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Playing back DVD's and they freeze half way through movie!

Webslinger said:
With one of the discs you burned previously (that you said skips), please do step 8 from http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=393
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Summary for drive D: (AnyDVD 6.1.3.6)
_NEC DVD+RW ND-3100AD 107E 04061100
Drive (Hardware) Region: 2

Media is a DVD.
Booktype: dvd-rom (version 1), Layers: 1
Total size: 1736848 sectors (3392 MBytes)

Video DVD (or CD) label: RIENNEVAPLUS
Media is not CSS protected.
Video Standard: PAL
Media is region free.

RCE protection not found.
DVD structure appears to be correct.
Found & removed bogus title set!
Autorun not found on Video DVD.
Found & removed 1 bad sector protections!
Emulating RPC-2 drive with region 1!
 
beautyfiend said:
Booktype: dvd-rom (version 1), Layers: 1
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Well, unless you changed the booktype in Nero's cd-dvd speed using that same disc a few minutes ago, it seems that your burner automatically sets the booktype of +R media to "dvd-rom", so you don't have to change booktype. That's good.

As for the blank media to try
visit http://www.de.nec.de/software/1677_Media_List_for_16x_DVD_Writer_(DVT).pdf

That's NEC's recommended media list.

Use one of the (Premium--not value line) Taiyo Yudens dvd+r listed.

If you buy the 16x premium Taiyo Yudens dvd+R, try a 12x burn speed.
 
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Webslinger said:
Well, unless you changed the booktype in Nero's cd-dvd speed using that same disc a few minutes ago, it seems that your burner automatically sets the booktype of +R media to "dvd-rom", so you don't have to change booktype. That's good.

As for the blank media to try
visit http://www.de.nec.de/software/1677_Media_List_for_16x_DVD_Writer_(DVT).pdf

That's NEC's recommended media list.

Use one of the (Premium--not value line) Taiyo Yudens dvd+r listed.

If you buy the 16x premium Taiyo Yudens dvd+R, try a 12x burn speed.
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Taiyo Yudens with speed 16x 8x or 4x?
 
beautyfiend said:
Taiyo Yudens with speed 16x 8x or 4x?
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The NEC recommended list listed the 16x and 4x, but not the 8x for some reason (the 8x Taiyo Yudens
tend to suffer from less quality control issues, but it's not on NEC's recommended media list, and I doubt you want to wait
around burning media slowly at 4x, so . . .).
Try the 16x Taiyo Yuden Professional dvd+R, and try burning them at 12x.

Keep this in mind:

1. It's entirely possible the backups you claim skip will play perfectly fine on your computer, and not on your standalone dvd player.
You can test this easily by playing the disc in your burner.
2. It's entirely possible updating your burner's firmware (if a firmware update from Dell is available . . . call Dell and ask what to do) will
fix whatever burning issues you have with whatever media you bought.
3. Your standalone dvd player may be very picky and not like +R media in general (but Taiyo Yuden is usually a good bet, provided the booktype is set to "dvd-rom")
 
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Webslinger said:
The NEC recommended list listed the 16x and 4x, but not the 8x for some reason (the 8x Taiyo Yudens
tend to suffer from less quality control issues, but it's not on NEC's recommended media list, and I doubt you want to wait
around burning media slowly at 4x, so . . .).
Try the 16x Taiyo Yuden Professional dvd+R, and try burning them at 12x.

Keep this in mind:

1. It's entirely possible the backups you claim skip will play perfectly fine on your computer, and not on your standalone dvd player.
You can test this easily by playing the disc in your burner.
2. It's entirely possible updating your burner's firmware (if a firmware update from Dell is available . . . call Dell and ask what to do) will
fix whatever burning issues you have with whatever media you bought.
3. Your standalone dvd player may be very picky and not like +R media in general (but Taiyo Yuden is usually a good bet, provided the booktype is set to "dvd-rom")
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So these would be ok?
http://www.digitalpromo.co.uk/taiyo...er-printable-speed-47gb-dvdr-pack-p-1270.html
 
beautyfiend said:
So these would be ok?
http://www.digitalpromo.co.uk/taiyo...er-printable-speed-47gb-dvdr-pack-p-1270.html
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Yes. Try burning those at 12x.

And I would try playing your backups (that skip currently) in your computer to see if they work.

What blank media are you using at the moment? Specify a) brand name b)type (-R, +R, -RW, +RW, RAM, DL, etc.) c)media code, d) capacity/size, e) batch codes/serial codes (often found printed on the inner plastic hub of the blank disc), and f)country (factory information would be great as well, if possible) where the media was made (look on the physical packaging; do not rely on programs to accurately give you this information).

If you don't know how to obtain media codes, you may find the following programs useful:

http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com and http://www.dvdinfopro.com/
 
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Webslinger said:
Yes. Try burning those at 12x.

And I would try playing your backups (that skip currently) in your computer to see if they work.

What blank media are you using at the moment? Specify a) brand name b)type (-R, +R, -RW, +RW, RAM, DL, etc.) c)media code, d) capacity/size, e) batch codes/serial codes (often found printed on the inner plastic hub of the blank disc), and f)country (factory information would be great as well, if possible) where the media was made (look on the physical packaging; do not rely on programs to accurately give you this information).

If you don't know how to obtain media codes, you may find the following programs useful:

http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com and http://www.dvdinfopro.com/
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Disc Regions are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
CSS Protected No
Media code/Manufacturer ID RICOHJPN!R0
Media code/Manufacturer ID RICOHJPN!R0
UDF Format Type V1.02
UDF Volume Name RIENNEVAPLUS
UDF Application id ELBY CLONEDVD
UDF Implementation id ELABORATE BYTES
UDF Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 4/13/2007 21:03:07
Format Capacity 3.31GB(3.56GB)
Book Type DVD-ROM
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed Unknown
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 1A808Fh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 08 02 00 00 01 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 1D 80 8F ................
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 52 49 43 4F 48 4A 50 4E 52 .......RICOHJPNR
00000020 30 33 04 38 23 54 37 13 00 44 73 00 84 6D 15 15 03.8#T7..Ds..m..
00000030 0B 0B 08 08 01 19 1B 0C 0C 0C 0D 01 00 00 00 00 ................

On the discs it says...Maxell dvd+r
4.7gb data
16x
120min video
 
Thanks for the info. Other than contacting Dell and asking for new firmware for your burner and trying those TY +Rs, I have no other suggestions.

I would, again, test to see if those Maxell discs skip in your computer during playback.
 
Webslinger said:
Thanks for the info. Other than contacting Dell and asking for new firmware for your burner and trying those TY +Rs, I have no other suggestions.

I would, again, test to see if those Maxell discs skip in your computer during playback.
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Well i tried to watch one and my computer freezed and then crashed :doh:
Thanks for all your help and patience!
I will get those disc's on payday and let you know if it works, fingers crossed.
 
beautyfiend said:
Well i tried to watch one and my computer freezed and then crashed :doh:
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Basically, I'm just wondering if the discs that skip work in other dvd players or other standalone dvd players. Your standalone dvd player might be very picky.
 
Webslinger said:
Basically, I'm just wondering if the discs that skip work in other dvd players or other standalone dvd players. Your standalone dvd player might be very picky.
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No, I've tried them in 2 different dvd players and on my pc and it freezes everytime, usualy the 4th or 5th chapter into the movie.
 
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