Hello there,
I'm using Video Studio 10 to create a DVD. After a successful burn, i tried to play the DVD but it stops or skips in the middle. Can anybody advise me on how to fix this problem.
Thanks,
Don
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Welcome to the wonderful world of home made DVDs and the much more mysterious world of stand-alone DVD players! 
I am afraid that it is a given that not all DVD players are created equal, and it is the higher end (i.e. more expensive) brand name ones that are most usually very picky about what they will play. Many of them don't like home made ones very much at all. Conversely, it has been the experience of many of us here that the cheaper players, and especially the strange named ones from China, are much more forgiving and basically will play anything round and silver you put into them!!
There are a variety of reasons why a DVD player might reject a disc. Some don't like particular types: some will play -R discs, while others prefer +R; some don't like RW discs whether they are + or -. Some don't like the colour of the dye used on a disc.
Burning speed is another factor. Home made DVDs are actually burned, whereas commercial movie DVDs are pressed (and DVD players were originally designed to play the pressed ones). While some users dispute this, burning speed can play a factor in the eventual readability of a DVD.
Anyway, the basic suggestion is to avoid using the maximum speed a disc is rated for. In other words, if you have a blank DVD rated at 16x, then burn your project at 6x or perhaps 8x. The idea is to give the burning laser just that little longer chance of more firmly burning its signal into the disc. And this in turn will give a wider range of DVD players a better chance of reading the signal. The less firmly a signal is burned, then the greater the chance that a reading laser will skate over it or just come to a complete stop...
I am afraid that it is a given that not all DVD players are created equal, and it is the higher end (i.e. more expensive) brand name ones that are most usually very picky about what they will play. Many of them don't like home made ones very much at all. Conversely, it has been the experience of many of us here that the cheaper players, and especially the strange named ones from China, are much more forgiving and basically will play anything round and silver you put into them!!
There are a variety of reasons why a DVD player might reject a disc. Some don't like particular types: some will play -R discs, while others prefer +R; some don't like RW discs whether they are + or -. Some don't like the colour of the dye used on a disc.
Burning speed is another factor. Home made DVDs are actually burned, whereas commercial movie DVDs are pressed (and DVD players were originally designed to play the pressed ones). While some users dispute this, burning speed can play a factor in the eventual readability of a DVD.
Anyway, the basic suggestion is to avoid using the maximum speed a disc is rated for. In other words, if you have a blank DVD rated at 16x, then burn your project at 6x or perhaps 8x. The idea is to give the burning laser just that little longer chance of more firmly burning its signal into the disc. And this in turn will give a wider range of DVD players a better chance of reading the signal. The less firmly a signal is burned, then the greater the chance that a reading laser will skate over it or just come to a complete stop...
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The bitrate used when burning the disc will also have an influence on whether or not it may play on a given player. Bitrates over or close to 9000 kbps make a number of DVD players choke.
I'm sure that one of the reasons given in the previous posts is going to be to blame for your woes. Create another disc on different media and modified settings and see what happens.
I'm sure that one of the reasons given in the previous posts is going to be to blame for your woes. Create another disc on different media and modified settings and see what happens.