DVD-R sound stutters every 15 seconds!

crunchie · 24-06-2005, 23:28

I just bought 2 budget DVD players - Asda's Pacific 1002 and Aldi's Tevion 1200, and both exhibit sound glitching every 15 seconds or so when playing my collection of Datawrite Titanium DVD-R's (recorded at x1 speed on Panasonic E85H recorder).

Is this normal? All discs play fine on the machine that Recorded them. Is there a fix, or should I have bought only *branded* DVD players/blank media?!!

suestorm · 24-06-2005, 23:48

You answered it yourself.
Cutting corners by buying cheap blanks will catch up with you in the end.
As you can get high quality blanks for under 35p why go cheaper?

crunchie · 25-06-2005, 08:58

suestorm - where can I get high quality blanks for 35p?

suestorm · 25-06-2005, 21:55

http://www.cd-rmedia.co.uk/

Of course you need to order a good amount to absorb postage costs

Yoonix · 26-06-2005, 14:48

Datawrite Titaniums are regarded to be decent discs. If I had to guess, I'd say it's an incompatibility between recorder and players. To try and isolate the problem, you could try recording at different speeds/compression; different media (as Sue suggests); check out the disc structure and scan for errors on a PC, and try them on a high-end player.

suestorm · 26-06-2005, 22:08

More likely to be one of 2 other things.
Panasonic have a history of problems with a variety of budget blanks,although by now I would think that may have been sorted,buts it could simply be that you have unknowingly picked out 2 cheap players that don't like recordables very much.
Problems between players and recordables are common.You can record on the same recorder and some players will play some discs and not others depending on brand of blank,whether the top is shiny or printable/lbelled and other things too

Scorpio · 27-06-2005, 12:36

Even Panasonic's own DVD-R disks are not perfect on some cheaper players although they pay fine on my E55. I have experienced the periodic 'sound/vision' jumps on my other 2 players......

Rgds,
Scorp

Yoonix · 27-06-2005, 20:32

If it's something you want to keep, or can't replace, and definitely want to play it on your Pacific/Tevion, then you'll probably stand a better chance of success, copying the file to a PC, and re-authoring/burning it from there. Not sure if the Panasonic's DVD structure, what with multisession and finalization, is getting in the way?

24-06-2005, 23:28	#1
crunchie Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 593	DVD-R sound stutters every 15 seconds! I just bought 2 budget DVD players - Asda's Pacific 1002 and Aldi's Tevion 1200, and both exhibit sound glitching every 15 seconds or so when playing my collection of Datawrite Titanium DVD-R's (recorded at x1 speed on Panasonic E85H recorder). Is this normal? All discs play fine on the machine that Recorded them. Is there a fix, or should I have bought only branded DVD players/blank media?!!

24-06-2005, 23:48	#2
suestorm Banned User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 450	You answered it yourself. Cutting corners by buying cheap blanks will catch up with you in the end. As you can get high quality blanks for under 35p why go cheaper?

25-06-2005, 08:58	#3
crunchie Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 593	suestorm - where can I get high quality blanks for 35p?

25-06-2005, 21:55	#4
suestorm Banned User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 450	http://www.cd-rmedia.co.uk/ Of course you need to order a good amount to absorb postage costs

26-06-2005, 14:48	#5
Yoonix Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,050	Datawrite Titaniums are regarded to be decent discs. If I had to guess, I'd say it's an incompatibility between recorder and players. To try and isolate the problem, you could try recording at different speeds/compression; different media (as Sue suggests); check out the disc structure and scan for errors on a PC, and try them on a high-end player.

26-06-2005, 22:08	#6
suestorm Banned User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 450	More likely to be one of 2 other things. Panasonic have a history of problems with a variety of budget blanks,although by now I would think that may have been sorted,buts it could simply be that you have unknowingly picked out 2 cheap players that don't like recordables very much. Problems between players and recordables are common.You can record on the same recorder and some players will play some discs and not others depending on brand of blank,whether the top is shiny or printable/lbelled and other things too

27-06-2005, 12:36	#7
Scorpio Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,048	Even Panasonic's own DVD-R disks are not perfect on some cheaper players although they pay fine on my E55. I have experienced the periodic 'sound/vision' jumps on my other 2 players...... Rgds, Scorp

27-06-2005, 20:32	#8
Yoonix Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,050	If it's something you want to keep, or can't replace, and definitely want to play it on your Pacific/Tevion, then you'll probably stand a better chance of success, copying the file to a PC, and re-authoring/burning it from there. Not sure if the Panasonic's DVD structure, what with multisession and finalization, is getting in the way?

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