Thoroughly confused

[Bort04]

I burned some home movies onto DVD (Memorex 4x). The video is fine on my computer. However, when I play the DVDs on a new pricey Toshiba television (with built in player) they stop/skip and pixilate. This also happens on my brand new Xbox. When played on a cheap TV (Sylvania) or a cheap DVD player, they play fine. What gives???

[chicola]

Try different type of media.

[Bort04]

I've used three different brands, same problem.

Am I safe in assuming that since I can play the DVD through with no interruptions on at least one DVD player, the disc is properly burned?

[Capmaster]

The discs may be properly burned, but if the media is marginal it will likely cause playing problems on certain players.

There are way more than 3 cheap types of media. If you post what other media you have tried besides Memorex, maybe it'll make more sense.

If you don't already have a copy of DVDShrink, get it and run it on the three different media you have tried ...specifically the "Media ID". Post it here and maybe we can go from there.

[Bort04]

The other discs I tried were Maxell and Sony DVD-Rs. The three I've used are pretty good, aren't they?

I looked at that DVD Shrink site, and honestly, I don't understand it! I'm new to DVD authoring. How would it be able to test whether or not certain media have a problem? Thanks

[samijubal]

It will give the media manufacterers code. You can also use CD Speed or DVDInfoPro to get the code.

[Capmaster]

The other discs I tried were Maxell and Sony DVD-Rs. The three I've used are pretty good, aren't they?

Yes. Those are not cheap brands. They're very good quality media (some Maxells are better than others, but generally they're good).

I can't think of a reason unless they were marginal burns from a flaky writer, and some players you have are more sensitive to that than others.

[BJ_M]

the files may be not compliant either ..

may be over on bitrate or something else

[Bort04]

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters.php?DVDnameid=643&Search=Search&list=0#comments

That's a link to the Mad Dog burner I'm using. There's no review on it, but the other Mad Dog burners got pretty good reviews.

[Roderz]

"new pricey Toshiba television (with built in player)"
Just because it pricey don't mean JACK, most ppl I konw with pricey dvd player have iffy results at best and have gone and bought a chepo just to play dvdr's - sad but true

[arcorob]

Sorry to say, Toshiba is one of the few brands I have seen that have trouble with burned DVD's (amongst others)

I once biught my brother in law a 35 dollar mintek to replace his 200 dollar toshiba that played nothing but store bought dvd's

Check with the manufacturer , it may play only plus or minus dvd's

[Bort04]

Well I'm glad you posted that about Toshiba because I was getting ready to go to the store to look at new DVD drives. Thanks!

How about my Xbox? That's new too and can't read my burned DVDs. Like I said, the other two cheap players I tried it on worked ok.

[Capmaster]

Well I'm glad you posted that about Toshiba because I was getting ready to go to the store to look at new DVD drives. Thanks!

How about my Xbox? That's new too and can't read my burned DVDs. Like I said, the other two cheap players I tried it on worked ok.

Surprising because our Xbox plays all my burned DVDs, even the early cheapo Princo ones. Maybe BJ_M is right and the problem lies with the files themselves?

[Bort04]

My Xbox plays the DVDs, but they pause/pixillate every few minutes. I was reading the Xbox reviews and most people say theirs play DVDs fine, so I don't know. This is a very, very frustrating process.

How would the files not be compliant? I'm not even sure what that means. I use Sonic myDVD which doesn't have a specific bitrate option, but I ripped them at the slowest transcoding speed (highest video quality). The files play fine on the computer.

[glockjs]

memorex=cmc mag

yeah try a different brand..maxel-r are very good.

dont know about sonic but in nero there's an option to make dvd xbox compatable

[Bort04]

Actually the Maxell discs played worse than the Memorex and Sony. I thought this was odd since Maxell got the best reviews.

[glockjs]

ive gone through hundreds of maxell-r by now and have only had one bad burn and i think it was my fault. hasnt failed to play back yet on anything i've put them in. thats my experience with this media.

[Bort04]

Yeah, I'm fairly confident that it's either the burner or the players. Which doesn't narrow it down very well. A guy at a computer store told me that since it plays OK on at least one DVD player, the burn/disc is fine. I'm not convinced though.

[Bort04]

I broke down and went shopping. I found a sweet deal -- $50 Pioneer A07 (w/ $40 mail in rebate) --couldn't pass it up. Anyone in Ballwin, Missouri can get the last one at Best Buy. I hope to God this solves the problem.

[glockjs]

it should...pioneer is a pretty good burner. update your firmware... if you wanna know for sure if its the media purchase some taiyo yuden..if taiyo doesnt fix it its deffinately not the media

[beingfunny]

When I first got my burner a while back I got "Sonic MyDVD" with it. I used it at first but noticed no other program would accept any of the captured video from it (noncompliant error messages and such). I stopped using it. I want to agree with BJ_M on this one. I would try another software solution before changing the hardware.