DVD compatibility?

[dreamerz]

recently gave the DVD to my client...then he play it on his DVD player...he say the video was jerky n some other prob...
but i try it on my dvd player n my com....all no prob...i suggested he try it on his com...so far haven call me or anything....

can any 1 shed some light regarding this?

[engr]

Are u using DVD-R? There are many old DVD players out there.. the DVD burner u use also affects the playback. Try burning at a low speed like 4x and use DVD-R. IT should work for most players.

[dreamerz]

Originally Posted by engr Are u using DVD-R? There are many old DVD players out there.. the DVD burner u use also affects the playback. Try burning at a low speed like 4x and use DVD-R. IT should work for most players.

i was using dvd+r meant for video playing...burning at 6x...

[engr]

Hmm I see.. try DVD-R. Compatability rate is higher. Go to SLS level 6 n get the Riteks.. they r GOOD stuff

[JRC]

I was also having this type of problems previously.

1. Use good quality DVDR. I think + or - also can, but I'm using -. Verbatim (which is mitshibishi chemicals) and Taiyo Yuden are the best. TY cannot find in Singapore already but Verbatim can easily get from Chamoxa@SLS.

2.Use lower speed to burn if possible.

3. Try not to burn the disc to the max. Those at the very end more prone to be jerky.

4. If possible, dun use label sticker. Use direct printing to DVD instead.

5. Always run a scandisk on your disc after burning. (i.e freeware Nere CD-DVD speed)

[tommon]

It's mostly the software you use for encoding the DVD. Nero. Roxio, etc consumer software seems to give these problems. Try using the pro software for this. Sony DVD Architect is excellent.

[dreamerz]

Originally Posted by tommon It's mostly the software you use for encoding the DVD. Nero. Roxio, etc consumer software seems to give these problems. Try using the pro software for this. Sony DVD Architect is excellent.

eer....i was using ulead media studio to do the menu and burn into dvd.....

[tommon]

Skip the menu and do a single movie so that it plays immediately. It's usually the menu that stuffs up the rest.

[shojibake]

Besides older players not responding well to the dvd r medium, some of them also have problems if you've encoded the dvd stream in high bit rates.

[user111]

tell him to upgrade his dvd player

[tommon]

you don't do that to clients. You help them to upgrade by charging a handling fee.

[melvinch]

Bro,

When encoding, try using constant bitrate instead of variable bitrate and keep it below 4500kb/sec.

And always burn with 2X or 4X speed.

That's my experience with Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro.

[funster]

oh dear,
i was about to suggest variable bitrate actually....
so that lo-end players wd then be able to handle it
and you'd be able to enjoy higher quality on hi-end player?
and i think also the codec of the mpeg2 helps too. eg when i used
LSX on premiere, i discovered i had to manually enable lower-field while encode so as to eliminate jerkiness, but when using adobe encoder i left it at default and it turned out fine

[cyberdigi]

Unlikely due to DVD format i.e. DVD+R or DVD-R. If that's the case, the player would not even play the disk in the first place.
I've encoded movies in DVD format before (in my case, the source is a divx movie) and discover that certain divx encoded bitrate, when converted to DVD format, will result in frame freezing or jerky picture.

[Shawn The Farmer]

there was this once i sent my client a new enzer dvd player -the cheapest 1 tho so he could see my DVD which was unplayable on his ancient panasonic

[megaweb]

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