what am i doing wrong when burning a xvid to DVD-R

**KazaaBoy** · 01-03-2005, 10:10 AM

I converted a Xvid to MPEG-2 file with TMPGEnc and many other conversion programes to a DVD-R and burn it but the film always ends up skipping and freezing 5-8 minutes into the film??

is there any remedy to this or am I doing something wrong? I wasted 10 DVD-R cd's and don't want to waste anymore. Can someone help me with this please!!

**{I}{K}{E}** · 01-03-2005, 12:56 PM

use DVD-RWs

http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/24/59/

**KazaaBoy** · 01-03-2005, 01:43 PM

thanks, but what's the reason for it skipping?

**{I}{K}{E}** · 01-03-2005, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by KazaaBoy

thanks, but what's the reason for it skipping?

maybe bad encoding or your DVD player doesnt support the brand disks you are using...

**accat13** · 01-03-2005, 03:07 PM

could be cheap media...you can scan the disc and check to see if you have a good burn have a look at this thread http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=96285 it can be dry reading but you may be surprized at the quality differences in burning with different media,on different burners

**KazaaBoy** · 01-03-2005, 04:53 PM

ok, this is my DVD player
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Sony%20D...8:page=details
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers....y=Name&hits=25

I really need your help solving this one out and pin pointing the problem as I paid £50 to get it region code free and watch any movie imported from any country so I will not be buying another DVD player for a long time.

Now to the problem, I looked at the link accat13 gave me and done some tests. I have the TYG02 Taiyo Yuden DVD-R cd's. Now, I don't know if it's the encoding because the movies work fine on a normal DVD player on the PC. I don't know about the DVD-R brands but I may try DVD+R and see what happens.

Also, should I encode it with a high bitrate or a low one. I know the higher gives better quality but maybe my DVD player can't take that much bitrate or I don't know, I am going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There must be a way to fix this, anyone help!!

**kazaa2002** · 01-03-2005, 06:16 PM

http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/44

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/

in these forums you may find some answers
please try Ike's request first

it may be something as simple as turning off programs
running in the backround

the more you explain your problem the easier it is to find a solution.