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   chrisv to Ted Campanelli   
   Re: DVD movie problem   
   16 Oct 07 09:11:02   
   
   From: chrisv@nospam.invalid   
      
   Ted Campanelli wrote:   
   > Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes   
   > not so great) words of knowledge:   
   >> Ted Campanelli  wrote in   
   >> news:O3zQi.5411$y21.684@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net:   
   >>   
   >>> I have D/L a movie and burned it to a DVD.  On the computer it plays   
   >>> fine, but when I try to play it in a DVD player hooked to the tv   
   >>> set it plays ok for awhile then it starts to "stutter".  It will   
   >>> stop, then jump forward a few frames and repeat this action.  It   
   >>> will do this for several minutes, then it will play fine for awhile   
   >>> then do it again. On the computer I am using Cyberlink PowerDVD and it   
   >>> plays with no   
   >>> problems.  I have tried several different brands of discs and found   
   >>> that Sony gives me no problems (on the computer ).  I am using Easy   
   >>> DVD Creator to make and burn the movie.  I have also tried Super   
   >>> DVD Creator (Ver. 9.3) with the same results.   
   >>>   
   >>> What can I do so that I can watch the movie on the tv ?   
   >>   
   >> Did you burn to a DVD or a CD?   
   >> What formot did you burn?   
   >> AVI, VCD, SVCD, VOB?   
   >>   
   >> Does your standalone player accept the type of disc/format?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I burned it to a DVD -R.   
   >   
   > Easy DVD Creator converted an AVI format to VOB files.  The VOB files   
   > were burnd to the DVD.  I also tried this with Super DVD Creator. Super   
   > DVD Creator also converted the AVI format to VOB files which I   
   > burned to the DVD.   
   >   
   > Same result with both - they play fine on the computer, but on the tv   
   > they start out playing nicely, then about 30 minutes into the movie   
   > the "stutterng" starts.   
   >   
   >   
   > Yes, my stand alone player accepts DVD discs and the VOB format.   
      
   .avi files are usually super-compressed. My experience shows that Sony and   
   Panasonic players fail to play converted .avi files reliably. The best has   
   been JVC players when you're trying to play a movie that has been that   
   compressed.   
      
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