Backup DVD-R Deterioration

[rockyglw]

Hi
I have a Pioneer AO4 burner and a Tosh SD210e standalone player. I have backed up DVDs that play initialy on both the PC and Tosh. However they seem to deteriorate producing pixellation and freezing. Why should a DVD-R that is ok when first played not play properly at a later date???

[satkid]

Does it only do this at the end of the movie?

[rockyglw]

Hi
Thanks for your reply. Yes it is mainly at the end. I have found part of the problem and that is the use of stick on CD labels. Is there any stick on CD labels that can be use and not affect the DVD?

[Chipmonk]

Lo,

Just to back up your answer I got a 104 about a month ago now and initially burnt about 4 dvds that i added normal cd labels to. After about a week they all corrupted and at that stage i was baffled. After much mucking around with different configs thinking it was the actual disks i to came up with the notion that it was the labels and havent had any probs since.

I am only using cheap old £1.50 disks but without a label they play fine in my set-top. Maybe the reason why i cant add labels is that they are blank on the non-writable side and do not have a manifacturers 'built in cover' like many cds do. Do dearer disks have these in-built protection covers that possibly wont allow the die to seep through ?


Chipmonk

[swanside1]

Cd labels

when you buy cheap DVD-R's or CD's, you can see through them when you hold them up to light sources.

When they are burnt, the laser reflects off the top surface and records the info. When you play then the laser picks up the info from the top surface, but, if you put a label on the disc, the glue stops the laser from bounceing back, and distorts the reflection.

Use a DVD-R with a solid top, like the Princo, these are not much good, but fro £1.50, or Verbatim at a fiver each.

Cd-R I use like White Label which are pretty good.