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dreamfall
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_ 		24. December 2005 @ 21:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I burned a bunch of my movies back home and took the copies to college so it'd be all good if someone drops a DVD-R in a slice of pizza or spills a drink on my DVD-Rs. No such things happened, but they did receive general wear and tear. I came home and watched my DVD-R copy of Super Size Me, and it completely froze for about 10 seconds and then just skipped that 10 seconds of video. Similar thing happened to Saw when played on PS2: it froze completely and came up with "Unable to read disc," but then I stuck it in my PC and it reads it fine.

Question: Is there any such program that I can have scan my DVD-R's and in essence just play them through really really fast and tell me that there are freeze areas, dead areas, etc. I read that CDCheck is worth checking out, but I downloaded and used it on both Super Size Me and Saw only to get "No Errors" and "No Warnings," even though they clearly jump around on certain DVD players.

I just came home for Christmas break and brought my DVD-Rs back from college. I have a sneaky suspicion that a good portion of them contain jumpy segments, freeze areas, and so on. Now that I'm home with all my legit copies again, I'm tempted to just trash all the DVD-Rs and start over on fresh DVD-Rs and take better care of them or something, but I'd like to be able to keep ones that I'm sure are okay.

Speaking of taking better care of them, anyone have a guide to burned CD/DVD care? I'm hearing sharpies are bad, certain types of cases are bad, etc. What can I do to make my CD-Rs/DVD-Rs last the longest?
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saugmon
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_ 		25. December 2005 @ 01:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Here's a program that can scan your backups for errors. Look for the free version with adverts:
http://www.dvdinfopro.com/

Try the PI/PO error scan.

You can also try Nero speedtest.


Now that pixellation/freezing can be caused by many things. Media quality/too fast burn speed/or combo of both are the usual culprits. Stand alones have more difficulty with dvd backups.There's a lot of things that can go wrong. The pc DVD-RW drive should play it's own backups and they should look near perfect.The stand alones is where majority of the backups will be played.Some of them can be a pain in the arse! PS2 consoles seem to be the trickiest.Compression,along with a bunch of other things can also contribute to this.

What's the MID code on your backups? Dvdinfopro will tell you.

How fast were they burned?

What's the brand name and model# of your DVD-RW drive?

If the pc drive plays them to near perfection,then usually the stand alone players's fault. Sometimes they may need a lens cleaning-but I consider that as a last resort before replacing a stand alone player.
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