VobBlanker problem

[kto]

I have the following problem: random seek (using the slider in the player) does not work in the dvds produced by VobBlanker. It does not matter if I choose to replace or blank certain PGCs, or just keep everything as is (open dvd and process it without any changes). FF and chapter selection still works; all PUOPs are disabled, of course. Random seek works in the original dvd. I'm using WinDVD 8.0 B06.104 as a player and I would like to keep it for different reasons. I've tried versions 2.1.2.0 and 2.1.3.0 beta10 with the same result.
What am I doing wrong?

[setarip_old]

Until the author, "jsoto" comes along, you might try NOT disabling the VOB PUOs (just the IFO PUOs)...

[kto]

ok, I tried unchecking the option "remove PUOPs in VOBs", but the result is exactly the same. I don't think there are any PUOPs present in the original DVD anyway.

[blutach]

You need to rebuild the time maps. Easiest is to use PgcEdit.

Regards

[kto]

rebuilding all time maps of DVD generated by VobBlanker using PgcEdit did not help either. nothing seems to have changed.
anything else I should look for or try?-)

[blutach]

Is the title not one sequential (perhaps it consists of more than 1 PGC)? If so, random seek will not work.

Also, get the PUO plugin to PgcEdit (from the homepage) and run the Selectively clear VOB PUOps. Accept the defaults and click OK.

Regards

[setarip_old]

@blutach

Haven't both of your suggestions already been addressed?Random seek works in the original dvd.I tried unchecking the option "remove PUOPs in VOBs", but the result is exactly the same.

[bigotti5]

This behaviour is caused by the default settings in Vobblanker.
Remove Prev/Next links in your title with Pgcedit and the slider will work.
Uncheck "Next PGCN pointer to itself" and "Prev PGCN pointer to itself" in Vobblanker settings for future use.
Next/PrevPGCN links forces the player to treat the title as not_one_sequential
Fields from the PGC_NV_CTL should be '0' in a One_Sequential_PGC_Title. This error is reported when:
• The Next_PGC_number does not equal ‘0’ in a One_Sequential_PGC_Title.
• The Previous_PGC_number does not equal ‘0’ in a One_Sequential_PGC_Title.
• The GoUp_PGC_number does not equal ‘0’ in a One_Sequential_PGC_Title.

[r0lZ]

I agree with Bigotti5. The Next/Prev/GoUpPGCN links must be 0 or some players will disable the random seek feature (notably PowerDVD.)
However. most hardware players continue to work as expected when these links are pointing to the same PGC. I've tested this feature on approx 10 hardware players, and none of them have this problem.

[jsoto]

NO, PowerDVD works fine (at least my 6.0 version) even with those pointers <> 0
WinDVD is the one that doesn't like those pointers not null (I've tested 4.0, 4.5 & 5)
Also, I didn't found any problem in a HW player...

What do you think, should I change the default values or even remove that feature? In menus? in titles?

I want to have the "next chapter" working even in the last cell, so the other possibility is to insert a blank cell+program at the end...

jsoto

[r0lZ]

IMO, this feature works fine. But maybe it's better to change the defaults.
Of course, it is not necessary to set the NetxPGCN if a tiny program exists at the end of the PGC.
Also, it is usually not necessary to set the PrevPGCN link, as most players are able to go back to the beginning of the first program anyway (except my KISS player, which cannot go back when the first program is playing, but can when the second one is playing!)
So, maybe the option should be changed to set the NextPGCN links only when necessary, and disable PrevPGCN by default...

[jsoto]

OK. I'll probably do what you suggest.

jsoto