Is this a common problem?

last few dvd rips , there is pic break up on the end of each individual cdr when played on a stand alone dvd player (pioneer dv350), not had this before . haven't included any logs because it has happened on the last 2/3 rips, anyone had this problem?

You're gonna have to be more specific than 'pic break up'. Also, does the muxed file have this same phenomenon, or is it just when played on your standalone?

By pic break up, i meant visual glitches , cut outs , green squares replacing what should be film etc, i'm just checking the muxed file now. Also the burnt svcd freezes whilst playing on the pc at the same place glitches appear on the standalone player

Picture breakup 

Sounds like you might be burning the cdr at a higher speed than it can handle, try a slower speed.

magnanimous is right. You are buring the CD too fast. Either slow down the buring, try a different brand of CD or try a different program to burn the CD.

i was thinking it might be a burn issue, but the opposite, that is they are 40x discs, and i'm burning at 8x using cdrwin, thought it might be to slow for a 40x disc, as i only have a 16x writer

I had the same glitches when I had burned the images with Nero. Nero gave an error at the leadout writing phase but the disc works fine, the only thing is that green "noise" in the last few seconds. Nowadays I put the image into Daemon Tools virtual CD drive and then do a 1:1 copy with Nero. Works like a charm:)

Well that would suck, i guess there is one bad drive out there as for me i go at full speed and push out perfect disks, i guess my high quality ram and other components dont hurt either. btw what software are you using to burn these cue/bin files? I use fantom cd to load and burn my files and since switching from nero to fantom i haven't had no problems burning my cue/bin svcd files.

I'd just like to back chainsaw up in that lite-on totally ownz for quality and price, despite that their tech support sux.. but then, you shouldn't need it anyway :)