ISO File

[negy]

I am editing with Pinnicle Studio Plus. Instead of burning directly to Disc . I'm making a ISO file and then burning a DVD in Roxio. I was having an issue with my DVD's freezing when playing in DVD players. I tryed lowering my speeding settings Kbits Etc. Do you think that might help my problem. Also in Roxio is there a way to lower the speed of the burning process,
Thanks Need all the help I can get!!

 

[Demistate]

Burning CDs and DVDs is a tricky process since not all discs are 100% compatible with all Burner drives.

What you'll want to do is make sure you're using some quality media and if you have an Lite-On drive you will be able to run a quality check on DVD discs with a program like Nero Disc Speed.

Quality Media Brands are Tayo Yuden and Verbatim.

Sometimes just updating your Disc Drive's firmware can do wonders for media compatibility.

Over an average usage pattern, optical drive lasers can start to decay, and in cheap drives they have no software for auto tuning the laser to compensate for hours of usage. DVD Burners are cheap and if you're willing to tear apart your comptuer you can get a brand new, quality drive for $20-$40.

Another thing you can do is test your disc image without burning it by using virtual CD software like Daemon Tools. This allows you to bypass the DVD drive/media and make sure your image was created properly.

The CD Freak Forums have a wealth of information, so make sure you have some time on your hands and try to soak up as much info as you can. They'll tell you the best DVD drives on the markets and usually you can find out which media is most compatible with the certain drives.

 

[OSV]

I am editing with Pinnicle Studio Plus. Instead of burning directly to Disc . I'm making a ISO file and then burning a DVD in Roxio. I was having an issue with my DVD's freezing when playing in DVD players. I tryed lowering my speeding settings Kbits Etc. Do you think that might help my problem. Also in Roxio is there a way to lower the speed of the burning process,
Thanks Need all the help I can get!!

it could be anything from a bad dvd burner to junk discs... need more info.

can you do a verify after the burn in roxio? that helps seperate the wheat from the chaff.

 

[Demistate]

can you do a verify after the burn in roxio? that helps seperate the wheat from the chaff.

Even if the drive verifies that the info was written to the disc correctly doesn't mean that it will play back without skipping in a DVD player. The drive that writes the disc will have the same laser that reads the disc. If that laser is mis-aligned from years of use, the disc will verify as being correct, even though it will play back skippy, or un-readable in other DVD drives/players.

 

[SPZ]

I assume you're using a PC. Why not export an mpeg2 file, not ISO, and use this file on the different burning software you have access? Make sure this mpeg 2 file is compliant to DVD specs, which basically means the DVD Burning software will not re-enconde the file, and you'll be able to take this where you want for burning. Obviously the major downside for this is losing the DVD menus and chapters, but it s a way to make sure the file plays back properly independently of burning software. Just a tought here. Not the best solution.

 

[OSV]

Even if the drive verifies that the info was written to the disc correctly doesn't mean that it will play back without skipping in a DVD player. The drive that writes the disc will have the same laser that reads the disc. If that laser is mis-aligned from years of use, the disc will verify as being correct, even though it will play back skippy, or un-readable in other DVD drives/players.

it's also true that if the laser on the desktop dvd player is misaligned, it won't play every dvd back properly... the list of potential problems is endless, and it's not limited to just the dupe house.

when it comes to dvd duplicating, verifying the burn is a must... the last stack of 100 premium taiyo-yudens that i burned had a couple of coasters that passed the burn, but failed on the verify... very close inspection revealed that the discs had tiny defects under the surface coating.