Freezing and artifacts

[Raider0429aider]

Hello to all and thank you for taking the time to read through my post. Your wisdom is greatly appreciated. Here is my problem: Converting movies to DVD. I use either Main concept or IamTOO MPEG encoders to encode the video file to a compliant mpg. Then I use either Ulead DVD workshop or TMPGENC DVD author to author into VOB files. I then burn onto DVD+R discs. When I play them in my DVD players or friends play them on theirs, they freeze up at different points, become slow and jerky, or atifacts show up on the screen. When I look at the files before I encode them (using main concept or IamTOO) there doesn't seem to be any problems. Also when I look at the files after I encode them, again no problems with the video. Can this be happening during the authoring process? If so, are there any other good authoring programs that anyone can suggest. Or is this a burning problem or is it a media problem. I use either Memorex, Verbatim or, lately just a generic media. I am thinking about buying Taiyo Yuden 8X DVDs and trying them out. It seems that I end up with more bad than good copies, freezing at inopportune times and also on some occassions the sound being out of sinc after the authoring process is a problem as well. Any advice would be helpfull or if someone could point me it the right direction. I do alot of encoding and burning and it is frustrating. I burn with either a Sony 4X burner or Memorex 16X burner. Thanks again for taking the time to reading my post.

[2COOL]

Yes, cheap media can produce the artifacts you are experiencing. A suggestion to burn at 4X or less if you aren't doing it.

[LT. Columbo]

classic case of poor burns and poor/incompatible media. read this

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49635