DVD-R Movies on PS2?

[Warlock]

Originally Posted by barkroc2

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]

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.

[spratster]

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

[A03]

Originally Posted by GamemasterN

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]

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]

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 ).

[lufcfan]

Originally Posted by theguy

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]

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]

Originally Posted by lufcfan

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.