Correcting Files "on" DVDs

[montgal55]

Hello Everyone:

Just had a curious question. . .

I use MFPro7 to burn my videos to DVD, which are AVI files converted to MPEG2 using MediaCoder.

I was wondering once you burn to DVD, is it a done deal? (i.e., is there a way to correct a DVD if you find problems such as the 'stop-and-go' effect or scenes not moving smoothly). Or do you think I will simply have to perform the burning process all over again.

Your thoughts. . .

Montgal55

[sjj1805]

You need to establish if the fault is with the disc or with the Video File itself.
Hopefully you still have the project and all of the files. Try burning to a hard drive folder and then view it with a software DVD player
such as WinDVD, PowerDVD, Nero Show time etc.

If it plays correctly on your computer then try the advice in this link:
DVD Burning / Playback issues

[GregK]

I was wondering once you burn to DVD, is it a done deal? (i.e., is there a way to correct a DVD if you find problems such as the 'stop-and-go' effect or scenes not moving smoothly).

Once you burn...that's it. Can't do anything about it. You should never burn a project directly to disc in the event there is a problem...you just end up wasting a disc.

Like Steve already mentioned, you should always burn to a folder on your drive and then check it out first (or burn to an ISO file) just to see if there's any problems with it. Many players such as the ones Steve mentioned will play the folder you burn to your drive, and some (such as VLC Player) can play an ISO file as well. This is what I always do with projects...I usually burn my project as an ISO file and check it out first, never burning directly to a disc.