Noob who needs experts advice

[Aitchy]

Hi,

 

I'm new to the Dvd burning game and am looking for some advice, apologies if the answer is in the forum somewhere I have looked. I go through all the stages successfully for burning an iso to dvd and the disc works perfect on pc but when I play on my dvd player (Panasonic DVD-XV10) the picture quality is good but it freezes for a split second then plays on then freezes again etc. My DVD writer is an HP DVD Writer 300n 3.20 which has the latest firmware update ( it's prob a crap writer but it's what came with the pc, i don't know). I'm using Verbatim DVD+R YUDEN000T03 disks. The log for the burn is attached

 

I 12:13:39 ImgBurn Version 2.2.0.0 started!

I 12:13:39 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 12:13:39 Total Physical Memory: 523,632 KB - Available: 185,756 KB

W 12:13:39 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

I 12:13:39 Initialising SPTI...

I 12:13:39 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 12:13:39 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD+RW!

I 12:15:45 Operation Started!

I 12:15:45 Source File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\DivX to DVD Converter\TEMP\dvd\dvd\VIDEO_TS\pusuitofhappy.iso

I 12:15:45 Source File Sectors: 1,525,808 (MODE1/2048)

I 12:15:45 Source File Size: 3,124,854,784 bytes

I 12:15:45 Source File Volume Identifier: dvd

I 12:15:45 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.2.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 12:15:45 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 12:15:45 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 12:15:45 Destination Device: [1:1:0] HP DVD Writer 300n 3.20 (F:) (ATA)

I 12:15:45 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 12:15:45 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104

I 12:15:45 Write Mode: DVD

I 12:15:45 Write Type: DAO

I 12:15:45 Write Speed: 8x

I 12:15:45 Link Size: Auto

I 12:15:45 Test Mode: No

I 12:15:45 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 12:15:45 Filling Buffer... (20 MB)

I 12:15:45 Writing LeadIn...

I 12:15:57 Writing Image...

I 12:25:16 Synchronising Cache...

I 12:25:17 Closing Track...

I 12:25:24 Finalising Disc...

I 12:25:31 Image MD5: d5eff378de48af2e962a80665764750d

I 12:25:31 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:09:46

I 12:25:31 Average Write Rate: 5,468 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,723 KB/s (4.1x)

I 12:25:31 Cycling Tray before Verify...

I 12:25:57 Device Ready!

I 12:25:58 Operation Started!

I 12:25:58 Source Device: [1:1:0] HP DVD Writer 300n 3.20 (F:) (ATA)

I 12:25:58 Source Media Type: DVD+R (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: YUDEN000-T03-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 12:25:58 Image File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\DivX to DVD Converter\TEMP\dvd\dvd\VIDEO_TS\pusuitofhappy.iso

I 12:25:58 Image File Sectors: 1,525,808 (MODE1/2048)

I 12:25:58 Image File Size: 3,124,854,784 bytes

I 12:25:58 Image File Volume Identifier: dvd

I 12:25:58 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.2.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 12:25:58 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 12:25:58 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 12:25:58 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 1525807)

I 12:37:52 Device MD5: d5eff378de48af2e962a80665764750d

I 12:37:52 Image MD5: d5eff378de48af2e962a80665764750d

I 12:37:53 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:54

I 12:37:53 Average Verify Rate: 4,273 KB/s (3.1x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 5,881 KB/s (4.2x)

 

the graph data is as

 

 

and after I run the PIPO scan I get this

 

 

I know the disks are good but is there anything I can do settings wise to improve the burn or do I ditch the burner for something new, any help would be much appreciated.

 

thanks

Edited February 22, 2007 by Aitchy

[dontasciime]

The fault will probably lie with the conversion you did from divx to dvd.

 

 

You would be better off burning proper DVD content as a test to see if you writer/ your home DVD player has issues.

 

Chances are with proper DVD content not something you converted from one format to another you will see your problem go away .It may not but one less variable to worry about

 

 

Once you get to that stage choose write speed more suited to your burner

4x is max your writer sees for the disc's, you set it at 8x however that will just default back to max speed disc supports

[Aitchy]

Thanks for the quick response, I'll give it a go and report back

 

thanks

[LIGHTNING UK!]

You might have more luck with 8x media rather than 16x stuff - that drive is old now and won't support the more recent MID's properly.

 

Just don't forget it only supports DVD+ format discs if ever you buy some more

[Aitchy]

Dontasciime you must hate it when your right first time. I built an iso file from normal dvd content and the dvd works perfectly in my player. I burned it at 4x speed. The problem has obviously been the divx to dvd conversion, if I had a brain I should have checked this out before wasting your time. I used Xilisofts Divx to Dvd program to do the conversion which obviously hasn't worked very well. Am I wasting my time trying to convert these formats or is there a way to ensure a better quality ie better convertor program. Thanks again.

 

Thanks LUK for the advice and the program, donation will be forthcoming. I didn't realise Dvd burners were so cheap so I will probably upgrade in the very near future.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I quite like ConvertXtoDVD from www.vso-software.fr

[lfcrule1972]

So do I - used it after a recommendation from LUK! and haven't looked back since

[Aitchy]

The ConvertXtoDVD works a treat, perfect quality throughout, it's even added the spanish subtitles that didn't feature on the Divx footage ( I'm guessing when it was compressed they don't feature but when I've converted to original format the subtitles are there ) I think this has been the problem with the Xilisoft convertor, it couldn't cope with the subtitle stream as it didn't show on the burns I did with it.

 

Thanks again.

[lfcrule1972]

That's a new one on me, gaining the subbies via the conversion, pleased it all worked out for you tho Aitchy !