Help with skipping DVD's

[NewGooseFlying]

I am very new to backing up my dvd's, but when I go to backup things, everything seems to work great. When I go to view them, there is always an area or two that the dvd stutters/skips or gets pixelated.

I have a sony DRU-710A. I have been using Imation DVD -R media. I have left the default settings in both CloneDVD and AnyDVD.

Is this sort of thing normal? Is there anything you guys would recommend to help this situation out?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[barkroc2]

could be your dvd player(stand alone i assume your talkin about) imations arent the best...but theyre not that bad, shouldnt be the prob. u doing other work on the comp while burning?

[NewGooseFlying]

I have used 3 different stand alone dvd players with similar results. I have some ritek ridata on the way. I have a p4 2.8 ghz /512 MB ram and not doing anything else on the computer while burning. I think the default speed on clonedvd is "Maxspeed" Should I be using something else? If anyone has recommendations of any sort, please let me know.

[TylerDurden]

Hmm, consider updating your firmware. Also let us know how the Riteks work out for ya.





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[NewGooseFlying]

Tyler

I have updated my firmware on the Sony DRU-710A. I placed the new Ritek Ridata 8X media in the drive. I used CloneDVD to write existing data at 4X. The CloneDVD sheep looks like it is writing in slow motion and it looks like it is going to take about twice as long as it used to. Is there any reason behing this?

Thanks

[TylerDurden]

Get the program DVDDecrypter and put a blank disc in your drive. Set mode to read. Copy and paste all the info here so I can see what kind of dye your using.





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[NewGooseFlying]

SONY DVD RW DRU-710A BY02 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-R

Disc Information:
Status: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 2,297,888
Free Space: 4,706,074,624 bytes
Free Time: 510:40:38 (MM:SS:FF)

Pre-recorded Information:
Manufacturer ID: RITEKG05

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-R
Part Version: 5
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 0
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

[TylerDurden]

Ok, I suspect that you might be having media problems. Because Ive heard of many hit and miss problems with GO5 dye. Although GO4 and GO3 dye has been excellent for me and others the GO5 has been questionable. Try some other media and see if that works out for ya.



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[NewGooseFlying]

Tyler

I used the imations I was using before and it took just as long. Could it be the updated firmware, dma settings, etc.... Anything I should be looking for would be appreciated.

Thanks

SONY DVD RW DRU-710A BY02 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-R

Disc Information:
Status: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 2,298,496
Free Space: 4,707,319,808 bytes
Free Time: 510:48:46 (MM:SS:FF)

Pre-recorded Information:
Manufacturer ID: CMC MAG. AF1

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-R
Part Version: 5
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 0
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

[TylerDurden]

Well I cant say for sure. I do know that with Sony when I owned a DRU-500A burner they only supported certain types of media. You may have to visit their site to see what they support and try that.




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[NewGooseFlying]

Tyler

Thanks for all of your help, but what it ended up being was when I upgraded the firmware, my secondary IDE channel 0 was on PIO mode. I couldn't get it to switch so I installed a little older firmware and the reisntalled byo2 firmware and I could swith the setting back to DMA mode. I no longer get the slow motion sheep writing and a disc writes in 4x in about 15 minutes with either the imation or ritek-ridata g05.

I still have not had a chance to test the dvd to see if it skips around, but when I do, I'll be sure to report.

[TylerDurden]

Please do.


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[NewGooseFlying]

I'm still having the issues of stuttering on multiple stand alone dvd players and a computer with a dvd player. It is happening in the same spot in the movie on each player. Could this have anything to do with the way the image was captured with CloneDVD or the quality of the original DVD?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[NewGooseFlying]

I should also mention I have always burned to an ISO. Is it better to burn straight from one dvd drive to the burner or doesn't that matter?

[TylerDurden]

The ISO issue shouldnt matter. I am starting to think that you may have a bad original. Is it scratched anywhere on the disc? Look closely. Or do all your movies have the same problems around the same time in the movie?





Tyler!

[NewGooseFlying]

I don't see any bad scratches in the disc. I don't think it skips and stutters in the same spot in each movie. Right now I'm trying to concentrate on the same ISO to eliminate issues. Currently I'm writing to the Ridata media using the 2-2.4x to write. I will let you know the results of this attempt. If you have any ideas along the way, be sure to let me know.

Thanks

[NewGooseFlying]

Just to let you know, I tried writing at 2-2.4x and it skipped and stuttered in the exact same place. Can you tell me how non scratched the originals need to be to get a good copy? I'm now going to try a pristine dvd and I will tell you the results.

[TylerDurden]

If you have a scratch or the label on the top of the disc is scratched or damaged you could get read errors. They may copy fine onto your hdd but in reality they are bad data on a disc, therefor displaying bad info to your dvd player. Do the discs skip on while playing from your burner as well?





Tyler!

[NewGooseFlying]

Is there any program that I could run ahead of time to see if I may get read errors or is there a detailed log to tell me that there may have been a read error while making the ISO?

[TylerDurden]

Well if the read errors are bad enough you will get stopped before it even finishes. But you can try DVDDecrypter. It will actually list how many times the disc gives an error while it decrypts. You must have AnyDVD disabled if you normally use that though, sometimes the 2 programs conflict.




Tyler!

[NewGooseFlying]

Good news (I think)

I just burned a dvd in pristine shape and watched the entire movie. I had zero, that's right, zero skips or stutters. Thanks for your help Tyler.

[TylerDurden]

No prob.




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