Newbie needs help! I have burned about 10 coasters so far, the latest is Christmas with the Kranks. I am able to burn to the HD just fine but when it comes to putting it on the DVD+R (Memorex & Fuji) 2/3 thru the DVD the picture starts to sputter, starting and stopping. This has happened with almost every movie that I have tried to burn. Help me before I lose my mind.
The memorex media it terrible media to begin with. Fuji should be better and will definately be if you search for the Made in Japan DVD+R's.
Now at what speed are you burning the DVD's? What burning and ripping programs are you using? What kind of burner do you have and is the firmware for the burner current.
Please check out the step by step guides in my signature block and these should help you have a successful burn.
Thanks for the help, you were right on with the firmware update. I updated the firmware to my Ricoh DVD+RW 5125A and it is burning like a champ. I set the burn rate to 2x and it burned the longest yard and Vhristmas with the cranks with no problem using decryptor and dvdshrink alongside DVD43. I will experiment with the burn settings to see what speed I can burn at without any glitches. I just burned The 12 dogs of Christmas in 8 minuted including encoding, Thanks again for the help.
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.
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:
