What kind of DVD's ar you using? Do you have any problems with commercial
DVD's?

"Mordido" <Mordido@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F945FE4-EC87-4B1D-985C-DA27E8226915@microsoft.com...
>I use Windows XP Home Edition, can I have XP installed wrong, or, Nero is
> burning wrong or if my Zenith DVD Player is having a problem reading DVD+R
> blanks to which Nero has burned various avi, mpeg, or whatever files so I
> can
> watch the DVDs on my TV throught the DVD Player. Please look at the specs
> for my Zenith DVD Player and let me know if there's problem with using
> DVD+R
> blanks, burned by Nero's BURNING ROM, and watched on this Player--
>
> Zenith DVB216 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
>
> Technical data
>
> Progressive Scan DVD Player : Yes
> Digital Coax Output? : Yes
> Digital Optical Output? : Yes
> Component Video Output? : Yes
> RF Coax A/V Output? : No
> Shuttle Control : Yes
> Formats Supported : DVD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, DVD-Video, CD-Audio
> Number of Discs : 1
> Number Composite (RCA) Outputs : 1
> Number S-Video Outputs : 1
> Remote : Multi-Component
> Dolby Digital (AC3) Decoding Built In? : No
> Parental Controls : No
> Warranty Parts : 12 Months
> Warranty Labor : 3 Months
>
> I've been using DVD+R blanks, burning with Nero, and recently, when I go
> to
> my TV to use my DVD Player, I'll be watching the movie, all is going well,
> and then there's a pause, longer and longer pauses, then skips, skipping,
> and
> even skipping to the end of the DVD. Overall, the DVD show is ruined by
> the
> pauses, skips, and jumps. I don't know if it's Nero BURNING ROM that's
> having the problems, my DVD Burner, i.e. hp DVD Writer 400c, or the Zenith
> DVD Player (specs above). Please help. This is why I was going to ask
> for a
> refund on Nero but they've told me to remove all other burning software
> like
> InterVideo, and I did, they gave me a software to clean my system of any
> DVD
> stuff that'd interfer with Nero, and still I can't use my DVD Player after
> a
> burn without skips, pauses, and jumps, but--BUT--if I PLAY a commercial
> DVD,
> no problem. The problem is with only DVD recorded material. So either my
> DVD Player is having problems reading the burned formats and/or I'm using
> the
> wrong DVD blanks, DVD+R instead of DVD-R. But the one time I tried to use
> DVD-R blanks, I couldn't get my DVD burning software to even acknowledge
> the
> blanks.
>
> P.S. How can I get Nero to burn to DVD-R blanks? How can I find out if
> my
> Zenith DVD Player is rejecting the DVD+R blanks. The infor on my Zenith
> Player doesn't indicate DVD+R abilities. So, what do I do since I have
> this
> Zenith DVD Player, use Nero burning software, and have an hp DVD Writer
> 400c
> drive?