Nero 6 Ultra DVDs Stuck after FirstPlay

[BassPig]

I just upgraded my Pioneer A03 to an A07D. Prassi PrimoDVD won't recognize the drive, so I tried using Sonic RecordNow! which was a pain in the butt to set up and use, but resulted in a playable DVD.

Having found that I could not save the job for later use, I decided to install Nero 6 Ultra.

Unfortunately, Nero's DVD burning instructions are left blank. All they say is "you can't go wrong" and leave the rest blank.
I tried making a DVD using the same image files I have been using in Prassi and then today in RecordNow!, but it gave me an error that the files were not a 'compilation'. It let me drag and drop them anyway and having no other options for burning, I went and burned the disc. No errors. Disc looked okay when I viewed the file structure in Explorer.

However, in my Pioneer DV343 player, all I got was the firstplay item--the logo. After that, the Title icon on the front panel flashed and no menu was displayed.

I have heard of people burning successful DVDs with Nero, but evidently it's no where near as simple as Prassi, where I just select a data DVD and drag the AUDIO and VIDEO _TS folders to the window and burn. Doing that in Nero resulted in a useless disc.

Has anyone figured out how to have Nero burn the audio and video_ts folders to a DVD-R and result in a proper DVD?

I don't want to have to use RecordNow! ever again. Setting up the job was a pain and I have to set up a new job every time I want to make another copy--it won't save the jobs.

[smiller667]

Use Imgtool Classic plus dvddecrypter to make an iso image and then burn it. Do use a RW for your first try.

I have to admit this is the first time I heard of "Nero Ultra" ... no idea how it differs from plain Nero 6.x

[BassPig]

Maybe I didn't make clear what I was doing. I'm not ripping a DVD. I'm burning DVDs from an image that I made with an authoring program.

I've been burning images since 9/2001 with Prassi PrimoDVD. However, my new Pioneer A07 is invisible to Prassi, so I have to scramble to find another burner program that can write DVDs from my audio and video_ts folders that I created from Scenarist projects.

I think I may have found the problem however.. I retraced my steps and it seems that I may have chosed DVD ISO instead of DVD VIDEO as the type of disc. I'm burning a new project. This time no complaint from Nero about the wrong file type for the compilation. Will see what kind of DVD it makes.

[Joergen]

Hehe.. yes you need to use the DVD VIDEO template as it also validates the structure of the files and even reallocates the sectors if needed (aka get vts sectors).

I think DVD video uses UDF/ISO or UDF exclusively so you cant just burn an ISO disc and expect it to work.

[BassPig]

Yup. Sure enough, this disc plays fine. Just stupid operator error combined with being unfamiliar with a new burner program. Disc burned in 15:01. Plays fine in my Pioneer DV343 player. Just have to pay close attention. At least I could save that job as a template for others.