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Yes I do compress them as they are read. The file size is around the 4.2gig mark. No interestingly enough, I can copy dvd5 to dvd5 in their entirety. I had a 60 min doc and it was fine! But the compressed dvd9 doesn't work for both dvdfab and DVD Cloner8. As I said, I did make a copy to a file...

Thanks again for responding. The file I created on the hard drive seemed to play fine. Regarding virus programs, etc, gobbling up memory or processing power, I probably had more stuff going on before where I was successfull copying for over a year and a half.

Sorry this has happened over several source dvds as I've tried to toubleshoot and eliminate variables. It seems the disks are what I would assume to be the correct size, but once past a certain point of playback, it's like the video freezes or disappears.

Right now I'm burning Sonys. 4.7 DVD-R

No I'm trying to burn to DVD 5 on 4.7 gigs like I always have in the past. Thanks for the inquiry.

I was wondering if someone could enlighten me. I'm trying to back up some new movies I got. The backup is good until about 50 or so minutes into the burn when dvd players loose the signal. I've tried two programs and get the same results. I had two dvd burners and tried various combinations of...