DVDR quality

[ello]

is the dvdr quality is important for ifoedit method ?
is the quality important for home dvd reader ?
what do you think of noname dvd ?

[mikeathome]

Originally posted by ello
1- is the dvdr quality is important for ifoedit method ?
2- is the quality important for home dvd reader ?
3- what do you think of noname dvd ?

1- NO
2- YES, ranges from NO Problem to total failure and depends on the type of DVD-ROM inside.
3- SHIT, not worth spending money for. This is my personal opinion. I use exclusively Apple/Pioneer, they play on every Standalone (I tested so far, ~50) which accepts DVD-R in general.

mike

[easy2Bcheesy]

What is the general opinion about the Princo DVD-Rs?

[mikeathome]

Originally posted by easy2Bcheesy
What is the general opinion about the Princo DVD-Rs?

SHIT^3

mike

[hortar]

I'm using Princos, and when I think that all works fine, I have a surprise when play some off my backups.
In the beginning is all ok, but after a few chapters, in about 70 % of my backups the film starts to freeze, it happens in my standalone (Loewe) and in another ones (Nintaus, Philips, Sony).
I think that maybe the problem is on Princo or on my burning program.
I have the images of my backups on my HD, and I try to burn another time the ones that give me problems in some cases all becomes fine.
So I try to have some conclusion on that.

Perhaps mikeathome can tell us how is make the backups and the programs used.
My system : PIV2.0A, Asus P4E, Pioneer A03, DVD-Rom Hitachi 2500B, XP Pro.
Programs used : DVDDecrypter to RIP, Vobraptor, IfoEdit, and Instant Vob to burn.
What do you think about Instant Vob mikeathome, ?
Do I should use disc at once or track at once when burning images ?

Thanks.
P.S. - Does anybody have a good site when we can buy Pioneer or Aples media at good price, shipping to Europe ?

[easy2Bcheesy]

From experience I think you're asking for trouble using VOB to burn your DVDs. Prassi PrimoDVD seems to be the tool of choice for most Pioneer A03 owners.

[hortar]

easy2Bcheesy,

Do you use Prassi PrimoDVD to burn image files.
I only use Instant VOB because that has the program that came in Pioneer.
What program do you use and what are your settings ?
Are you using Princos ?

[ello]

Originally posted by mikeathome


1- NO
2- YES, ranges from NO Problem to total failure and depends on the type of DVD-ROM inside.
3- SHIT, not worth spending money for. This is my personal opinion. I use exclusively Apple/Pioneer, they play on every Standalone (I tested so far, ~50) which accepts DVD-R in general.

mike

and where do you buy apple/pioneer dvdr ?

[Colby]

The best pricing I've found so far is $24.99 for thw Apple DVDR 5 pack. Depending where you live sales tax and or shipping will also apply.

You can try these links:

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/jandr/app-m8405zm-a.html

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/2993435


Or visit a FRYS store if there is one in your area.

[mikeathome]

Hi freaks,

My System Setup:

- Abit KT7 RAID (Promise), Duron 650 (this is only the burner PC ;-)
- 16GB HD (4+12) Win2k SP2
- 30GIG WD NTFS5
- 100MBIT Realtek
- CD-ROM Noname
- Pioneer A03 Secondary IDE Slave (together with WD HD)

Settings:
Pioneer set to PIO Mode 4 in Win2k OS (not in BIOS), the Master Harddisk on this IDE port still runs UDMA (~16MB/s avg.). It holds the Video Content for Authoring. This Harddisk is a removable. I can't afford Maestro :-(
Burning done ALWAYS from the IDE Port 1 Harddisk Extended Partition

Authoring:
Maestro 2.9 b2915a. The latest official released.

Burning:
Prassi PrimoDVD with latest PxEngine update.

I always compile a Video_TS / Audio_TS folder. And burn that with PrimoDVD in DATA mode (no settings touched !).
I exclusively use Apple/Pioneer DVD-R (+2 Memorex, they fine as well, came with the burner) and Verbatim DVD-RW. I did ~50 so far and not a single went wrong. They ALL run on my Noname Standalone (Yamakawa 713) and on all Pioneer Standalone Player I tested so far. Toshiba is fine as well.
I get the Apple DVD-R from Appleshop via telefone. Germany Tel. 08002000136. They come from Ireland within 1 day !!! Absolute Spitze.

I deleted the one and only Verbatim DVD-RW now ~10 times using quick mode. I did not delete it the first time completely. It's just fine and plays on the Pioneer Standalones perfect.

I do not see the need to change anything from this procedure apart from the fact, that I am might loose the Maestro authoring facility, since SpruceTech is going to give up PC support. They started to behave like this after they were aquired by Apple. I heared rumours that already Version 3 won't support PC anymore. In this case we might change to a new system (don't know what). Then I loose Maestro :-(((((. I'll go and purchase Pinnacle Impression DVD Pro for me privately. It's about to become really compareable to Maestro in function and user friendlyness BUT not costwise (~$500).

mike

P.S.
I forgot to mention, I don't use IfoEdit. Why, ok, it takes about the same time (for me) to redo a menusystem in Maestro using the original content from DVD. Chapters is an easy job with ChapterExtractor.
You don't believe me, ok, I had some bad fails with IfoEdit first, so checking and changing takes time as well. I don't start burning before PrimoDVD does accept the project !
Second, most of the new titles require re-encoding. I always use CCESP. So, IfoEdit is not of help for those titles.
Third, I do learn with every project a little more and became real fast when it comes to consider options for menus etc.
4'th, I like working with Maestro, for me it's real fun.

Last but not least, I feal good about the fact, that all my compiles went ok so far, you hear me knocking on wood this time...