DVD-R Movies on PS2? [Archive]

GamemasterN

03-01-2006, 18:05

Is there a particular way to burn DVD movies to play properly on a PS2? I have tried it a few times but they always run choppy/lagged. I've been using DVD-R media and I've burned them with Nero, I've tried slowing down the burn speed but that doesn't seem to help.

barkroc2

03-01-2006, 19:18

should play fine, w/ or w/out a chip in the ps2. does it play good in a dvd player, or your comp? id say bad burn, you get any errors in the burn log, or doing anything to slow down the cpu when your burning the disc?

GamemasterN

03-01-2006, 19:24

the DVDs play fine on my PC. I have both a big PS2 and a slim PSTwo. One DVD that I burned plays choppy on the big PS2, but plays ok on the slim. I decided to try buring another DVD at a slower burn speed, (I started with 8x, on my second try I took it down to 4x), and that DVD ran choppy on both PS2s. I've been using Nero Express 6 to burn and my DVD-Rs are Fujifilm 4.7 GB/120 min DVD-Rs "up to 8x write speed"

eakinsme

03-01-2006, 19:43

i burn all games, movies at 2x speed.. and it works fine.. also.. try high end discs ritek go4 are the best!

A03

03-01-2006, 22:40

Stick with Name Brand Discs..Sony,Verbatim,TDK or Ritek G04 or G05(My Favorite)..Also I use Sonic Record now Deluxe(Excellent Program BTW)..
Since it lacks in your Ps2 likely your PS2 Laser doesn't like the Brand Disc you're using..That's My guess..

lufcfan

04-01-2006, 08:20

Correct :)

barkroc2

04-01-2006, 14:34

u ever play backup games on that same media? i agree with the guys above. older ps2 laser worst, slim ps2 laser better, computer laser obviously the best. i burn all my stuff the fastest speed (im impatient) and the cheapest media i can get my hands on (im mad cheap). now i dont buy blank dvd from a garage sale or anything, but i dont pay for riteks (had some and found them less reliable than the memorex i used b4 them). rnm and nero work, but for me, i have had no coasters since switching to dvd decryptor. my best advice: watch the movies on the dvd player if you have one. my friend does the same..ps2 sitting on top of the dvd player, he gets the controls out to watch a movie and waste laser life while preserving his $78 dvd player

Warlock

04-01-2006, 15:33

my best advice: watch the movies on the dvd player if you have one. my friend does the same..ps2 sitting on top of the dvd player, he gets the controls out to watch a movie and waste laser life while preserving his $78 dvd player

I agree. No way i would watch dvd's on my PS2. You can buy dvd players cheaper than you can purchase replacement PS2 lasers. Here in the States you can find dvd players for $29.99.

GamemasterN

04-01-2006, 21:27

spratster

05-01-2006, 08:55

the laser will work a dam sight harder reading a dvd (film) than a game ,as far as i am aware !
the game will load from disc certain parts to play then load again where as the films need to read constantly ????? their in could be the problems with the discs ! ritek are cheap enough anyway i pay around £7 for 25 .
and i agree that you should play films on a dvd player and not your ps2 lol:p

A03

05-01-2006, 12:30

I burn PS2 DVD game backups on the same media with exactly the same software and they work perfectly. My only troubles come with trying to burn movie DVDs. I have heard alot of people having success playing DVD movies on PS2s that have been burned via DVD Decryptor so I might give Decryptor a go.

My advice on that one or playing Backup DVD-R or DVD+R(Whichever) I use DVD Decrypter as well except one Difference which is instead of making ISO for Single layer DVD's I ripped it like DVD9 format which is ripping in Files and then use DVD Shrink to put it back together in ISO and Burn using RN Deluxe..Strange enough Every DVD player I throw at it, it works like a Champ..

Making Direct ISO doesn't always work just by removing protection or Region Etc..Sometimes you gotta go little further..:)

GamemasterN

06-01-2006, 08:54

I just burned a DVD movie in DVD Decryptor and it turned out to be my best burn yet. The DVD played perfectly on my old big PS2 with exception of one spot in the film where the thing just stopped at a certain frame. Not sure why this happened but I just skipped to the next scene/chapter and the rest of the film played perfectly.

theguy

08-02-2006, 08:45

The MOST important thing to burn DVDs for PS2 is to make sure that the burning is done at constant speed.

I use nero7 (even nero6) to burn my DVDs (smartbuy DVD+RW 1-4X [Prodisc]) but nero doesn't tell you the actual speed with which you're burning (like Alcohol) so the best choice is to select the lowest speed supported by you burner and media (in my case 2.4x).

This is because probably there aren't any DVD burners that write at max speed from the begining of the burning process. For e.g. an 8x DVD Writer starts with 4x for the first ~30% than 6x for the next ~40% and the rest will burn it at 8x (numbers are very approx.). This will create problems (choppy/lagged) if you're you're using the PS2 (mine is big not modded & 4 years old) to play them but not on a PC DVD-Drive.

Hope that I helped you.;)

PS. I use DVD+RW because I store the backed-up movies as small avi files and not DVDs so that I can fit ~6 movies on a DVD-R (economical huh :D ).

lufcfan

10-02-2006, 03:43

so the best choice is to select the lowest speed supported by you burner and media (in my case 2.4x).
Sorry mate, I disagree.
Modern media is DESIGNED and MADE to be written at the highest speed possible. Best results are acheived this way on quality modern media using modern burners...

The slowest is an old myth from the infancy of DVD Recordables, and it was true back then, but these days for best results always burn as fast as possible... :)

Joe Forster/STA

10-02-2006, 03:59

And will you be able to read CD's/DVD's, written at highest speed with a (low or high quality, does it matter?) CD/DVD burner, on an old and/or low quality CD/DVD reader, such as that of the PS2 or that of a neighbor/friend with an older PC? You see, I'm having major problems with reading anything off high quality TDK CD-RW's, written at 10x speed (the only speed possible) with a high quality Plextor PX-320A, on my PS2 (modded with DMS4 Pro)... :( But no problems with TDK CD-R's written at 4x speed! (I didn't want to waste CD-R's, for the purpose of high speed quality tests of write-once media...)

theguy

10-02-2006, 10:53

Sorry mate, I disagree.
Modern media is DESIGNED and MADE to be written at the highest speed possible. Best results are acheived this way on quality modern media using modern burners...

The slowest is an old myth from the infancy of DVD Recordables, and it was true back then, but these days for best results always burn as fast as possible... :)

Sorry lufcfan but I wrote the previous post from my experience and I've gave reason why. On the other hand you were talking about modern media and modern burners but you forgot that we're talking about an OLD DVD reader the PS2 (mine 4 years old) and that a decent PC DVD-Drive wouldn't have any problems. If I would have time I'll post a speed graph of my burner at high speed.

PS. My DVD ReWriter is NEC_2510A.

mucki55555

10-02-2006, 13:35

Joe Forster/STA

13-02-2006, 03:56

Sorry for adding a possibly stupid note but, as far as I've been told, the laser in the PS2 is not calibrated to be able to read recordable CD's/DVD's and one the functions of a modchip is routing more power to the laser diode (which is why it gets killed earlier than on an unmodded PS2)... :(

Warlock

13-02-2006, 15:46

one the functions of a modchip is routing more power to the laser diode (which is why it gets killed earlier than on an unmodded PS2)... :(
Actually the modchip doesnt have anything to do with it. A Stock, unmodded PS2 will play a dvd movie backed up on dvd-r. It has to do with the laser having to focus harder to read dvd-r media so it burns up faster when cheaper media with low reflectivity is used.

Joe Forster/STA

14-02-2006, 03:45

Thanks for clearing it up for a PS2 newbie... :)

barkroc2

14-02-2006, 15:08

joeforster i dont know about the dms4, but my chip and alot of others WONT play ANY rw media. maybe thats your problem?

Joe Forster/STA

15-02-2006, 03:39

I'm trying to spare with the laser of my (relatively new, only one year old) PS2 so I had it modded with a DMS4 Pro and added a hard disk to it. Before I found WinHIIP, I burnt test stuff and tools onto CD-RW's (A-grade TDK, Plextor PX-708A) and tried to read them in the PS2. It hardly worked; I managed to have small stuff - like ToxicOS update - read it about once every five tries. I think the reason for it was that the only available burn speed was 10x; probably, 4x would've worked better, but I can't find such CD-RW's anymore for testing...

mucki55555

15-02-2006, 11:47

If you CLONE your DVD and burn it on DVD-,+ or DL+, it works WITHOUT CHIP!

barkroc2

15-02-2006, 20:05

as it should w/ any prog you use to make the backup. this threads getting old

Whip it

03-03-2006, 03:37

I use DVD decrypter to make back ups of both movies and PS2 games.
They both work 100% never had any problems and if i might add i used CHEAP princo Dvd-R and so far running on 4 year now 0 problems! :)

Think it must be your copy or whatever cause it should work and run smooth! :D

theguy

12-04-2006, 00:46

Here is why I use the lowest speed to burn movies on DVD_RW for my unmodded old PS2.

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/3407/alcoholscrshot5vn.jpg
Speed Graph of the NEC ND-2510A burning at MAX speed (8X)

As you can see from the graph, the speed of the burner starts at 4X thus if I burn at MAX 4X there wouldn't be any changes in speed while buring => no movie playback problems with my PS2. :)