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1. December 2005 @ 18:02

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Today I backed up The Godfather and watched it for the first time (Classic film) but all through it, it kept freezing and jumping in parts! At one part it skipped a chapter, and I had to manually rewind it to 10 seconds after the point where it jumps not to miss any storyline!
I have just copied Monsters Inc. and stuck it on, it's been about 15 minutes in and it's only jumped once! I know it's got something to do with Monsters Inc. only being a standard 1.5 hours film and The Gofather being a 3 hour film. But is there anyway I can stop it jumping? I used entirely DVD Shrink for the whole process of encoding, compressing, burning and backing up, etc.
If it helps I also use DataWrite Titanium General purpose 8x DVD-r !
PLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEAAAASSSSE HELP!!!

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jmet

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1. December 2005 @ 22:02

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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.

Also, are you using adhesive labels on your back ups? If so, try removing the labels (if you can) and playing them again. Go here for more info on why not to use labels. - http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28604

You can go here for some other possible solutions: http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44912

Also try lowering outcome the "Target DVD size".

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:

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arniebear

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2. December 2005 @ 03:25

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Also check and make sure the firmware on you burner is up to date.

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2. December 2005 @ 16:44

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Okay now I see I am leagues behind you lot! lol what is firmware?

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arniebear

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3. December 2005 @ 04:40

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Firmware is what helps your burner recognize nerwer media and burn speeds. If you have DVD Decrypter then you can check this way. Open the Tools tab go to Drive and then Capabilities it should look like this

You can then use the option of checking for newer firmware from the Drive/Capabilities Tab in Decrypter.

Or you can check it using the Nero Info Tool if you have Nero

You can post back with your results.

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