Burning DL DVD's

jkerry wrote on 1/22/2012, 4:22 PM
Each time I try to burn a Double Layer DVD I get a DVD error in the players.

When I durn them I place the chapter markers as requested in DA and still get the error.

The videos are only 1 hr. 30 mins. Which should not havfe a problem with burning.

Should I place the chapter markers prior to rendering to the DA format.

Jeff

Comments

cbrillow wrote on 1/22/2012, 4:35 PM
Personal opinion: If you're only dealing with 1-1/2 hours video, save yourself the headache and burn to a single-layer disc.

Maybe I'm lucky, but I've had great success burning dual-layer discs, even with less-than-stellar media. Only 1 failure out of about 30 attempts.
musicvid10 wrote on 1/22/2012, 9:23 PM
Best advice for burning DL DVD -- don't.
I made the mistake on a short production run, and even though they played on my personal players, about 1/3 of them were returned.

90 minutes is going to look fantastic on a single disc. Use 2-pass VBR:
9500000 max
6500000 average
2000000 minimum

Former user wrote on 1/23/2012, 9:43 AM
Agree with Musicvid. I would rather break it into 2 DVDs than risk a Dual Layer.

Dave T2
Arthur.S wrote on 2/6/2012, 3:35 AM
Hmmm.....I've been burning and supplying jobs on DL for about 3 years now I reckon. Very few returns. Always either a cheapo or very old DVD player that had the problem. My solution for those was simply to run it through DVD shrink and give those particular people a SL disc. I've used both DVDA and Imageburn for them too, so software isn't causing the failures. Maybe this is burner related? Are your burners older models? Mine isn't exactly new - about 4 yrs old. (LG)
I experimented with a few cheaper media, but found problems with them, so I've stuck with Verbatim DL+R. Having said that, I don't see the point of putting 90mins on a DL. As mentioned above, you'll get great quality using a 2 pass VBR. (I use a minimum of 3000kb/s though, had some probs with fades once when trying a lower setting)

Should I place the chapter markers prior to rendering to the DA format.

Can you explain that a bit further? Not quite sure what you mean?