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  1. i authored a dvd with dvd-lab pro
    then i use power dvd to watch the compiled dvd
    twards the end of the dvd the video begins to skip
    and when i watch the dvd in a standalone dvd player
    and i pause the video
    or try to use the scene selection menu to go to a chapter
    twards the end it wont play
    what do i do
    please help

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  2. Member thecoalman's Avatar
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    Try better discs (see to the left)

    Slower burn rate or

    Or use smaller files, a burn is more likely to fail at the end of the disc.

    The first option usually fixes that problem.
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    Originally Posted by jimmytheexploder
    i authored a dvd with dvd-lab pro
    then i use power dvd to watch the compiled dvd
    twards the end of the dvd the video begins to skip
    and when i watch the dvd in a standalone dvd player
    and i pause the video
    or try to use the scene selection menu to go to a chapter
    twards the end it wont play
    what do i do
    please help
    Did the files play okay in Power DVD from your hard drive? Try burning again to a better quality blank disk.
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  4. Originally Posted by BobK
    Originally Posted by jimmytheexploder
    i authored a dvd with dvd-lab pro
    then i use power dvd to watch the compiled dvd
    twards the end of the dvd the video begins to skip
    and when i watch the dvd in a standalone dvd player
    and i pause the video
    or try to use the scene selection menu to go to a chapter
    twards the end it wont play
    what do i do
    please help
    Did the files play okay in Power DVD from your hard drive? Try burning again to a better quality blank disk.
    i apologize for my vaugeness
    but i was in a hurry when i posted last night
    i am trying to finish this dvd today
    so the answer to the question above is no
    when i played the file in Power DVD the last two
    chapters began to skip
    when i watch the raw mpeg file, it runs fine
    but after DVD-Lab compiles the mpeg and i watch it back it begins to skip like i described earlier
    i thought the problem was just with my computer
    so i went ahead and burnt it
    but when i watched the DVD in my standalone DVD player the last to chapters on the chapter select menu do not work
    and if i watch the video to where the last two chapter points are the video runs fine, but if i try to pause, fast forward or rewind the DVD the main DVD menu pops up
    now i am not sure if the problem is
    i dont know if the problem lies with the encoding process
    or if it is a problem with DVD-Lab
    i hope that i have explained it better this time

    Please help
    i am desperate
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    If your DVD plays with no stuttering/skipping or freezing, but starts to stutter towards the end of the DVD, this is isually down to poor quality media or media not comptable with your standalone

    Poor media (this does not always mean cheap media though) will tend to get worse as it gets closer to the edge

    Try changing to a different brand and maybe looking into getting a media 'trial' package where you get a few different brands to find which one is suitable for you

    Spending a few extra pounds/dollars/whatever is certainly worth it in the end if it means stutter free DVD's



    Personally I use DataWrite Titaniums now, used to use Ritek, but now I'm happy with this media. This is what works for ME, it may not work for somebody else
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  6. Maybe you exceeded the number of chapters you can use .. sounds like authoring issue.
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  7. Maybe you exceeded the number of chapters you can use .. sounds like authoring issue.
    i only have 11 chapters
    i dont see why that would be a problem
    and there isnt any skipping when i watch the DVD on my standalone
    it is only when i use Power DVD
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  8. It ain't necessarily so that the culprit is bad media. Sometimes that's the case with skipping/freezing playback, but an equally likely culprit is too much video data on the disc. Even on first-rate media like Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim, if you go beyond roughly 3900 megs, some standalone DVD players can't handle playback correctly because they use cheap servos on the playhead head and at the outermost edge of the disc where the rotation speed really cranks up relative to the playback head, you get massive read errors.

    The solution in that case is to ReJig the finished mpeg-2 file down below 3900 megs. I typically try to stay around 3800 megs max and my discs have no playback problems, ever. Also make sure you use good media (Tiayo Yuden, Verbatim, Ritek Ridata, Fuji) instead of crap media (princo, optodisc, house brands).
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