the 50 minute question

[Athlon]

i have been making my SVCD's and captureing stuff now for a while, and am confident with this, and have recently started messin around with, and getting used to DVD ripping/Authoring software with my DVD rom, before i get a DVD writer next week.

but the amount of posts i have read which state "movie played fine for 50mins then went all blocky .. " can anyone tell me why this happens ?? i dont wanna shell out £200+ for a writer, only to have a load of "half" movies

thanx in advance

[bugster]

The compatibility between standalone DVD players and recordable medium varies to say the least. Some players manage to read the earlier parts of the discs but struggle more as the movie plays and the data approcahes the outer parts of the disk (DVD's are burnt from the inner edge outwards I beleieve). This can cause underruns or bad data to be read which creates the blockiness seen on screen.

Another possible reason is bad encoding or bad media, I am sure there must be other explanations too.

Sorry I can't be more definitive but this is a very large subject with many areas that can cause problems.

[freebee22]

I totally agree with bugster, this is a trial and error, depends on the set top player the media, including the burning software.. you just have to try which works for you..

just my 2 cents

[crimpshrine]

My experience has been mainly with the actual set top box DVD player.

Even if a DVD player claims -R -RW +R +RW support, some are more sensitve then others. My first JVC dvd drive I bought a few weeks ago had a problem on ONLY DVD-R media when it got to like anything past an hour on A DVD copy. RW media no probs. (I am assuming the RW is more reflective or something) I once had a Sony DVD player that would NOT play CDR's but would play CDRW's..

I returned it and got another one of the same brand, plays them fine all the way through. Same media. (-R)

My advice is to make sure if your getting a new standalone DVD player for your TV is to buy local from a place that has a good return policy

If you already have a player, then like others have said its a chance you take. And different media will have a different effect. I bet if I took the time to try other brands of -R media my JVC might have worked. My thought was the lasers should be good enough to read it all the way through if my PC DVD players can on any media ive tried, fortunatly for me my first JVC's lasers must have been just a bit off or something. (I really like the JVC 500BK, and no Chroma bug that 80% of progressive DVD players have)

[dickrichards2000]

Since DVD burning is still in it's infancy as far as the home user goes I would have to agree with the return policy remark as well as the fact that the media you choose to use makes all the difference in the world. I have access to about a dozen DVD players through myself, friends, and family and in addition have access to 3 DVD burners and have tried about 6 different brands of blank writable DVD media. So far the best combination has been a Pioneer DVR-A04 with Maxell 2x DVD-R discs. I have yet to come across a player that wouldn't play them. However, try using a cheap brand of blank disc on that same DVR-A04 and playing it in the same dvd players and you get everything from "No Disc" errors to skipping to infinite load times. My luck with DVD+R has been about 80% and my luck with DVD-R/W or DVD+R/W has been about 50%, even from reputable brands.

Trust me, don't get into burning DVD's without at least a few extra bucks to spend on discs just trying to figure out what works best for you and your setup.

[jj1k]

Hello,

I use ritek dvd-r's
When I first started making DVD rips I noticed blockiness in black areas of the movie. I changed the tmpenc settings to 10 bits (DC compenent) and changed quality to "high quality". Now the dvd looks perfect in my sony dvp-ns715p

James