burnt disc freezes for a second or two at chapters

howardnwhite wrote on 12/7/2011, 4:12 PM

Used DVD architect for a long time no problem. Recently it has started freezing for a second or two at chapter points when I play on an external player (as my customers will). I am hoping it is my player and not the software or computer! I have reinstalled DVD arch when I got my new PC (Advent with 6GB) and this problem has started. No problem on my old Dell which was knocking on about ten years and terribly slow. I have looked around forums and people are just going on about playlists and changing layers, etc. Well ALL mine are standard discs with just one MPEG2 file on it. I just have a PLAY ALL button and an ACT TWO button. (film dramatic productions. The Act TWO button accesses the same single file only put on the disc once, but the action says start at the chapter point where Act Two begins. It is thatsimple. I have tried burning at 8x instead of 16x and this has I think reduced the prob, but not got rid of it altogether. But 16x was fine on my old machine. More interesting is the fact that it does not happen always at every chapter. Sometimes after it does it, I rewind a few seconds to before, play a second time with no pause! So it is an on/off problem. I have also found it recently started with DVDs I made on ConvertX DVD (a free program) when it was fine before. So we have a brand new PC and DVD writer, but an old BUSH DVD player that shows the problem. But it doesnt do it for bought DVDs. Thanks and sorry if I have not told you anything important. Just ask if you need more info. Oh and they are TDK+R discs same as before.

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 12/7/2011, 7:44 PM

The most important factor in stalling, especially on older players, is sustained bitrate. I suggest an Average Bit Rate of no more than 6 Mbps, maybe even reduce it to 4 Mbps and see if that helps on your dinosaur player.

That being said, those older players often die a slow death, often from accumulated heating, and with new players on sale as low as $25, there are lots of good reasons to replace it.

TDK discs are usually OK, but there have been bad runs over the years. Verbatim maintains good quality control over their product.

TOG62 wrote on 12/8/2011, 3:46 AM

If it's your player the same discs should play fine on other players. Have you tried that?

It could be a problem with your burner. I have found that they do vary considerably in quality of burn, although I've never noticed a problem at chapter points. Could you borrow another burner, maybe external, to see if it produces better discs?