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Thanks again for all your replies. I have bought some verbatim +r's and altered the bit settings accordingly. Seems as though we have success. The pauses have not appeared in their usual place,granted i haven't watched the disc from start to finish yet. I will download the daemon tools prog just to be sure. Any probs I will post.

Thanks for all your replies. I have burnt another disc and getting the same symptoms. Tried the discs in all the players and it pauses in the same place on all devices. My laptop is a Toshiba Equium A60. pentium 4 40gb hd 256mb upgraded to 704mb. The external hd and rewriter are connected via usb i have no firewire. I didn't upgrade the firmware on the drive because it came with the most recent version, 1.01. I have some Maxell -r discs i will try but i thought the verbatim were strongly recommended? The dvd players used are sony DVP-NS30 and a pye PDV560VR and my laptop drive is a pioneer dvr k13a. I 12:27:37 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.0 started! I 12:27:37 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 12:27:37 Initialising SPTI... I 12:27:37 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:27:38 Found 1 DVD-RW and 1 DVD?RW/RAM! I 12:29:29 Operation Started! I 12:29:29 Source File: C:\DVDRIP.ISO I 12:29:29 Source File Sectors: 2,285,846 (MODE1/2048) I 12:29:29 Source File Size: 4,681,412,608 bytes I 12:29:29 Source File Volume Identifier: DISC_1 I 12:29:29 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 12:29:29 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:29:29 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-2164D 1.01 (E:) (USB) I 12:29:29 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x) I 12:29:29 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 12:29:29 Write Mode: DVD I 12:29:29 Write Type: DAO I 12:29:29 Write Speed: 4x I 12:29:29 Link Size: Auto I 12:29:29 Test Mode: No I 12:29:29 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 12:29:30 Filling Buffer... I 12:29:31 Writing LeadIn... I 12:29:50 Writing Image... I 12:43:56 Synchronising Cache... I 12:44:27 Image MD5: 4c36673a19b4d1cee6eb4dbb437a3db4 I 12:44:27 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:14:57 I 12:44:27 Average Write Rate: 5,410 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,618 KB/s (4.1x) I 12:44:27 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 12:44:37 Waiting for device to become ready... I 12:44:53 Device Ready! I 12:44:53 Operation Started! I 12:44:53 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-2164D 1.01 (E:) (USB) I 12:44:53 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x) I 12:44:53 Image File: C:\DVDRIP.ISO I 12:44:53 Image File Sectors: 2,285,846 (MODE1/2048) I 12:44:53 Image File Size: 4,681,412,608 bytes I 12:44:53 Image File Volume Identifier: MISSION_IMPOSSIBLE_3 I 12:44:53 Image File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 12:44:53 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:44:53 Verifying Sectors... I 12:54:37 Device MD5: 4c36673a19b4d1cee6eb4dbb437a3db4 I 12:54:37 Image MD5: 4c36673a19b4d1cee6eb4dbb437a3db4 I 12:54:37 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:09:44 I 12:54:37 Average Verify Rate: 7,828 KB/s (5.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 11,364 KB/s (8.2x) I 12:55:23 Close Request Acknowledged I 12:55:23 Closing Down... I 12:55:23 Shutting down SPTI... I 12:55:23 ImgBurn closed!

Thanks for your quick replys zacoz. I will give it a go. If i get the same prob i'll try and post the log.

Sorry i don't have the log file. I'm playing the disc on two standalone players. Seems fine on LG but if i use the laptop drive then i pauses. I have used a cleaner on all players. Have tested the burnt disc with nero and it was fine only green dots. I'm also burning at 4x. When i'm creating an iso file i use an external hard drive as the destination. Should i just use the laptop hard drive?

Has anyone had any problems burning with an LG GSA-2164D external rewriter? I have up to date firmware and i'm using verbatim dvds. But i'm getting pauses on playback.

I appologize. I am trying to burn an iso image to a single layer dvd disc. I am using verbatim discs mcc03rg20 id with an LG GSA 2164d rewriter but on playback i am getting 3 to 4 short pauses. Welcome any help.

I have started backing up my dvds but have recently experienced playback issues. I'm getting 3 or 4 short pauses thoughout the film. I'm using verbatim mcc03rg20 discs with an LG GSA-2164d external rewriter with ripit4me,dvd shrink and imgburn. Writing at 4x with up to date firmware. Should i be burning at 8x? Also what about deselecting the split into 1gb size chunks option in shrink?