Sometimes certain copies of my burnt dvd's freeze when viewing them on my Toshiba dvd player or even sometimes on my computer. Not all of them do it but enough to annoy the hell out of me I use dvd shrink. Any suggestions?

What type of media do you use, what dvd-rw do you use what burning program do you use, what are your computer specifications?

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp.050301-1521)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 512MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Card name: ATI RADEON 9600 Series
Realtek AC97 Audio
LG Super Multi DVD RW

I use DVD Shrink and I use CyberLink power DVD to play them on my computer or my Toshiba home DVD Player.

Everytime I have had this problem it was with cheap media I now use only Taiyo Yuden and do not have this problem. You did not say what type of media you are using.

Burning at the wrong speed can cause it as well.

I would also suspect poor media. Try Verbatim, TY, Fuji(mij) or Ritek Ridata. All have worked well for me.

Also I make sure;
Nothing is running in the background
All my program auto-updates are shut off (including XP)
Make sure to not burn a DVD faster than 4x for better burns.
To keep system defragmented on a regular schedule


Specs:
Dell 8200 :
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Pentium 4 at 2.2 Ghz
512mb RDRAM
120GB Hard Drive w/data burst cache
Nvidia -GeForce3-Ti500
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Altec Lansing ADA995’s
Lite-On DVD-ROM 16x (black model 166)
Nec DVD+RW ND-2100 AD (burner)
Sony DVP-NS715P (stand alone player)
Sony DVP-NS525 (stand alone player)
CyberLink Power DVD (soft PC player)
22” Trinitron Monitor
media (currently)
Ritek Ridata +R/+RW
Verbatim +R
Fuji +R (mij =TY)

After reading product reviews from different sources, many of them report Toshiba standalones freezing during playback even with commercially pressed discs. Try your burnt discs in a friend's DVD player and see if they work ok.

I frequently had this issue - even with extremely good media. I use DVDClone. I found two major things really helped to eliminate this.

1) I now ONLY burn at 2.4x - regardless of the media and device capability.
2) I set the DVD size to custom and 4600 instead of 4700. It causes slightly more compression, but eliminates a lot of the freezing, which for me seemed to occur during the late stages of the movie.

My research indicated that uneven dye penetration at the exterior edge of the media can contribute to this. That's why setting to 4600 helps - it leaves the very outer edge untouched.

Would you say with other words to burn a 16x certified media at 2.4

If you're having to burn at that speed you need to switch to better quality media. As I said, this is an issue with Toshiba players. If commercially pressed discs are known to give problems, copies have very little chance of playing successfully.

Just like to say thanks to this forum's contributors - removed trailers from a number of dvd's and burnt remaining movie onto new disc but, I made the mistake of buying cheapest blank dvd-r I could find - in my local computor shop!! Without exception all refused to play correctly to the end. Found this forum and took advice and bought some Sony discs - relatively expensive but they all work a treat - thanks to you all!!!!

I had this same problem and I realized to make sure nothing is running in the back ground(anti-virus) when burning image to disc.

Have you tried TigerZai advice ?

Media is usually the problem but sometimes it is the player.

bean55