On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com> wrote: > > I use K3b and I always specify that a verification be done. If you > can play the same file on your hard drive, but not one you copied from > there and burned to a DVD, I suspect the burn is bad. > I second that - I always burn with verification, AND play it back in a different drive. Also, the best check on the burn is to play it back in a commercial DVD player, if you have one. If that can read it, you're fine. I also recommend burning at least one speed LESS than the top (rated and advertised) speed of your burner. It seems to work better for me. And, yeah, get 5.3. Lots of updates, and also for mplayer, if you have it (rpmforge, not RH or CentOS). HTH mhr