software gives a better burn than another, except for
individual machine set ups.

3. The player themselves. Some are definitely better and maybe have
better and more stable rotation methods, lasers and other parts. My
experience shows cheaper so far are more likely to play. Not so
fussy... exactly why I don't know.

4. The type of label. Some are thicker than others and some say the
thicker the better whilst others say no label is better.

5. The burner itself! This is tricky and I think more to do with the computer setup itself. I use the Pioneer A106D and never had a 'no burn'.

6. Who knows what else!!

Many on this forum burn only for themselves and their players or maybe
another player, so they may find a quick answer for their problem. It is
when you are wanting EVERY player to play it, that you run into
problems. I recall CDs were the same when they cam out. Took a while,
but they now all work. Hopefully DVDs will be the same.

Everyone can help by reporting to the above forum and this list, what
media they use and what happens to it on what players.
Others can benefit by your experiences. Also some forums are read by people who report to manufacturers and maybe in time it will help.

Hope this is of use to someone pulling their hair out wondering what
they are doing wrong! More than likely nothing, except taking up the
cutting edge in DVD burning.

Good Luck

[northcat_8]

Having been one of the people who always blamed it all on "bad Media"...I have been doing some testing. I burned several different media types. Princo, Maxell, TDK, Memorex, and some others.

My test...personally made DVD. It was authored with TDA, I also used TDA to write it to an ISO file. I used DVD Decrypter in ISO write mode to burn. Media burned on my Pioneer DVR-105 4x burner and all discs were burnt right after the other.

My results were that every disc played in my Pioneer Standalone and in my brother's Panasonic standalone.

I have not had a chance to get to best buy and test all of their DVD players...since Best Buy is a 45 mile drive ....but when I go that direction I will be taking my discs with me to test.

Now I'm not going to debate that some media's are better than others, that is obvious. Being a RitekG04 user and never having burned a coaster, I could not understand why everyone was getting discs that wouldn't play...or would skip. I have burned my Ritek's clear out to the very edge - 4,669,000,000 bytes and still never a problem. I have a little video business and I've sold over 1000 discs all over the country and never had one come back...so obviously wide range compatibility is the #1 priority for me.

So with all of that said, I too think that BURNER and computer setup has a lot more to do with it than we think. I also think HOW you burn has a lot to do with it. I always burn ISO files.