Hi to all,
First time posting.
I'm using DvdFab decrypter,Vobblanker,DVD Shrink w/Nero6.6.18 and Verbatim DVD+R 8x at 8x to burn. lately (since i've been using these verbs,actually) everything I burn i'll check the disk quality. It starts out very nice, then a little more than halfway through, it just goes way high and the score drops to zero, then goes back down.
I don't understand enough to figure it out and i've been trying to find another similar posting with little luck.I've also defragged and ran a virus scan to no avail. There is a wealth of knowledge here, I hope you can help me.
Thanks!
I don't know how to show these test scores, but in case anyone could use the info, I burned at 4x; the score stayed in the 90's until the very end when it spiked and the score dropped to 70. I did another movie at 6x and it had a spike in the middle,but stayed at 90.I also did one at 2x that you need sunglasses to look at.
I believe now that updating my firmware would make the burn more consistant, but I'm not finding much info regarding my drive(TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B). Naturally any help there would be appreciated, however I know it's risky and I don't think I'm that advanced yet.
I can be happy with a score of 90 as long as my boy can.
I would take those scans with a grain of salt. I have some horrible scans that play beautifully. The drive itself will also determine scan quality. For example a disc in a poor scanning drive may produce a quality score of say 70%, but if you put that same disc into a drive that is known to be a good scanner it may produce a score upwards of 90%. The ultimate test is viewing the disc itself, if it plays without pixellation, stuttering etc. it's OK by me.
Not always fine if it plays. When I started out burning I had some discs that scored badly, but played fine. Ok, I thought, but after taking these around and trying them in other brands of players I found that these discs were full of skips, stutters, and some would just freeze the player completely. Just because it plays in a few machines doesn't mean that it's necessarily ok.
I agree entirely Jigen, but for my purposes it it plays in my machine it's all that matters to me. I don't loan my movies out or resell them (that would be illegal).
Righto, it might be at least arguably illegal to loan them out. Selling of course is a complete no-no. Working in your current machine is good, but what if it dies? What if your new machine is picky and chokes? I just try to keep my score in the 80,90+ range and as yet no problems getting them to play on even pickier machines. I may setting for a score in the 70's if I'm using lower quality blanks, but I really don't like going any lower than 80-90.
Valid points-all.
I do like having a method of checking the quality of a burn. even if it's not everything. If I see that it's bad I won't waste time watching it. I'd rather burn it again. If I sit down to watch a movie I'd like to enjoy it rather than wondering when it's going to freeze.
So far my piece of crap player is more than happy to show me when they're the least bit flawed.
Btw, I think I can see a faint dark ring on the disk where the burn goes south.
