Season one: "City on the Edge of Forever" dvd problem

[VOODOOXI]

Has anyone else noticed a skip in the standard dvd season one box set of "City on the Edge of Forever"?

I noticed a slight/marginal skip in my disc when I was playing "COTEOF". I then noticed a less pronounced skip in the other episodes on the disc.

I thought it was most likely a problem with my individual disc, until I went over a friends and played his disc on his dvd player.

Sure enough the same problem existed on his season one box set. It's not really a big deal. The episodes are certainly watchable, but it is a little annoying.

Has anyone else experienced the same problem?

 

[PsychoPere]

My guess would be a layer change:

The Digital Bits:
Some movies, especially those over two hours long or encoded at a high data rate, are spread across two layers on one side of the disc. When the player changes to the second layer, the video and audio may freeze for a moment as the laser refocuses and finds its place. The length of the pause depends on the player and on the layout of the disc. The disc producer usually tries to choose a point where the pause will be less noticeable. The pause is not a defect in the player or the disc.

For more on layer changes, see another entry in the same FAQ.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I didn't notice it on my set.

 

[sbk1234]

Thanks. That explains a lot regarding several of my other DVDs. Now I don't have to worry.

 

[VOODOOXI]

Thanks for the help, but that isn't the issue I am having. My picture seems to flicker slightly through nearly the entire episode.

 

[Turbo]

Have you tried it on another player?

 

[Doug Otte]

PsychoPere said:
My guess would be a layer change:

The Digital Bits:
Some movies, especially those over two hours long or encoded at a high data rate, are spread across two layers on one side of the disc. When the player changes to the second layer, the video and audio may freeze for a moment as the laser refocuses and finds its place. The length of the pause depends on the player and on the layout of the disc. The disc producer usually tries to choose a point where the pause will be less noticeable. The pause is not a defect in the player or the disc.

For more on layer changes, see another entry in the same FAQ.

The "layer change" issue has come up many times here. The ST TV DVDs don't have layer changes. There's no need. Each layer can hold up to about two hours, so each disc can hold two episodes on each layer.

You only see a layer change on a movie where it has to cross over to the 2nd layer. What you see is a slight pause (the length of the pause depending upon the DVD's authoring and the DVD player's memory buffer), not a skip.

Doug

 

[PsychoPere]

^ I don't yet own any of the DVD sets (and only recently returned to this board), so I appreciate the correction.