Dvds keep skipping

[mienguy39]

alright ive been ripping and burning now for a while and my dvds have been pretty good just they start skipping

the Dvds im burning on are Verbatim DVD+R 16x with AZO

My burner is the sony Dru-710a Dual layer

The programs im using are Nero 6 and Dvd shrink

The player im using is the new phillips divx dvd player and my ps2

ive burnt them and theyve been skipping at the end

is it nero or the dvds any suggestions

[rkr1958]

Try burning them at a lower speed (8x).

[Krispy Kritter]

Sounds like low quality discs. Low quality discs often have issues towards the edges of the disc. Burning at a slower speed may help (4-8x).
Otherwise look for some different media.

FYI: If you are actually trying to burn at 8x or even 16x, I would recommend not multi-tasking, and ensure your HD is defragged. Your PC has to quickly move a lot of data at 8x and some burners are better at handling buffer under runs than others.

[snafu099]

When useing DvdShrink I set the taget disc size to 4100. Yes it means higher compression but hopefully avoids the poor burn at end of disc.

Since I have not used the full capacity of the media, I also do not have a problem doing a disc to disc on the fly copy using different media with small but signifficant data capacity.

-r = 4389
+r = 4381
I think thats right or at least close
Full -r will not fit on +r

[jtoolman2000]

If I only had a nickle for everytime this is asked!!

Use good media

Reduce the max disk size in the DVDShring prefferences by about 100-150 MBs Use movie only for all your back ups and you'll be surpriced what you can easily fit.

I use Shrink to ISO and burn the ISO with DVDdecrypter. I read in one drive and directly burn with another.

Do not run anything during the burning.

Did I mention GOOD media!!!!

Don't play you backup in a PS2 - They can be picky. Use real player

Don't assume that if a given DVD player does not LIKE your back up, that it ha a problem. It's might be the player. Try another player. I have a Magnavox that doesn't even like store bought disks let alone burned one. Yes it is a piece of crap but it's one of those integrated DVD/Surround Sound sytems. All other players play ALL my backups.

Once again,, GOOD MEDIA is the secret. But even that will NOT guarantee consisten results. You will have a coaster here and there.

[GeorgeW]

just to add a couple more...

-avoid going much higher than a total bitrate of ~7mbps (video + audio)
-avoid using those dvd sticky labels