Could someone help me with a DVD burning issue that MAY be..

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What happens with DVD burning if you change the resolution back to 800x600?

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"Mtimerding" <Mtimerding*LeaveMeAlone*@fuse.net> wrote in message
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> First off, let me say, I already have gone on the DVD burning
> newsgroups and am exploring here at their recommendations.
>
> Could someone tell me what settings I can try (in control panel)
> to help determine if my video card is interfering with burning
> DVD's (movies)
>
> I have had almost 100 pct success burning dvd's the past year and
> a half, and now all of a sudden I am having an almost 100 pct failure
> rate.
>
> I use/and always have, good media (Verbatim 8x) ....
>
> No matter what I burn with, Nero, DVD Shrink, etc. they always report
> SUCCESS .... but when played on my stand alone dvd player they are
> now always skipping/pausing/jerking, etc. randomly thruout the movie.
>
> This problem started after I installed a program call Video Studio,
> and set my resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768 to accomadate it.
> It wont run, or even load at 800x6000. (first clue: Resolution change)
>
> I have since reformatted my hd, reinstalled everything but Video Studio,
> but kept the higher resolution, and still I am burning coaster after
> coaster.
> (so Video Studio is off the hook) so now the only difference in my
> configs
> from PERFECT burns to ZERO success, is the resolution difference
> .... I took the same file(s) that made 6 coasters today, downstairs to my
> wifes
> computer and tried burning it on there, and whammo ... a perfect copy.
> (and
> 4
> more after that) I dont know if it was the different video card, or the
> fact
> that
> hers is running 800x600.
>
> This computer (the one with the bad burns) has a Radeon X800 pro, now
> running the cats 5.8 ... my wifes machine has a Radeon 9700.
>
> The fact that Video Studio 9 has been ruled out, and the mention of the
> Resolution
> change, lead the DVD Burning group to suggest it absolutely has to be a
> video
> driver (or the card itself). But, I dont know cause i am having no video
> related
> issues or errors.
>
> When I first noticed it, I was using the cat 5.7 I beleive, and after
> their
> suggestion
> a check of my event viewer show SEVERAL errors listing ATIMAG as the
> source,
> and "Invalid Parameters" as the Type of error (I guess) ... So I thought
> I
> was onto
> something ... shortly thereafter, the cat 5.8's came out, I installed
> them,
> and now
> no more errors appeared in the event viewer, yet as mentioned above, I
> still get
> jerking/pausing/skipping on every dvd this machine burns.
>
> This machine is showing NO video related errors, no video type problems
> (tho
> I must admit
> UT2004 is the only game I have ever had installed on here or play really)
> My
> benchmark
> scores in 3dMark2005, AguaMark, and Code Creatures (and even pc pitstop)
> have
> always registered very good. (upper 10 pct I would guess) ...
>
> So I am at a total loss. I have no idea what to try setting all those
> settings in the control panel
> to. I am running at defaults (except I have VPU Recover turned off) ....
>
> Does ANYONE have any ideas?
>
> Thanks

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati (More info?)

Mtimerding wrote:
> First off, let me say, I already have gone on the DVD burning
> newsgroups and am exploring here at their recommendations.
>
> Could someone tell me what settings I can try (in control panel)
> to help determine if my video card is interfering with burning
> DVD's (movies)
>
> I have had almost 100 pct success burning dvd's the past year and
> a half, and now all of a sudden I am having an almost 100 pct failure
> rate.
>
> I use/and always have, good media (Verbatim 8x) ....
>
> No matter what I burn with, Nero, DVD Shrink, etc. they always report
> SUCCESS .... but when played on my stand alone dvd player they are
> now always skipping/pausing/jerking, etc. randomly thruout the movie.
>
> This problem started after I installed a program call Video Studio,
> and set my resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768 to accomadate it.
> It wont run, or even load at 800x6000. (first clue: Resolution change)
>
> I have since reformatted my hd, reinstalled everything but Video Studio,
> but kept the higher resolution, and still I am burning coaster after
> coaster.
> (so Video Studio is off the hook) so now the only difference in my configs
> from PERFECT burns to ZERO success, is the resolution difference
> .... I took the same file(s) that made 6 coasters today, downstairs to my
> wifes
> computer and tried burning it on there, and whammo ... a perfect copy. (and
> 4
> more after that) I dont know if it was the different video card, or the fact
> that
> hers is running 800x600.
>
> This computer (the one with the bad burns) has a Radeon X800 pro, now
> running the cats 5.8 ... my wifes machine has a Radeon 9700.
>
> The fact that Video Studio 9 has been ruled out, and the mention of the
> Resolution
> change, lead the DVD Burning group to suggest it absolutely has to be a
> video
> driver (or the card itself). But, I dont know cause i am having no video
> related
> issues or errors.
>
> When I first noticed it, I was using the cat 5.7 I beleive, and after their
> suggestion
> a check of my event viewer show SEVERAL errors listing ATIMAG as the source,
> and "Invalid Parameters" as the Type of error (I guess) ... So I thought I
> was onto
> something ... shortly thereafter, the cat 5.8's came out, I installed them,
> and now
> no more errors appeared in the event viewer, yet as mentioned above, I
> still get
> jerking/pausing/skipping on every dvd this machine burns.
>
> This machine is showing NO video related errors, no video type problems (tho
> I must admit
> UT2004 is the only game I have ever had installed on here or play really) My
> benchmark
> scores in 3dMark2005, AguaMark, and Code Creatures (and even pc pitstop)
> have
> always registered very good. (upper 10 pct I would guess) ...
>
> So I am at a total loss. I have no idea what to try setting all those
> settings in the control panel
> to. I am running at defaults (except I have VPU Recover turned off) ....
>
> Does ANYONE have any ideas?
>
> Thanks


Have you tried a different DVD burner in the computer, like the one in
your wife's computer, to make sure that the burner itself isn't creating
marginal burns? Also, you might want to run a program like MotherBoard
Monitor 5 to monitor your voltages while burning a DVD to make sure that
the power isn't dropping in the middle of a burn and creating a problem.