DVD burner issues in desktop and laptop

[Kh8286]

Alright so I'm having some issues with my DVD burners in both my desktop and laptop.

In my desktop, the burner rips DVDs just fine. The ripped DVD plays perfectly on the computer but when you burn it to a blank DVD-R, the scenes play all mixed up and doesnt even play the entire movie. What is up with that and how do I fix it?

In my laptop, the DVD drive doesn't play DVDs very well at all. The playback is awful. The playback skips along like it's having a hard time reading the DVD itself. I've even tried other players and other DVDs with the same result. Burning DVDs takes hours as the buffer in the program always seems to be running making the DVD longer to burn. What should I do?

Thanks in advance, guys.

 

[kimsland]

Laptop DVD's are not as good as Desktop DVD players (especially with burnt discs)

That's the best answer

 

[Kh8286]

No, I'm playing my store-bought DVDs on my laptop with this problem.

 

[kimsland]

Run CCleaner on both (to remove all the temp files)

Also the burnt part was in brackets

 

[Kh8286]

That's been done, same results.

 

[kimsland]

It's recommended to exit all running programs (ie Antivirus and the Internet) Plus the tens of others that are possible running and updating.
By the way what AV are you running?

Actually run Startup Control Panel and turn off all you can, then burn again

Also you have run CCleaner recently I hope

 

[Kh8286]

Everything is ALWAYS exited out, nothing is ever running when I'm watching or burning a DVD. Also, I disable all startup programs all the time (when I install new software) so that can't be the issue. As for CCleaner, it has been run recently, but I can do it again.

 

[kimsland]

What about
Windows Updates
Java Updates
A whole bunch more
Indexing Service
System Restore
Defrag

What Windows version?
What Antivirus version?
Which Burning software?
How much Ram?
What's the Paging File set to?
Have you run CheckDisk?
What about just a Disc Cleaner?

Actually optimizing is very big on howto
There are many sites and lots of pages of info

I couldn't possibly go on, because I could keep writing pages of possible issues
We haven't even covered HijackThis logs?
Spyware/Malware (using many tools)
Windows Security Updates

There are other issues too:
Write protection software
Region codes
DVD -R or + R

There's more you know !

 

[Kh8286]

Windows Updates - All updated
Java Updates - Didn't even know there was a way to update it. Please link me.

Indexing Service - huh?
System Restore - Done
Defrag - Done

What Windows version? - XP
What Antivirus version? - Avast Antivirus, updated
Which Burning software? - DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink (using RipIt4Me)
How much Ram? Desktop (512MB, i know, sad) and Laptop (2GB)
What's the Paging File set to? - huh?
Have you run CheckDisk? - wha?
What about just a Disc Cleaner? - Done

We haven't even covered HijackThis logs? - Eh?
Spyware/Malware (using many tools) - No spyware/malware
Windows Security Updates - Everything is updated

 

[kimsland]

Java:
http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1

PageFile:
Start-->Control Panel-->System-->Advanced (Top one)-->Settings-->Advanced-->Change
Set both Min and Max to 768Meg on the Desktop -->Apply-->Ok-->Restart
Laptop, leave as System Managed

CheckDisk:
Open My Computer
Right Click on C drive
Select Properties
Select Tools tab
Select Check Now button
Tick "Automatically fix file system errors"
Start YES OK
Restart your computer
Wait for Check Disk to start/finish

 

[Kh8286]

Well, the laptop still does it, so I'm assuming the desktop is still going to burn the DVDs the same as well.

The only way I can describe the playback on the laptop is that its like an echo. It plays a song or a voice says something and almost immediately after, you can hear it again just as loud. The video "echoes" too.