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I have burned 6 dvd's 2 of which i have kept and 4 that i have given to other people (not a burned movie) i tried all of the discs before i gave them to the other people and they worked fine but when they try to play them they will skip and not work right. Then i tried them again on my computer and they work fine again. Any help be greatly appreciated.

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Not all players will consistently play burned media.

Reply to mi1ez

They've tried them on 3 different computers and they all have the same issue. Could it possibly be the dvd is not compatible with certain drives?

Reply to fishstick919

I forgot to put that it's on DVD-R media and was burned through Adobe Encore.

Reply to fishstick919

I've had this too. But as mi1ez says it's drive dependant. I've got a few Pc's and it just boils down to some burners just work better.
I'd like to say it's make dependant but most my drives are LG and i still get the problem if i burn with a certain burner.
You could try burning the discs slower, i thought about seeing if that works but never got round to it.
Found the drive that works 100% and burn everything using that drive

Reply to Belinda

Ok i'll look into that. Thanks for your help.

Reply to fishstick919

You're possibly burning too fast for the media and as a result the data can be a bit patchy - less sensitive drives will choke.

Best thing to do is burn your discs at the lowest possible speed and test them on the troubleshome drives/players and see if that helps.

If yes, every time you burn take the speed up a level until you max out. If no, try changing the media to a different brand.

Also be aware of + and - R - all drives can read -R but only +R drives can read +R.

Reply to LePhuronn

Don't forget that +R's need to be finalized, altho most writing programs do that as a matter of fact (except my 3 liteon standalone recorders) anyways. I use +R/RW's almost exclusively in all my recorders. 3 Standalone Liteon, a Plextor 755SA, an LG CCW-h20L (which relaced a good Samsung writer). Have not had a single problem with computer generated DVDs playing in several DVD players (Sony Blu-ray, Lite-on, Cheap Desay, and old sony, and several others.

(1) I always burn a DVD at no more than 8 X (I've burned several at 12X and 16X and they have played fine).
(2) I never by media made in china or India. Use to buy by made in Japan but can not find so I now buy made in taiwan. Never Buy off the wall brand, and only stock up when on sale.
(3) I always do a quality scan of a DVD movie to check the media/lot (batch). I use plextools and nero for the scan check. (there was a registry change to allow Nero to use samsung drive. Have not tried to do a quality check using the LG H2OL drive.


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