DVD-R playback probs with Pioneer DV-C503

[Dawn_Warrior]

My problem in a nutshell is that the video I've burned to DVD-R occasionally breaks-up when I play the clips burned to the outer edge of the DVD-R. The video at the front of the DVD-R plays just fine. The same DVD plays fine on my PC.

My question(s): Is my player too slow to read the DVD I burned?
Did my burner write the outer 'tracks' non-standard? or,
Did I encode my video too far out of spec?

DVD Player: Pioneer DV-C503
DVD Burner: Matshita LF-D310 (according to System Properties... however, it was boxed as a Pacific Digital DVD-R/RAM burner, part #U-30116)
DVD-R blanks: I've tried DigitalMedia and Princo. Same on both
Encoding technique: TMPGEnc Plus coding to CVD format (mpeg2 352x480 CQ-100 29.97fps 48000Hz 192kbps audio)
Authoring: Spruceup Trial
Burned with Nero 5.5.8.2

Any ideas?

[Fredrick]

You have a media problem.

[Dawn_Warrior]

Any suggestions on a better brand?

And why does the PC read it fine but the DVD player only reads the front 2/3 OK?

[scissors]

My problem in a nutshell is that the video I've burned to DVD-R occasionally breaks-up when I play the clips burned to the outer edge of the DVD-R. The video at the front of the DVD-R plays just fine. The same DVD plays fine on my PC.

My question(s): Is my player too slow to read the DVD I burned?
Did my burner write the outer 'tracks' non-standard? or,
Did I encode my video too far out of spec?

DVD Player: Pioneer DV-C503
DVD Burner: Matshita LF-D310 (according to System Properties... however, it was boxed as a Pacific Digital DVD-R/RAM burner, part #U-30116)
DVD-R blanks: I've tried DigitalMedia and Princo. Same on both
Encoding technique: TMPGEnc Plus coding to CVD format (mpeg2 352x480 CQ-100 29.97fps 48000Hz 192kbps audio)
Authoring: Spruceup Trial
Burned with Nero 5.5.8.2

Any ideas?

It's probably NOT your media as suggested.

I have re-authored and re-burned on TDK media to find the same "break up" in EXACTLY the same place.

I've search all over the net for a solution.

The solution (I think) is that you are suffering from bit starvation and that your player fills with those bloody purple blocks.

Different standalones handle it better.

I've tried a problem disc on several players, some no probs, my alba occasional break-up, worst player crappy cyberhome.

Answer - increase bit rate (ie one film one disc, or buy a new player)

Crap answer I know. If you find a Tmpeg setting that still gives three films and doesn't cause it let us know.

[SatStorm]

If you use 2 Pass VBR during the encoding, then set minimum bitrate ~1200kb/s and also enable padding.

One more reason I don't prefer CQ modes. They are excellent for CD based media but that crazy unpredictable bitrate, isn't the best friend of DVD based media. With 2 Pass you guarande that the min bitrate is what you set. Guess what: Minimum bitrate is also important in the encoding! Set it to low (like 0 most users do) and it might give you probs like this later, when you burn those files to DVD-Rs!