Return-Path: Received: from mailb2.tigertech.net ([208.80.4.154] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5006884 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:12:36 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailb2.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF171D09BD for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:19:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at b2.tigertech.net Received: from [10.10.10.71] (unknown [65.223.213.2]) by mailb2.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B32C01C07C4 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:19:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Tovsky Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-7-909611315 Subject: Re: [AE] OT DVD-SP DVD plays on some machines but not others Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:19:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <59AD0507-5ABB-4362-8111-F473B5B09688@skeletonhome.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-7-909611315 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii one thing to double-check is your burn speed - this got me recently. i = found that many machines don't like disks burned at faster than 8x and i = usually go for 2x just to be safe. b On Mar 17, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Patrick Blackard wrote: > As Jim says, try media from a different package. I once bought a = stack of Sony DVDs that turned out to be about 50% coasters. They were = made in Malaysia. I have read that disks from Japan and Taiwan are = likely to be better quality. My current fave: Verbatim -R, from Frys. >=20 > Also consider making a disk image in DVD-SP, and then use Disk Utility = to burn that image to disks. You can set the burn speed, and tell it to = verify the disk after burning. (don't know if these options are = available inside DVD-SP, haven't done it that way in a while) Internet = rumors suggest that using neither the fastest or slowest burn speed = gives better results. >=20 > Plus if you have a disk image, you can take it to a different machine = to see if that burner is any better. >=20 > And check your disks for scratches before and after burning. I've had = disks that seem to come with scratches. >=20 > --Pat Blackard >=20 >=20 bruce tovsky www.skeletonhome.com "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." Philip K. Dick --Apple-Mail-7-909611315 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii one thing to double-check is your burn speed - this got me recently. i found that many machines don't like disks burned at faster than 8x and i usually go for 2x just to be safe.
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On Mar 17, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Patrick Blackard wrote:

As Jim says, try media from a different package.  I once bought a stack of Sony DVDs that turned out to be about 50% coasters.  They were made in Malaysia.  I have read that disks from Japan and Taiwan are likely to be better quality.  My current fave:  Verbatim -R, from Frys.

Also consider making a disk image in DVD-SP, and then use Disk Utility to burn that image to disks.  You can set the burn speed, and tell it to verify the disk after burning.  (don't know if these options are available inside DVD-SP, haven't done it that way in a while)  Internet rumors suggest that using neither the fastest or slowest burn speed gives better results.

Plus if you have a disk image, you can take it to a different machine to see if that burner is any better.

And check your disks for scratches before and after burning.  I've had disks that seem to come with scratches.

--Pat Blackard



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www.skeletonhome.com


"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."

Philip K. Dick


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