Posted by Dimitrios Paskoudniakis on 12/27/05 01:15

"Atropos" <davewhite122000Nowdontbesillylads@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" <greekgod@yeahright.com> wrote in message
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>>I have been burning DVDRs no problem for quite some time.
>>
>> All of a sudden, when I burn a DVDR disc, it shows fine for a portion of
>> the disc, but the later into the disc it goes, it begins to
>> pause-go-pause-go, and gets worse the further in.
>>
>> Here's another clue - they work fine when viewed on my PC DVDR drive.
>> > I am currently using Fujifilm DVD+R. I am down to the last 20 or so
>> > discs
>> in a 100 pack, and all of a sudden this problem starts. It now occurs
>> every time.
>>
>> It is not my DVD player - it happens on another DVD player in the house
>> too.
>>
>> What's going on?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Commonly this is a cheap media problem.
>
> You have tried cleaning the lens of the problematic drive?
>
Not yet. I'll try this next.
> What you may want to try is using the quick analysis offered by DVD
> Shrink - this will quickly detect any problem on the disk or using Nero
> cd-dvd Speed to check the quality of the disk.
>

Just checked the most recently-burned disc with DVD Shrink - no problems
detected.

> What DVD Burner do you have? Sony cause problems.
>
The manufacturer is Hi-Val.

> Perhaps your DVD players are incompatible with the media?
>

Like I said, the first 80 or so discs worked just fine. What happened at
disc 81? Why does it work on the PC but not in a standard DVD player?

> Are you overburning? ie, burning faster than the advertised speed?

Have you
> tried burning slower?
>
The discs and the drive are both advertised at 8x, and I'm burning at 8x. I
can try a slower speed.

> I know he's going to say it, so I'll get in first:
>
> Apparently, according to club.cdfreaks.com (who are gods according to some
> people here), you should use only Taiyo Yuden DVDR, that is, dye or
> branded. This is apparently the best, but I've used many varying disks
> with much success.
>
> Anyway - get back to the group with answers to the above and we'll try to
> help you more....
>

Can a bad disc work fine in the PC but not in a standard DVD player? Why
the problem in the middle (actually about 80 discs in) of a 100 disc pack?
Maybe it is the lens, but why would the disc then work in the PC?

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