DVDs pixilating and locking up.

MikeB51 · Post by **MikeB51** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:44 pm

Hi Everyone.
I have been successfully creating DVDs in VS10 for sometime now. I burnt a Double Layer the other day and it plays fine for about 80 mins and then just stops. Now the single layer are what I think is pixelating, where you get squares apearing on the screen, and then it just stops playing. If I use the menu to go to the start of a chapter it sits on the first frame and won't advance.
I'm not very technical so if anyone can suggest any solutions I would be very grateful.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:09 pm

Could be a corrupt file, a bad burn, a bad disc, or a burner going bad. First, try burning to a DVD folder instead of to disc. If you still get the pixellation, then it's a problem with your file. If it's ok, then try burning to a RW disc. If ok, it could be a bad disc. If it's still pixillated look at your burner.

MikeB51 · Post by **MikeB51** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:32 pm

Thanks Jeff.
When you say burn to a DVD folder, I burn by creating an ISO image and then burning it, is that what you mean? Also, I should have said that for some reason VS10 is creating a second file with exactly the same name and extension but adds .adb, which appears to have something to do with MS Access. I don't know why that started.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:36 am

A DVD folder is similar in concept to, but different from a disc image (.iso). The DVD folder is in fact the Video_TS folder which you will find on all video DVDs.

The major difference is that you can play back the folder using a software DVD player like PowerDVD or WinDVD just as if it were a real disc. That way you can check if for faults without wasting a disc.

You select 'DVD Folders' instead of Disc Image on the last page of the burning module of VS. You burn the Folder to disc using third party software like Nero.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:48 am

Speaking of Nero, Nero CD-DVD Speed is a FREE program that can tell you if you have a bad or damaged disc, or a bad burn. (It won't tell you if a corrupt MPEG was accurately burned onto the disc.... It just tells you if it can read the data on the disc, if it has to use error-correction, and if it has to slow down and re-read.)

If CD-DVD Speed indicates that you've got bad spots on the dics, you may have a bad batch of blanks, or your burner may not "like" that particular brand/batch, or you may have burned a too-high of a speed. (Try burning at 4x.)

I burnt a Double Layer the other day and it plays fine for about 80 mins and then just stops.

Does that happen on the computer when playing-back in the burner-drive? If so, I suspect you have a bad burn, and if so, CD-DVD Speed will confirm that. But, some stand-alone players have trouble with dual-layer "burned" discs. So, if this is your first dual-layer disc, your stand-alone player may be the problem.