help dvd freezing up

[Sgt_Horvath]

I am having the same problem with every movie I burn… just started this week.
One movie freezes in the last 5 minutes; other freezes in the 2nd to last scene; and another skips through last scene then freezes before end….

I “Reset DMA” to see if this will work. I have never had a problem before. I even performed a verification step after burning and every thing was ok. I posted 2 logs (one after & one before reset – same movie same media)

Here is my log after performing the reset:
2011-01-29 08:20:03 ---- ******************** Log session stop 29-Jan 08:20:03.296 PID 192********************
2011-01-29 00:36:56 Info WRITE SUCCESS: Disc written
2011-01-29 00:36:56 Info Finalization Time 00:01:32 - Total completion time 00:23:24
2011-01-29 00:35:24 Info Write finished in 00:21:52 - Finalization start here. Avg. burn rate 4.69
2011-01-29 00:14:14 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 42709
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Write started 3784896 sectors to write
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Init success: DVD+R Dual Layer
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Init DVD+R Dual Layer: Layer change set to LBA 1892464 (3.61 Gb.)
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info layer break set by filesystem builder at 0
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Available write speed: 8x ,6x ,4x
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Media ID: RITEK-S04-42
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Media type: Dual Layer DVD+R
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Ultra DMA mode 4 (ATA66)
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Scanned files #103, folder #2 - total size 7750156288 b. (7.22 Gb.)
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Inserted media type : DL DVD+R
2011-01-29 00:13:31 Info Write started
2011-01-29 00:13:27 Info Writable disc DL DVD+R inserted. Ready to write
2011-01-29 00:13:07 Info Parsing disc ...
2011-01-29 00:11:17 Info No disc in drive.
2011-01-28 23:50:09 Info Disc (DVD-ROM) not emtpy.
2011-01-28 23:50:07 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2011-01-28 23:50:07 Info Drive has IDE-ATAPI physical interface
2011-01-28 23:50:07 Info New Drive selected : 0:1:0 - HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH20LP20 1.02 [D] (Ide)
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info Current Drive selected : 0:1:0 - HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH20LP20 1.02 [D] (Ide)
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info DLL Version : 4.0.11.473
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info Version : 8, 0, 2, 2
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2011-01-28 23:48:59 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-01-28 23:48:59 ---- ******************** Log session start 28-Jan 23:48:59.875 PID 192********************

Here is my log prior to reset: (no verification step after burn)
2011-01-28 23:35:50 ---- ******************** Log session stop 28-Jan 23:35:50.403 PID 2988********************
2011-01-28 23:00:45 Info WRITE SUCCESS: Disc written
2011-01-28 23:00:45 Info Finalization Time 00:01:32 - Total completion time 00:23:22
2011-01-28 22:59:12 Info Write finished in 00:21:50 - Finalization start here. Avg. burn rate 4.69
2011-01-28 22:38:04 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 42068
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Write started 3784896 sectors to write
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Init success: DVD+R Dual Layer
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Init DVD+R Dual Layer: Layer change set to LBA 1892464 (3.61 Gb.)
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info layer break set by filesystem builder at 0
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Available write speed: 8x ,6x ,4x
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Media ID: RITEK-S04-42
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Media type: Dual Layer DVD+R
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Ultra DMA mode 4 (ATA66)
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Scanned files #103, folder #2 - total size 7750156288 b. (7.22 Gb.)
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Inserted media type : DL DVD+R
2011-01-28 22:37:22 Info Write started
2011-01-28 22:37:18 Info Writable disc DL DVD+R inserted. Ready to write
2011-01-28 22:36:58 Info Parsing disc ...
2011-01-28 22:36:22 Info No disc in drive.
2011-01-28 22:15:24 Info Disc (DVD-ROM) not emtpy.
2011-01-28 22:15:22 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2011-01-28 22:15:22 Info Drive has IDE-ATAPI physical interface
2011-01-28 22:15:22 Info New Drive selected : 0:1:0 - HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH20LP20 1.02 [D] (Ide)
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info Current Drive selected : 0:1:0 - HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH20LP20 1.02 [D] (Ide)
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info DLL Version : 4.0.11.473
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info DLL : C:\PROGRA~1\DV58A2~1\vso_hwe.dll
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info Version : 8, 0, 2, 2
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info ExeName : C:\PROGRA~1\DV58A2~1\DVDFab.exe
2011-01-28 22:14:36 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-01-28 22:14:36 ---- ******************** Log session start 28-Jan 22:14:36.590 PID 2988********************

Sgt_Horvath

[CBR929]

Hi Sgt_Horvath
You may take some of the advise given already in this thread your media Media ID: RITEK-S04-42 garbage consider picking up some Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim with the AZO Dye on the package.

You may also want to consider installing ImgBurn it is "free" and you will find it here along with a tutorial on setting it up with Fab remember to set the AWS in ImgBurn and also lower your burn speed to 1/2 the rated speed of your media.
You may also install tha newest version if you want, it is found here

Give this a try and post back
CBR929

[Done4it]

Some time ago I was having a similar problem, even though regular DVDs seemed to play okay some of my burned ones were freezing up. What I did was first I downloaded one of the movies right to my hard drive and tried playing it there. After seeing that it played okay on the hard drive, I went out and bought a lens cleaner for my player and I run it about every two weeks or so and I have never had any problems since. Just something you might want to try.