Playback of MPEG-2 movie burnt on a DVD stops after some time.

[ssukuru]

Hi

I recently burnt a movie that I downloaded from the Internet after converting it to MPEG-2 Format on to a DVD for playback on my standalone Philips DVP-3007 model DVD player. It plays for about an hour or so and then suddenly stops to return to the menu screen. On the menu screen I say some garbage letters. However, the same disc plays to the end without any problem on my PC (thru WMP). I tried to play the DVD on another DVD player (same Philips DVP-3007 model). Same problem was encountered.

I did not try on any other DVD player.

Is this a problem with the DVD player? or is it some problem with the movie that I downloaded or is it problem with the format (MPEG-2).

The original format of the movie is AVI which unfortunately is not supported by my DVD player. Hence the conversion to MPEG-2.

I have other movies in MPEG-2 format (also downloaded from Internet) which play without any problem.

Please throw some light on this and suggest an alternative.

[Baldrick]

Please give more information.

Did you convert to a mpg file? Or to a dvd-video? What did you convert and burn with? Tried different dvd media?

[ssukuru]

The downloaded movie was in AVI (which is not supported by my Philips DVD Player).
I therefore converted it using Any Video Converter to MPG-2 Format.
I then burnt the MPG-2 format movie to DVD using Ashampoo Burning Studio.
I tested the burnt DVD on my PC and it played fine till the end. Excellent quality.
I played the same DVD on my DVD Player. Played fine for about an hour.Then stopped.

I have some other movies that I downloaded from the Internet and followed the same procedure. They are running fine till the end on my DVD player.

[Bjs]

Check the length of the non-working title against one's which do fine ... could be the player has an issue reading towards the end of disc.

[guns1inger]

Better still, use AVStoDVD to encode your AVI and author it into a proper DVD Video structure, then burn this to quality media using Imgburn. Chances are high that you will have much more success and get a better quality disc.