avi to dvd problem

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morgie

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Hi, hoping someone can help with this because I have been struggling to sort it for 2 weeks and have still gotten nowhere.

I have been trying to convert avi's to dvd format to play the films on my dvd player. I have managed to convert to dvd format using dvdSanta and winAVI video converter. These play fine on my hard disc. Then I have burned these to disc using Nero, DeepBurner and DVD Shrink and get the same problem with all.

When the dvd is burned and I try and play it, it gets 10-20 mins into the film and then cuts out due to a read error. Anybody know how to sort it out?

Thanks in advance.
 
How big are the dvd files after they're converted? Because in order to be DVD compliant the VOB files need to be split into 1GB chunks (there's an option for this in WinAVI).

I trust the files in question aren't commercial films, but home movies and the like.
 
An answer doesn't instantly leap out to me, unless one does for someone else give me some time to research. :)
 
It could be a poorly burned dvd and the drive cannot read a section of video. That would be unusual for a movie dvd because playing back video is quite fault-tolerant. You can check the readability with cd/dvd speed which is part of Nero that you have. If you only have Nero 6, get the latest cd/dvd speed and run the Scan Disc test.

Does the dvd run on your pc and not on your standalone dvd player? Does the menu and chapter navigation work on the standalone player? You did burn as a dvd video and not a data dvd?

Starman*
 
Ive tried using the create dvd from avi on nero and have the same problem.

The discs cut out both on my computer and on my dvd player. I havent got a menu system on the disc. I burned as a data disc by writing the video_ts and audio_ts folders to disc.

Ive tried playing each of the VOB files. All files play that are saved on my computer but when trying to play the files on the disc, it cuts out after 10-20 mins into VTS_01_1 and VTS_01_2, VTS_01_3, VTS_01_4 dont play.

Thanx for the ideas but still not got much further.
 
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Thanks starman, i did like you said with the scan disc test and it said that the first 11% was ok and then the rest was corrupt. Tried burning the same project again twice to see if the scan disc test would come back with the same answer and nero failed to burn the disc twice. I guess that my dvd writer drive is broken. Do you think this is the case?
 
just out of curiosity are these blanks all from the same batch, it is possible to get dodgy ones, bad dyes that make a whole batch unusable....whats the make of them?
 
dvdsanta came up with an error message and said it couldnt burn the disc after it was about 80% complete

the discs are RiDisc 8x DVD+R 4.7GB. you reckon it could be bad discs n that I try with dvds from a different batch/make?
 
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Writing as a data disk is part of the problem (there may be others). The files on a video dvd have to be in a certain order. The video_ts.ifo must be first on the dvd (in the video_ts folder). If you burn as a data disk, the files are in alphanumeric order so the video_ts.bup comes first. The bup files should come after the respective vob. Ifo, vob, bup. Burning as "dvd video" rather than "data" places the files in the required order.

Re blanks, try a quality brand such as Verbatim (not the brands you get a set of free steak knives with!).

Starman*
 
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Thanks alot for the help guys. After burning a few more it seems that the discs are the problem, using the scan disc all discs seem to fail at around 11-14%. I'll buy some good discs tomorrow and try again. Thanks again.
 
bought some verbatims and still having the same problem. using the disc scan the files become corrupted after 13%. Any more ideas?
 
That now sounds like a burner fault. Could be a mechanical problem at that point on the traverse across the disk. I cannot think of a fault in your pc that would cause that sort of failure.

What you could do to make sure it's not a movie dvd related problem is to burn a data disk of files on your pc (assorted files, not video) and see if the same problem occurs. If it does, buy a new drive. They are very cheap.

Starman*
 
Tried just a data disc and after 527MB the files became corrupted again. Thanks for the help. I'm off to PC World. Thanks again.
 
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