DVD player won't play last 2 to 3 minutes of some DVD's

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"Steve" <abc@123.com> wrote in message news:<u_2tc.73192$tp3.31641@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>...
> Hello,
>
> My DVD player, a Samsung SD-616T, plays through until the last 2 to 4
> minutes and then the picture freezes while the player continues to turn and
> the green seek light continues to blink. I am using Windows Media Player 9,
> Windows XP, 2.8 GHz CPU and 1 GB RAM. The disk is clean and this behavior
> doesn't happen with all movies. Other than this the player has no problem
> reading CD's or DVD's, just the playing of the last few minutes of some
> DVD's is a problem.
>
> Here is the link to the Samsung product page if that is helpful:
> http://www.samsung.com/Products/CD [...] D_616T.htm
>
> The firmware is the latest offered by Samsung, version F311
>
> Thanks, Steve.

Is this a backup copy of your movie or the original? If its a backup
and a very long movie some DVD players have trouble at the very end of
DVD's.You may want to look in on http://Digital-digest.com/index.php?
alot of good information on everything to do will dvd's I mean
everything to include your brand of burner.