I am very frustrated because every DVD I burn has audio and sometimes 
video skips when played back in my player.  I have tried many things to 
no avail.  Here is the last thing I tried.

- Confirmed consistent resolution, bitrate, etc. of all the MPEG files 
using avidemux.
- Created a brand new project in QDVDAuthor (Qt based GUI frontend for 
dvdauthor).
- Built the DVD files from QDVDAuthor ending with the creation of the ISO 
file (no DVD burn).
- Opened the .VOB files from the hard drive and played them in MPlayer.  
No skips.
- Mounted the ISO file on loopback and played the .VOB file from the ISO 
on the hard drive in MPlayer.  No skips.
- Burned the ISO from K3b (it used growisofs to do the burn).
- Played the DVD in my second DVD-ROM drive in the computer. No skips.
- Put the DVD in the player in the living room.  Skips.  In the exact same 
places as before!

Now, the biggest potential hole I see is that, so far, all of my efforts 
have been writing to DVD-RW.  I did not want to use up DVD-Rs until I got 
it right.  Maybe my DVD player "doesn't like" DVD-RW completely.

Ignoring that potential chasm, here is what I am going to do as I leave 
for work.  I will burn the DVD-RW with cdrecord from the command line, at 
speed=1.  My wife can test it when the burn is done.

So, does anyone have any hints why the burned DVD will not play properly?  
Maybe my player is just lame.  It is only about 3 months old but it could 
still be lame.  Problem is this DVD is to be copied and distributed to 
about 60+ people.  If it doesn't work in my player, how can I have 
confidence it will work in anyone elses?

Any advise from multimedia guys is appreciated.

Alan

PS The entire DVD creation from video capture from the camcorder to DVD 
burn has been done on Linux.  Therefore, this thread is on topic!  ;^)  
IMO.
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