DVDShrink DVD-R Won't Play in Set-Top Player

[blaxx]

Posted: Jul 12, 2003 09:41

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I just used DVDShrink 2.3 to shrink the Beatles Anthology DVD Episode 1+2 disk to one DVD-R size (One episodic DVD to One DVD-R). The resulting DVD-R works fine in my Desktop PC and Laptop PC DVD-readers (using PowerDVD), but won't work in my set top player - it won't recognize the disk as a DVD at all.

It's not the media (Memorex DVD-R 4X) nor the burner (Sony DRU500 with 2.0f firmware) - I've used the same media and burner successfully with DVDXCopy, MyDVD, RecordNOW DX and many other utilities to successfully create DVD-R's that are read by both my PCs and my set top player (A JVC from 2000).

In fact, I've successfully used IFOedit and RecordNow DX to make a version of the disk, with the same media and burner, that works fine on my set top. I want to use DVDShrink because that's the only way I can make both episodes fit on one disk.

I can only deduce it's something in the way DVDShrink rewrites the VOB and/or IFO files that is causing my JVC set top to not recognize the disk and spit it out. The settings I used in DVDShrink are:

Keep original menus
main menus shrunk level 4 - 20%
titles shrunk level 3 - 15%
Kept only English subtitles
Kept only Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
Burned with RecordNow DX (yes I created VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS directories)

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated!

blaxx

[maa]

Well I like DVD Shrink but have always checked with IfoEdit afterwards - Get Vts-Sectors. If it does change some thats probably the clue, try it on a RW disc.

[mrbass]

Originally posted by blaxx
Posted: Jul 12, 2003 09:41

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main menus shrunk level 4 - 20%
titles shrunk level 3 - 15%
Kept only English subtitles


when you doing a 1:1 (thus keeping menus) do not take out any subtitles. This is known to cause playback problems.

[blaxx]

Thanks for the replies!!

maa:
When you say "checked with IfoEdit afterwards - Get Vts-Sectors. If it does change some thats probably the clue" - could you explain that some more? I'm not familiar with that function of IFOEdit.

mrbass:
>do not take out any subtitles. This is known to cause playback
>problems.
Is that only with DVDShrink? I ask because I have removed subtitles with IFOEdit before with no playbacj problems.

blaxx

[maa]

Ifoedit looks at the sectors indicated to be played. The exact addresses are somtimes a little off and it can correct them.

I once had a film that I used DVDshrink on that wouldn't search correctly. I used Ifoedit to "Strip Streams" in the Vob Extras department (I kept them all though) which basically remakes the vobs and a new set of IFOs - worked like new ....

maa