DVD Burning Problem

[George Palilis]

Problems Burning DVD. I use a Sony VAIO, Windows XP Pro, Matrox G400MAX, Sony DVD burner. Out of 10 DVD’s (that I burn) only 4 or 5 will play back. I try to play (the ones that don’t respond) on deferent DVD players or deferent computers, I experience the same problem. The ones that don’t play I can tell visually there is a (Burn) ring versus a clean unused one. Anyone who experiences a similar problem or offer any suggestions? I will greatly appreciate. George

[Dr Mordrid]

Do all the computers have DVD playing software installed? If not then there likely won't be an MPEG-2 codec which will not let DVD's play.

How old are the DVD decks? >2-3 years? What brand of disc are you using? DVD-R or DVD+R?

Dr. Mordrid

[George Palilis]

Dr. Mordrid thanks for replying. Yes all machines have palying sotware….. The problem (puzzle) is that 50% of my DVDs are doing OK and 50% not. BTW I use Nero for burning and Premiere elements for editing. George P

[gt40]

have you tried the latest firmware for the burner?

[jeff b]

My three rules for a happy life when burning DVD's...

1. Burn at 1/2 the blank DVD's rated speed.
2. Burn the project to the hard disk first, then use Nero Burning ROM to burn the DVD from the hard disk file.
3. Buy small quantities of blank disks to see which ones aren't that good. Then buy the larger quantities of those that work well.

Jeff B

[LvR]

With the Sony burner, there may be a tool avaiable to tell you in detail everything there is to know about your media and produced DVD quality

[Brian Ellis]

My three rules for a happy life when burning DVD's...

1. Burn at 1/2 the blank DVD's rated speed.

Agreed

2. Burn the project to the hard disk first, then use Nero Burning ROM to burn the DVD from the hard disk file.

½ agreed. I use DVDWS2 to create and burn an ISO file. If in doubt, I burn initially to DVD±RW to check it does exactly what I want, before going to DVD±R

3. Buy small quantities of blank disks to see which ones aren't that good. Then buy the larger quantities of those that work well.

½ agreed. Make sure that they are from the same batch, though. DVD±R "manufacturers" often source from different third party makers and the quality can be variable, even amongst the big names. I pay a small premium by going to a local stockist, asking him to reserve a carton of 100 jewel-box blanks. I test one box of 5, go back and then buy the carton or start again with another batch.

4. Make sure that the total aggregate file size never exceeds ¬4.1 Gb, preferably a bit less. If you fill the disc, you can bet your bottom dollar that 95% of the problems are in the last peripheral mm of it, which is much more prone to manufacturing faults and handling contamination.