DVD player or bad files?

[Raven]

I've had similar problems in the past with burning, and selecting a slower speed fixed it completely. I guess it's just more stable that way.

[AlterEgox5]

*smacks fist into hand*

Then it's settled - finish the torrents and give it a go...heheh...guess I'll have to wait just a tad bit longer to snag those Hellsing OVAs. I'll let everyone know how it works out!

NT

[AlterEgox5]

Ok, so I have nothing running (not counting the few programs in the notification area) - no AIM, no Winamp, no torrents; just the program to burn.

I decided to be brave and try it at the default (8x) speed and it cleared without any errors - but that's happened before and when I go and look at the files, not all of them will play. Such was the case again here. If I try playing a file it apparently doesn't like, it just freezes up (this happened with my first attempts to burn Naruto files).

I quit with 8x - gonna try it at a lower speed this time and if it doesn't work, then I'll have no idea what to do...

[AlterEgox5]

Right.

Now I'm really just confused.

I took the advice and burned at a lower speed and gave it a go at 6x. It finished, no error, but here's the kicker (a single example) for all you computer savvy peoples out there:

Disc #1 - burned at 8x - will play ep. #39
Disc #2 - burned at 6x - will NOT play ep. #39

Each one plays some files and not others, but they're not the same. I haven't gone through all of them because it's just really pissing me off because it makes no sense. This turn of events shows that it's not the files for sure...so what the hell is going on with this thing?

[darkshadow]

then either your laser is dirty or the media you use is bad, or your burner doesnt like the media you're using

[AlterEgox5]

*snort*

Go figure...this is supposed to be new stuff...(ok, well it's *just* over a year old, and I know that's not technically new in computer years, but you catch my drift I'm sure).

Looks like I'll have to get one of my buddies over here to take a gander at it...I'll just bet it doesn't like the media...picky lil @#$%

Thanks anyway guys! ^_^

NT

[Kraco]

Can you play the said episode directly from your HD? I have very rarely failed to burn a dvd, and in all but one cases it was a bad blank DVD. However, that one case was a corrupted Naruto episode on my HD. It wouldn't properly play directly from the HD, and when I tried to burn it, Nero terminated the burning process. I had to redownload that one episode to be able to burn that DVD.

So, make sure your source is good as well. Take good care of your HD.

[AlterEgox5]

I watch everything before I consider burning it, just in case I come across a movie/series I find I don't like enough to keep around longer than one or two views. And even if one of them was bad, it makes no sense for it not to play on one disc and then play on another.

After further review of everything, I got into contact with a computer pal who is going to take a gander at it today, but last night while we were discussing the topic, I figured out who made the writer (seeing as this is a frankenstein computer) and then went looking for it. To my dismay I found several other forums with people complaining about the same problem I was having. Yippee skippy. It sounds like the hardware just sort of goes "Keh" after maybe a year or so. I contacted my father since he was the one who knew the guys that put this together and told him that this whole "parts of my computer are failing to work like they should be" thing is not cool (I've already had to trade in my speakers - they stopped working right after a year too and for what this thing cost, none too happy bout it). So when I get out of here we're gonna take a bunch of stuff to them and say, "Hey, yeah you - fix it."

Thanks for all your help and suggestions and (if anyone cares) I'll let you know how it all pans out!

NT