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Why? Too many possibilities
Best way to make backups compatable? Booktype them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Usually comes down to compatability. Backup dvds can be trickier on stand alone players/game consoles/and pc dvd drives.
Those drives were meant to play the pressed in dvd-rom format from original dvds. Backup dvds are burned,so a totally different format of plus or dash. That's where the compatability comes in.
There's a slew of variations between lasers in all those writers and players.
You have 2 different types of playback issues when it comes to playing backups:
1) No disc/wrong format/wrong region/or dirty disc errors: Usually means a player doesn't recognize your backups.
a)Switch format
b) Booktype plus format to dvd-rom-if burner is capable
c) Different brand of media-if it's a crappy brand
d) Crappy quality burner-fiwmare need updated,but some drives are crappy when it comes to stand alone playability.
e) Stand alone player with a lot of wear and tear
2) Freezing/pixellation/skipping/jumping-but at least the backup is trying to play.
a-e above
f) Speed of burn-too fast or too slow
g) Sticker labels
h) Fragmented harddrive
i) Burning too close to edge
j) Dirty laser lens in player that shows those issues,after ruling out a-j. There are also more possibilities for playback issues.
You're using some quality media,but I'm not sure of which format of those sony tys and verbatims.Switch to opposite.
You're recieving a message like in #1:
Usually format switch to the opposite,if you have a dual format writer.
Another option,but depending on your dvd-rw drive is to booktype your backups using the plus format,and booktype them to dvd-rom. This fools stand alone players into thinking they are the actual dvd-rom format,that originals are.
What's the brand name/model# of your dvd-rw drive?
I've seen just about every type of playback issue imaginable. If using quality media,then a lot of those causes will be eliminated.
Make sure your dvd-rw drive recognizes and plays its own backup,to near original in quality. They need to be practically perfect,when you view them on your pc's dvd-rw drive along with a great program like windvd or powerdvd. After that,the stand alone players factor in and it's a whole new ball game.
The Main thing is quality. Quality booktyping dvd-rw drive/quality media/ and a standard 4x-8x burn. After that formula,then it's usually stand alone players fault!!!!
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