Hi I got problem. Some copied movies freeze or jump to the first chapter while playing. Usually it happens on 3/4 of the movie. I think it's where the first layer ends on the original DVD. Using Intervideo DVD Copy 2 with DVD X Ghost (AnyDVD didn't work for some reason) and DVD X Copy Platinum and lite-on 812S. Really need help.
Sounds like a media issue. What's the media code of the discs you've been using? You can use this to find out: http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com/
Mostly, media issue, shrinking issue or DVD player. Try a different media - get DVD+/-RW to play Try to use a different shrink method like Nero Recode or DVDShrink. I used to have this Apex DVD player. Out of 1 year, I exchanged it 3 times and none of them played anything without a freeze. Now I have a Sony player, yes, I paid $40 more, but it rocks.
It's probably the DVD player. I went through the same thing. I took back six DVD players until I was told that Sony was the best. I have three Sonys now and they all play everything I throw in them. Good luck.
Hi netager, Welcome to our forum ) As the "Fast" man said - media needs a change - You say you have 50 Memorex left, I have about 150 discs that I bought at one time or another that couldn't cut the mustard - Speaking of Memorex, Memorex is a good example as media goes, figures as high as 50% coasters have been reported (One member bought a stack of 50 and got 23 good burns.), not what I would call an impressive record. 4 different companies manufacture Memorex BTW and the quality varies widely as you might imagine. Easy to see now why the quality of a big-named company can’t be trusted - “Who’s making your Memorex tonight ?” 1. * Cheap media freezes, skips, stutters, pixelats, partially jams, may be rejected and lest we forget, our old standby, giving you the old just, refuses to be recognized routine :-( Besides "Freezing", "skips" and pixelations, many times you’ll get a “Cyclic Redundancy error” or an "I/O error". This message can mean that your discs are scratched or dirty, it can also mean that your burner won’t accept your “cheap” media :-( Another problem which “pops up” is a “*Power Calibration Error”. This can stop you right in your tracks and most often is caused by, Yep, you guessed it, inexpensive media. *A “Power Calibration Error” can also be attributed to the Optical Components of a DVD Writer, though this isn’t usually the case. Trying to shut down your software and ejecting your DVD then restarting your program and re-inserting the same media recently cleaned has been known to help. Inexpensive media or even average media is great for text, Data, Spreadsheets, .Jpg and .Gif pictures and is good even for MP3 music BUT for DVD backups - BLAaaaaaT! It SUCKTH in an extremely Big-th way ! 2. A good grade media is needed for DVD reproduction ! “Branded” Ritek G04's or Branded Verbatim are what we’re looking for OR any media boasting “Advanced Metal AZO.”, this indicates a superior dye application, while they are sometimes a bit “pricey” they are acceptable. Prices online from Meritline.com have gotten Ritek G04 down below a dollar a disc - Question - If you make coasters out of 3 cheap or even average discs and good copies from 3 Branded Verbatim discs or 3 “Branded” Ritek G04 discs - which ones then will you say are too expensive ? The 3 “Cheapo’s with no movie backup OR, the 3 recommended discs with a perfect backup on each disc ? Bear in mind, Memorex, Fuji, Sony, TDK, Orange Pack and others are quite good for your MP3 music, picture archives, Spread sheets, Data and your text backups and archives, they just don’t work well for DVD backups. Even DataSafe G04’s made by Ritek have been reported as inferior quality and are evoking that “Oh no, I shouldn’t have gotten those.” Remember, for DVD backups, purchasing inexpensive media or even average media is a gamble, some people win, the majority of people lose, varying amounts but, they still lose :-( Let's try the right media for the job - just buy a 5 pack of what we recommend that will settle it once and for all - Don’t cheat though, buy the EXACT media we recommended - Using good grade media can guarantee you one thing to an absolute certainty; it surely cannot hurt. BTW, In an effort to clear the air, when I speak of "Cheap" or "Inexpensive" media, I'm not referring to the price you pay at the counter - I'm referring to the way the manufacturer’s cut the corners during the manufacture of the discs and the quality control used during manufacturing. And when I say “Branded” that means that when you pick up a disc in your hand, it says “Ritek” or “Verbatim” on the disc itself. The cost of the media we recommend many times is cheaper than that you are buying now. cheers, Pete
No matter the programs, and I use those too, using poor media will cost you in the long run unless you wanted temporary movie backups - One thing I haven't addressed is the life of a backup made on an "el cheapo" disc. We all know that data, music and video backed up on CD’s and DVD’s will last forever, well, if not forever for at least 100 yrs or so – that’s what we’ve read and that’s why we backup our treasures to disc, so that they’ll be safe. “BLAaaaT” (the bone chilling sound of an emergency air horn), wrong, dead wrong, hang you’re your video camera tapes and family pictures, “Point of fact,” inferior discs have a tendency to "Break down" in time. In a very short time, we’re talking disc breakdown in less than a single year, as little as 6 to 8 months. Important, please read - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=513486 My personal observations on this subject - I have had 25 to 30 backups that have refused to play after being stored for a year or more. I test all of my backups when they are burnt to be totally sure that there are no problems. "In the Golden, Olden times," before I knew any better, the Maxell and TDK discs (and any thing that was on sale) was what I used to use before I switched to Ritek and Verbatim, it is the cheap stuff that I have been experiencing trouble with. I noticed that backup DVD's I had been using refused to play in my standalone player and on my PC. VOB files wouldn't play either and other discs that I backed up about the same time would "Jam" part way through the movie. After switching to Verbatim and Ritek s, mostly the Ritek's because the price was right, I've not had 1 go "Flat" in almost 2 years. I still have some backups done on the cheap stuff and as time wears on I lose a few more as I attempt to check them. I say to you, why did a backup play fine in "01"and "02" then "fail" in "03 ?? Some that were done in "01" never made it till "02" and others done about the same time and "Failed" in "04"? All of the backups from "02" and "03", done on the "good Stuff" work fine today - not a single failure ! As always, you have a choice - Suit yourself - Sea Yaaaaaaaaaa
I have to agree 100 percent with Scuba Pete. I also have experienced the same thing. Disks that were fine over a year ago have "rotted" now on some of the cheapies. Sticking with the Ritek now.
