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I suspect “old faithful”. I had calibration errors when my last burner was near death, after many years of good burns. Also, long burns got really sketchy near the outside of the CD, you could actually see how the burn was fading out near the end. Have a look at your CD’s recorded surface, FMV’s close to the center might be playing good while other files near the end of the CD got burned with less quality.

I also know 2 people who’ve had big problems with HP drives!!

Oh yes, and try Verbatim PREMIUM dark blue CD-R's, If your burner can't burn those babies, trash it !!

*NOT to be confused with the lighter color Super AZO Verbatims - don't bother with these!