mastering dilemma

TeeJay wrote on 9/10/2005, 7:18 AM

I have a dilemma in regards to a new project master that I have.

I have created a DVDA3 master and whilst it plays absolutely fine on my Pioneer DVR510 standalone recorder, it jumps, skips and glitches on my cheap- ass LG standalone.

I had a similar problem on my last project and put it down to bad media, but I am now using TDK 8x DVD-R

It's doing my head in! I've played it on other players with mixed results. I don't understand how creating a Master can be such a temperamental process. I've tried different burn speeds, so many types of media that I've lost count and I'm really at my wits end.

The project is a PAL DVD edited in V6 and Prepared in DVDA3, created at 8Mbps. My burner is a Sony DRU700
I always close down any background processes when preparing the Master and when burning the disc. I have 2Gig DDR Ram and it's a Pentium 4 3.2Ghz Processor.

Can anyone think of any obvious reasons why this would happen?

Cheers,

T

Can anyone

Comments

Coursedesign wrote on 9/10/2005, 7:41 AM

Try cutting the bit rate from 8Mbps to 7 or even 6Mbps, which is what most commercial DVDs average.

8 Mbps is within spec in theory, but not all players handle it graciously if they can save a few cents on the manufacturing cost by not worrying so much about it.

Depending on the content, VBR can help you maintain quality.

TeeJay wrote on 9/10/2005, 7:47 AM

Case closed folks.... I have solved the problem.

It seems that all this time, my burner has been causing sector errors.

I just popped in a new Pioneer 110 and was able to play the disc in it's entirety without a single jump.

Man, all the time and discs I've wasted because of that confounded Sony Burner..........it was the last thing that i would have thought of but after my initial post, i got to thinking about all of the different variables, and the burner was the only thing that I hadn't tried different, so I just happened to have the new Pioneer burner here because I am about to build a new PC for a client so thought I'd give it a go, and voila!

So, I hope that this experience may help others that may be having similar problems.

Regards,

TeeJay