DVD backup works in computer but not in home unit, why?

[riddler]

I did a backup of my Young Frankenstein, that works just fine in my computer, but will not work in my stand alone, says no disk. Other DVD backups will work in both, could it be the disk or something with Y F causing this? Are the stand alone players more critical of backups then the computer DVD drives?

Thanks for any help

Riddler:)

[killingspree]

hi
could you provide a little more data about your method etc....
did you use ifoedit, which guide did you follow how did you burn the DVD etc...

oh and yes... DVD standalones are more critical than normal dvd rom drives, but ahve you tried the dvd on another standalone? perhaps it's only yours that has the problems

regards
steVe

[jggimi]

You should look up your standalone player at www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers and see if there are limitations (media, format, etc) that might have caused you difficulty. But without more info, we won't be able to help you much.

[riddler]

My stand alone will play -r disks. I ripped it with DVDDecypter, just the main movie. Used Ifoedit to rip out unwanted audio and languages, did the vob pointers, and burn using Stomp. My stand along will play some others I did, so I am at a loss to know what I did wrong, unless it just didn't like this disk. Thanks for the help.

Riddler

[oddyseus]

Perhaps u missed out reffering to it. Did u 'Get VTS Pointers' in ifoedit? If u didn't thats your problem. Otherwise I see a media one.

[killingspree]

Originally posted by riddler
did the vob pointers


i guess he meant the VTS pointers... so it looks like a media problem...

regards
steVe

[TOPPERVEGA]

i use record now to burn with and it wont burn the disc if i have illegal nav commands or forget to do a get vts vectors. this is nice because it has saved me a ton of 90 cent coasters, but it does allow me to burn the disc even if i forget to include an AUDIO_TS folder. i only did this once and what i got was a dvd that burned fine but wouldn't play in any standalone dvd players, not even my Panasonic that plays everything. maybe this was your problem?

[riddler]

I am going to check out the backup copy on a different DVD stand alone player. I have a Philips DVD950, which the factory said would play DVD-R disks, and it did play two backups I did. If I look at some other posting on the internet, they say this model will not play DVD-R disks. I am thinking about the APEX 1100W, if I can find the 1 meg unit. I did mean the VTS pointers, sorry about that. I find Stomp the best for me to use right now, as if everything is not right, it just says it can't write to this disk and please put another in. After you have it right, it will burn, showing it in not really a disk problem. I will check on the AUDIO_TS problem, not sure if I had that folder. From what you say it is needed to play on the stand alone, but Stomp will record without it. Thanks for all the help with this.

Riddler:)

[Jolard]

I am willing to bet it is your burning app, but media may be the problem too.

A lot of burning apps will burn a data dvd just fine, but not a video DVD. A good example, if I burn a video DVD in Nero using the data DVD settings, it will not play in my stand alone player. But if I burn the same DVD with the Video settings, it plays fine. The difference is the file formats etc it uses. For best compatibility with Standalone players, you need to burn with UDF 1.02. That will give you the best results, and Nero can do this as well as a few other good burning apps (recordnow is one).

As far as DVD-Rom drives vs standalones, yes there is a difference. DVD-Rom drives are designed to access data in a different way, and standalones have a DVD Video standard they are supposed to stick to. That is why a lot of the cheap Taiwanese and Chinese DVD standalones work fine when more expensive players don't. It is because they are basically DVD-Rom drives packaged in a case with a small board inside.