I've had a Pioneer A03 DVD-R burner for nearly 4 years, and I've never quite got it to burn a reliable DVD. I started with DVDA 1, and I've recently upgraded to DVD2. All of my DVD projects are prepared using the same workflow: I edit everything in Vegas 5, dropping markers where I want chapters. I render the project as an AVI using all the default settings. The AVI is pulled up in DVDA, and I check that the chapters work fine. I prepare the DVD using DVDA2's defaults, and then burn the disc. The discs usually load fine, but playback on my Sony DVP-C600D, as well as most other set top players is very unreliable. I'm getting periodic skipping and blocky, pixelated video. It happens several times on the disc. I've tried burning the discs at both 1x and 2x. The 1x discs work better. I've also played with the bitrate without luck. I've tried all sorts of media from genuine Pioneer discs, to TDK, Maxell, Verbatim, and others. I've upgraded the A03's firmware to the latest. Oddly, when I burn two copies of the same DVDA project, the errors usually show up in different places in the program. That leads me to believe the drive is the problem. My system has 2, 1GIG P3 CPU's, and almost a GIG of RAM. I've got loads of free disc space, 7200 RPM ATA100 drives RAIDED. Editing with Vegas 5 is flawless. I've had the drive for awhile, and I've always seemed to have trouble. The AO3 burns data perfectly...it's the video DVD's that are a problem.

Is anyone here using an AO3 with Windows XP PRO and DVDA2 successfully?

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