All DVDs jumpy and stuttering

**jmet** · 21 Sep 2005, 06:11 AM

Welcome to the Digital Digest Video forum Bobby92!

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 or freezes from the middle toward the end of the movie. The two main things to consider first are:

1. 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.)

2. 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:

**anonymez** · 21 Sep 2005, 10:55 AM

if the problem happens when playing original commercial dvd's, do the following, if you have'nt already done so:

1. download & install your graphics card's latest drivers

2. make sure you've got the latest directx (version 9.0c)

3. make sure you have a dvd decoder installed (try downloading & installing 'powerdvd' from http://www.gocyberlink.com)

4. make sure your dma is on UDMA 5 for hard disk, and UDMA 2 for dvd drive (it could be the cause of the problem, if stuttering only happens when playing directly from the disc): http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...threadid=44808

5.which player did you use? try another one, such as 'powerdvd' or 'media player classic' (the best player the world has ever seen, and is completely free

)

all of the above should get you up and running

ps. i also recommend you download & install the latest "ffdshow" from http://www.free-codecs.com (september 20 2005 version)

EDIT: just re-read your post, and saw dma is enabled, but i'll leave it in my little list, just incase anybody else has a similar problem

All DVDs jumpy and stuttering

All DVDs jumpy and stuttering

Comment

Comment