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Maxell DVDRs ? A huge question
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gerard514
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21. February 2005 @ 21:34 |
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I have noticed that after i burned a movie or two that some of them tend to have this little abnormal color about the size of a dot in them. What would most likely this mean. By the way maxell's dvds have that purple dye on the bottom before i burned anyhting on to those disk i notice that at the edge there were some spots very small missing. Is this normal? How can i ensure that i dont burn the movies all the way to the end DVD Shrink set the compression to about 4,464 m i think but its around there.
Main concern tho is those tiny dots i see on a dvd its only about 1 dot and on dodgeball for example i notice a small swiggly line within the data.
>>>Does anyone know what this is, just tried my first verbatium disk and happen to only one. Im just curious of what this could be. Could it bethat a piece of dust was in that area that didnt let the lazer burn>?
Thanks for the help.
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22. February 2005 @ 03:58 |
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Hello gerard, Dots on the outer edge of your discs?
Just reduce your backup target size.
Open up dvd shrink
Edit
Preferences
Click on DVD-5 and set to custom
Enter anywhere for 4300 to 4360 mbs
OK.
That should take care of that bugger.
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brobear
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22. February 2005 @ 09:53 |
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gerard514
I wouldn't worry about it unless it starts causing a problem. If the media is poor enough you need to record that far from the edge, you need to replace it anyway. If it's media you can't return and you still want to use it, then follow Saugmon's recommendations.
Sometimes the dye isn't put down uniformly and you may notice a line of a swirl. As long as the optical head can read the burned data, no problem. I've seen the lines and swirls and they had no affect on the recording. Some cheap media has lines and swirls from bad dye layering on the disc and those can cause write errors which you will quickly see as bad recordings.
The dots you mentioned, are they discoloration in the dye or a problem with the polycarbonate surface layer? If anything chips off bad enough to affect the edge of a disc to the point the dye is damaged, then you're going to get delamination and then you won't have to worry about reading or writing to the edge, the disc will be shot. I've never had to set a program like Shrink away from the default. They set the program up so it doesn't burn to the outer edge. If you notice the burn pattern on the disc, you'll see a small ring left on the outer edge of the dye.
The discs are pressed together at the edges, so some minor rough spots are to be expected. However, the surface should be smooth to the edge and only the slight roughness be on the outer edge. A good disc shouldn't show chipping on the surface in toward the dye layer.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22. February 2005 @ 10:03
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gerard514
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22. February 2005 @ 12:32 |
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Yes i had lowered the amount of data to be burned so it will not burn to the edge of the disk. However there were like one spot on my burned disk that was discolored from the burned part it look like it was in the middle of the disk. This although was only a small dot that i had seen, but i was wondering if this is the media or has something to do with the program.
Thanks to all for the help here.
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brobear
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22. February 2005 @ 12:42 |
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It's a media issue. The info you see burned to a disc appears as a solid burn ring. Normally what one sees is a solid change in color in the area written to by the laser. Imperfections in dye can cause some visual anomalies. Nothing to worry about as long as it doesn't affect the quality of the recording.
Of the hundreds of discs I've burned personally, I've yet to get dots. I've used an assortment of the popular transcoding apps at different times. So, I don't think getting burned dots is a function of software. I've used Maxell before and I haven't noticed a similar situation. Batches can vary however. A post in the media section would be appropriate to see if any one else has run into a similar occurrence.
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22. February 2005 @ 16:20 |
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*moved to correct forum*
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shark29
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22. February 2005 @ 16:25 |
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I have been using 4X Verbatim +R's that ID as MCC002. Anyway, one spindle of 50 had the same little tiny dot at the same place on virtually every disk after recording. It seems odd that this would occur, and its still a mystery if its the media or burner, but whatever the case, all play back fine and there are no errors on any that I have found so far. So, I consider them fine. Even Verbatim was puzzled. I wouldnt worry about one or two dots as long as dvdinfopro scans them error free. Just to be sure - I even ripped a few back to my hd using shrink.
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shark29
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22. February 2005 @ 16:27 |
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Damn, its been a while, I already posted the same info earlier in this thread. My apologies.
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brobear
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22. February 2005 @ 17:53 |
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shark29
So many threads... Don't let it bother you, a lot of us end up repeating ourselves. In fact, I think some of us end up talking to ourselves. LOL
Like I told gerard514, I never worry about minor discolorations as long as the DVD plays well. As far as errors found with DVDInfoPro, I've found small sector errors toward the end of some discs and they didn't affect the playability. The longer unreadable sectors are where the problems start to creep in. In fact the unreadable sector encryption mimics this problem with the newer encryption systems.
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