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?
I've used Verbatim CD, DVD +R, and DVD +R DL for quite some time, and have had a very high burn rate. Always using k3b. And good results on any of my players. I presume you've verified the .iso's have no problems, playing on your system before burning? I have on occasion had issues such as jittering with rips off of source DVD's that play fine, no matter which tool, codec, format, or container I tried. IME, and since I also use quality media, the issues I've had have been with the burner. I currently have an NEC, Asus, LG, and Samsung. The Samsung and NEC perform very well, but the LG repeatedly gives me fits, especially on DL. (The Asus is still too new to judge.) Like the others, the LG was highly recommended - so there are lemons even with a quality model. The problem could be the media, but I would want to try another burner. My $.02 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org