ready for replication

TeeJay wrote on 5/2/2005, 4:12 AM
I have a project that is ready for replication, and whilst it plays back seamlessly on my Pioneer DVR510, it skips on my standard LG Player, as it does on a friends player.

I am now paranoid that if I get it replicated, I may end up with 1000 dodgy DVDs.

My project was created in Vegas 5 and DVDA2.

I guess I am interested to know how the rest of you guys maintain "quality control" on your masters.........

Comments

JJKizak wrote on 5/2/2005, 5:31 AM
What brand discs are you using and what speed? What speed are you using during burning? LG's are fussy.

JJK
TeeJay wrote on 5/2/2005, 5:56 AM
Hi JJK, thanks for your prompt reply,

I generally try to use quality name brand discs. I am currently using TDK 8x DVD-R, or Verbatim. I usually burn at 6x

Does the speed of the burn really make a difference?

Cheers,

T
JJKizak wrote on 5/2/2005, 6:09 AM
Depending on the burner (almost everything) in my case I was burning Verbatim 8x discs DVD-R at 4x and the LG would not recognize the disc but if I burned the disc at 8x the LG would work fine. So now if I have an 8x disc I burn it at 8x, etc. I also have a JVC player and it worked fine no matter how I burned the disc. The computer software (Power DVD) seems to play anything.

JJK
farss wrote on 5/2/2005, 7:04 AM
At least one place that I know of has had many problems with 8x media being used as masters for replication regardless of burn speed. I for one am sticking to 4x media burnt at 4x. So far no problems with replicated DVDs.
This however myabe another issue. Too higher a bitrate or very rapid changes in bitrate can cause problems for some players. I'd suggest running the encode mpeg file(s) through a bitrate plotter, look for very sharp spikes in the bitrate, if these match the places where a player skips you should address what's causing the spike.
Max btirates of over 7.5M can also cause problems as the encoder can spike to somewhat over you've set as the max.
Bob.