Strange problem. I use Shrink and Nero to backup DVDs to DVD-Rs. No problem at all shrinking or buring, but when I play the DVDR on one standalone (Samsung, which states it will play a DVDR) and in a laptop, after about one hour of playing perfectly the movie starts to skip and pixelate, to the point where it eventually freezes and stops. I have another standalone DVD player (Panasonic) that plays them perfectly all the way through, as well as my desktop which I burn them on. I use good media (Taiyo Yuden 8x), and burn at 2x. Could it just be the two drives in these devices that are touchy? Funny that I can play 2/3s of a movie before something happens.
As you are using great media (TY), media is not your problem. (If they are not fake TY's) I would say heat is though. Your DVD player may be over heating. 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. Also, are you using adhesive labels on your back ups? If so, try removing the labels (if you can) and playing them again. Go here for more info on why not to use labels. - http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28604 You can go here for some other possible solutions: http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44912 Also try lowering outcome the "Target DVD size". 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:
