On 11/7/2011 11:00 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Guys,
I resisted, but I've finally moved into the early 21st century and bought a Plextor dual layer burner. From what I can tell, software/hardware wise, everything is fine, but the resulting dual-layer discs burned from movie .iso files play terribly/don't really play (jitter, sound chop, etc..) on my normal home audio dvd players. I researched before buying media and found the Verbatim +R DL 8X (Silver w/Blue/Purple media side) were among the most reliable for .iso replication. I have also read these too suffer hit and miss performance on burns. (the QA issue when Verbatim moved manufacturing from Singapore to India).
I used k3b to burn. I also tested image creation using both dd and k3b and both the resulting images were the same.
Err, so what's the issue? Are you really just limited to a 40% success rate in burning from .iso, or is there something that I'm overlooking? Seems straight forward enough, (a) create the .iso, (b) burn it back, but so far I end up with the same result. (tried on multiple players)
What's the trick to minimize coasters?
Some time ago I did a lot of research on this as well, and purchased a good supply of what were recommended as the best at that time. (TYG02 Taiyo Yuden). Single layer, in this case. Note that brand name is not as important as actual manufacturer. So far I haven't had any failures on these disks but have had other brands fail in exactly the way you mention. Burning at a lower speed than the recommended advertised maximum is my best recommendation. I found I could get good burns even on the crappy brands by slowing down to half the rated speed of the media, or just one notch below the max. Also DVD -R have historically been more reliable than the +R disks, but this has changed over time, and now I believe the +R disks are the way to go. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org