DVD Copied To Hard Drive Stutters On Playback

[RAH]

I have a 40 year-old video (10 years before VHS) that has been copied
to a DVD. It plays perfectly from the DVD. However, when I copy all
the files on the DVD to the hard drive, then try to play it from the
hard drive, the video stutters badly all the way through. I have
tried several different DVD play programs. It can't be a limitation
of the video card as the video plays fine in the CD-ROM drive.

Windows XP Home SP2
Pentium D
2 GB SDRAM

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

It is possible that your hard disk running in PIO mode..

Try reinstalling the IDE Controller, by removing the Primary IDE Channel in
Device manager and restarting your system.

 

[RAH]

Thanks. I will give that a try, but it does the same thing on both my
desktop and laptop, which are two entirely different computers.

 

[Burgy]

Sounds like something is amis in the copy operation.
What is the file being copied as?? (.mpg, .avi, .wmv)
May have something to do with how you are copying it.
You may have to run it through a file converter( as it's being copied) to
get it to play properly on your system.

 

[RAH]

I made an exact copy of the DVD files. There are .bup, .ifo and .vob
files.

 

[Burgy]

Well, seems that if it plays fine from the disc and not from the hard drive,
something has to be different. I assume you are trying to play from the
harddrive with the same program that is playing it from the disc (Media
Player or Real Player etc). Therefore, the only obvious difference is the
media (harddrive versus disc) and possibly some corruption happened in the
process. I'd try burning the files from the hard drive back to another disc,
just to see if it would play. I know, it's a waste. But then I would know if
the files are corrupt or it's something else. I am a little unorthodox when
it comes to trouble shooting problems.

I know that if I don't shut down a lot of the background programs and make
sure my hard disc is cleaned up and defragged before I burn to a dvd, I
usually have trouble getting a good disc. I suppose it would work the same
way copying to hard drive. Never tried that often. Don't copy many dvds
anymore.

 

[RAH]

The DVD was created from a VHS tape played in a Sony SLV D550P Combo
DVD/VCR, and recorded on a Pioneer DVR-310 DVD Recorder so the things
one would do when recording on a computer wouldn't apply. I should
mention that this playback stuttering occurs on both my Dell 9150
Desktop and my HP Pavilion zx5078cl laptop, which is the one I will be
using in a PowerPoint/Video presentation. I will try your idea of
burning the hard disk files back to a DVD to see what that reveals.

 

[Burgy]

The DVD was created from a VHS tape played in a Sony SLV D550P Combo
DVD/VCR, and recorded on a Pioneer DVR-310 DVD Recorder so the things
one would do when recording on a computer wouldn't apply. I should
mention that this playback stuttering occurs on both my Dell 9150
Desktop and my HP Pavilion zx5078cl laptop, which is the one I will be
using in a PowerPoint/Video presentation. I will try your idea of
burning the hard disk files back to a DVD to see what that reveals.

Ooooh,the dvd was made on a stand-alone dvd recorder?
When you say the disc plays fine in a cd player, did you mean on a
computer??

DVDs made on some stand alone recorders won't even play on computers. I hear
that there are sometimes issues with DVDs that are made on the ones that are
supposed to work on computers.
I don't have a stand-alone recorder, so I know very little about which ones
work. You might want to persue that angle further. If it will play, you may
be able to 'rip' it (with something like dvd rip)and then convert it to a
computer friendly file type, like svcd, mpg, avi or something.

 

[RAH]

Yes, the DVD plays fine on both of my computers.

 

[Burgy]

Have you defragged the hard drive?
If it plays fine from a player, the hard drive should be faster than the
disc player. The only reason for the jerking is that the cpu has to wait for
the data from the media(hard drive). If the drive is fragmented, all the
files are stored all over the drive in small chunks instead of one place
like on the cd. This slows down the performance a lot. I would delete the
file from the hard drive first.Run disc cleaner. Then restart computer. Shut
down all programs running in the background that aren't necessary to run,or
defrag in safe mode if you can( couldn't do it on mine) then defrag the hard
drive. In XP, it will say it isn't necessary sometimes, but it still helps.
I defrag every time I am going to do anything involving video. I've learned
it saves time in the long run.After defragging, re-copy the dvd.If you would
rather try to skip the delete and re-copy, it may work.