I tried using the dv to dvd wizard to burn a dvd using videostudio 9. when i played the dvd, my video had major problems skipping. my dvd player plays other dvd's without skipping. I tried burning the same video onto dvd using nero vision express and played it on the same player without skipping problems except for the last 5 seconds. I'm wondering why the video skips.
thanks,
Ethan
video skips when playing dvd
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When you talk about other DVDs not skipping, do you mean commercial DVDs with films on them that you buy or hire? If so, then you need to be aware that those are produced by quite a different method than the one we use at home to produce our masterpieces. They are pressed, whereas ours are actually burned to disc.
That being said, there are a number of reasons why discs skip. One could be the brand of disc you use not being totally compatible with your DVD player. It may be a question of the type and colour of the dye used on them. Another can be the DVD player itself. There is wide experience on this Board and elsewhere which suggests that the more expensive the player, the more like it is to be very finicky when it comes to what it will play and how. There are quite a few expensive brand name players out there which will play anything commercially produced, but don't like almost anything produced at home, including DVDs, but especially VCDs, let alone SVCDs. Some won't even recognise the latter two or will play them very erratically. It is quite common for them also to skip over tracks or segments of home made DVDs or simply stop, though they might start playing at a later spot... By the converse law, the opposite end of the market -- the el cheapo players from China and Korea, costing US$50 or less, seem happy to play just about anything you put in them.
Yet another reason for skipping is the speed at which you burn. Even using faster discs, I have learned by hard experience that if I burn a DVD at a speed higher than 4x, I am asking for trouble. Sometimes the burning program just gives up with a 'laser tracking' error, but the more common problem is that these faster discs can play erratically (i.e. skipping etc) in many players. Think of it this way: the slower the burn, the more time the program and the burner itself have to make sure the signal is both sent and is 'firmly embedded' into the tracks of the DVD.
That being said, there are a number of reasons why discs skip. One could be the brand of disc you use not being totally compatible with your DVD player. It may be a question of the type and colour of the dye used on them. Another can be the DVD player itself. There is wide experience on this Board and elsewhere which suggests that the more expensive the player, the more like it is to be very finicky when it comes to what it will play and how. There are quite a few expensive brand name players out there which will play anything commercially produced, but don't like almost anything produced at home, including DVDs, but especially VCDs, let alone SVCDs. Some won't even recognise the latter two or will play them very erratically. It is quite common for them also to skip over tracks or segments of home made DVDs or simply stop, though they might start playing at a later spot... By the converse law, the opposite end of the market -- the el cheapo players from China and Korea, costing US$50 or less, seem happy to play just about anything you put in them.
Yet another reason for skipping is the speed at which you burn. Even using faster discs, I have learned by hard experience that if I burn a DVD at a speed higher than 4x, I am asking for trouble. Sometimes the burning program just gives up with a 'laser tracking' error, but the more common problem is that these faster discs can play erratically (i.e. skipping etc) in many players. Think of it this way: the slower the burn, the more time the program and the burner itself have to make sure the signal is both sent and is 'firmly embedded' into the tracks of the DVD.
Ken Berry