I recently converted an avi file to dvd video files using convertx and burned to a memorex dvd-r disc.the file itself plays fine, as does the dvd-r in my optiarc drive on my laptop. However when I try to ply it on a dvd player after a few min of playing the audio gets out of sync with the video and then it starts freezing up and eventually stops playing all together.
also, the dvd player is a really cheap one from wal-mart -durabrand I think..so basically my question is how come the disc plays fine on my laptop but not on the player??I burned @ 8x onto memorex dvd-r.could the player be the prob?I know there has to be a difference between a 100.00 sony player and a 25.00 durabrand.Some of my other movies play fine but the audio/video sync problem is still present.
Discs have poor playback performance when the recorded marks are not strong enough, not sharp enough, not timed properly, out of track alignment, or out of focus. There dozens of other reasons, from software mistakes to physical flaws; but the reasons I've just mentioned are the result of poor drive/medium interaction. A DVD player will try to read discs with these problems and will correct what it can using its error correction. Sometimes error correction is wrong when it is forced to guess at should come next, and you will see rectangular specks, often green, in the picture. Sometimes the errors are so great that the drive loses track of the track or the timing and gives up. Often the dark marks written on the disc are vague but sharp enough for a drive to read them; but since optical media begin to deteriorate the moment after recording, the vagueness can shift into illegibility in a short time if the contrast between light and dark is on the threshold.
Computer drives are more flexible than the drives commonly used in DVD players. Their lens mechanisms have a greater range of focus and can move more rapidly. That's why a poorly recorded DVD can often be viewed in a computer even though DVD players no longer read it. It's all about the number and type of errors that can be handled. Poor recording quality is far more often due to a mismatch of drive and disc than to any real quality of the medium itself. AfterDawn posters generally prefer to use brands that: 1) vary little because they come from a single factory or from limited sources; and 2) are generally supported in the first iteration of a drive's software. Those brands that source from multiple factories run some small risk of production inconsistencies, but the bigger problem is inconsistent support in drives, particularly when a drive is new. Less than ideal write strategy can create poor dark marks on a dye, and that will make a poor recording no matter how good or bad the disc is.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
then could you suggest a dependable media...Ive read a lot about verbatim but dunno that I have ever seen them in a store anywhere.maybe BB or CC?? also, would a more expensive machine help out, because it seems to me if my computer reads the disc just fine then the information is on the disc correctly and maybe a better machine could read it more clearly?? just curious.
does a more expensive dvd player have better inner workings than a cheaper one??or are you just pretty much paying for a brand-name?If so, could you suggest a good brand player?
I have burned a zillion movies and never had this issue, and I am very particular about the quality of my dvd-movies...
...Ive read a lot about verbatim but dunno that I have ever seen them in a store anywhere.maybe BB or CC?? also, would a more expensive machine help out, because it seems to me if my computer reads the disc just fine then the information is on the disc correctly and maybe a better machine could read it more clearly?? just curious.
Quote:does a more expensive dvd player have better inner workings than a cheaper one
Perhaps, but not necessarily. My Walmart special works better than my Toshiba
??or are you just pretty much paying for a brand-name?If so, could you suggest a good brand player?
I have burned a zillion movies and never had this issue, and I am very particular about the quality of my dvd-movies...
