ran a disk though dvd shrink and copyed to nero like the guides said to do the new disk plays ok in the computer but plays 1/2 to 3/4 the way though on a dvd player and freezes up /skips? copied to dvd +rw played back in my 5 disk player ..
@pisces47
What brand of discs are you using? Burn speed? The 2 most common reasons for playback problems are the media used and high burn speeds.
I would also make sure your drives firmware is up to date.
Below is redundant information already suggested by binkie7 but, there is some added information as well.
If your backup freezes, stutters, skips, or has some pixelation, it is more than likely due to poor quality media being used. Cheap media is poorly manufactured around the edge of the disc, hence the reason why it mostly skips or freezes from the middle toward the end of the movie. The two main things to consider first are:
1. Is it cheap media that you are using? (ie. some off brand you bought at a local computer store/fair, even a store like Circuit City or Best Buy sells cheap low quality media.)
2. How fast are you burning? - Burn no faster than 4X, might have to go down to 2X with really cheap media.
Open DVD Shrink. Click "Edit", then "Preferences". On the first tab at the top in the drop down box, change it from "DVD-5 (4.7GB) to "Custom" and enter a number of 4200MB (4464MB is burning to the edge of the disc, you want to stay away from the edge as the edge of cheap media (disc's) are poorly manufactured). Screen Shot Below:
thanks folks and i think i got it worked out now . i was useing memorex DVD+RW .im going to start useing -r/w and burn slower back up speeds ...i tried two more and its aok, thanks i just had to do somemore reading
