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teakettle
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_ 		12. May 2006 @ 15:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi folks,

I am trying to back up a variety of DivX and XVid films on DVD-R (Matrix 4.7GB). I am using a Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-812S drive (4x max).

I have used a variety of software for this task, including ConvertXtoDVD and dvdSanta. The programs are all able to create the DVD and it plays fine on my computer, but I can't get them to play properly on any TV DVD player (I've tried on several). One of the discs I created with ConvertXtoDVD plays for about 30 seconds before running into errors and just messing up completely (video freezes up with lots of pixelation and crap all over). dvdSanta DVDs don't work at all.

I am thinking the problem is the DVDs I'm working with. I am planning to purchase some better ones, now that I've found some recommendations on this site.

However, I am wondering if the problem might be my DVD burner. It's always given me a bit of grief, even when creating discs that I only use on my own computer. Or could the problem be that I'm putting too much data on the DVDs (I'm not exceeding their capacity, but maybe the length of the video I'm putting on can't be handled by TV DVD players)?

I would appreciate any insight that might help me figure out what aspect of the process is causing this problem.
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gjl2002
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_ 		12. May 2006 @ 18:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the first step is to try better media & see if that solves your problems
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Rotary
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_ 		13. May 2006 @ 00:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i second that! get some ritek - verbs - TY
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Nothing here to see, move along folks.

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LOCOENG
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_ 		13. May 2006 @ 04:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I would reinforce everything already stated...media is always a good place to start troubleshooting and quality media is key to quality backups, plus the media you are currently using sounds a bit dodgy.
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