DVD Lock up

[plants]

Hi Everyone,
I am fairly new at this, why do DVDs start to lock up? Some do, some don't. When they do, it is normally later in the DVD somewhere past 1:15 or so. Could it be my burner?
Looking forward to your responses! Thanks!!!

[jmet]

Welcome to the Digital Digest Video forum plants!

If your backup freezes, stutters, skips, or has some pixelation, it is more than likely due to poor quality media being used. Cheap media is poorly manufactured around the edge of the disc, hence the reason why it mostly skips toward the end of the movie. The two main things to consider first are:

• Is it cheap media that you are using? (ie. some off brand you bought at a local computer store/fair, even a store like Circuit City or Best Buy sells cheap low quality media.)
• How fast are you burning? - Burn no faster than 4X, might have to go down to 2X with really cheap media.

Also, are you using adhesive labels on your back ups? If so, try removing the labels (if you can) and playing them again. Go here for more info on why not to use labels. - http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...threadid=28604

You can go here for some other possible solutions: http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...threadid=44912


Also try lowering outcome the "Target DVD size".

Open DVD Shrink. Click "Edit", then "Preferences". On the first tab at the top in the drop down box, change it from "DVD-5 (4.7GB) to "Custom" and enter a number of 4200MB (4464MB is burning to the edge of the disc, you want to stay away from the edge as the edge of cheap media (disc's) are poorly manufactured). Screen Shot Below:

[burd3749]

Agrees with jmet...

I had the same problem a few months back with cheap dvd's i found its best to burn at 2x even if the disk says 4 or 8

[plants]

Thanks JMET,
Yea, I'm using discs from Office Max. I'll try your suggestions and let you know what happens. Thanks! And have a good holiday!!!