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zsb
28th August 2006, 19:08
I ran into an interesting problem with PgcEdit (latest version). The "Check DVD +/-R Size" function tells me I got a nice DVD-5 here, 97.59% (4.272 GB). However, when I select the "Burn DVD / Create ISO" function, I get a another "Used size", 14.529 GB. Obviously I can't burn or create an ISO. I dimly remember that there has been something about it in the forums but I can't find it right now.

How did I arrive at such a situation? First, I muxed a re-encoded video, audio and subtitles with Muxman. Then I opened this compilation in PgcEdit, and used the "Clone current PGC". Why? Because the original has two titles in the VTS, the "real" one and another one for different commands (a playlist, I presume). PgcEdit won't let me replace VSTS titles if the number of titles doesn't match. Finally, I opened the original DVD directory and used the "Replace VTST titles" function. The result is perfect - it works flawlessly in PowerDVD, but when I try to Burn DVD / Create ISO, I get the odd "Used size" I described in the first paragraph.

I believe I could burn this compilation with any other program, but I like PgcEdit too much to do it any with other program :)

blutach
28th August 2006, 20:08
You have DVD ROM files in the parent directory of the VIDEO_TS. Delete/move them and burn.

Regards

zsb
28th August 2006, 20:56
Thanks for the quick answer blutach! This is exactly the case - extra files in the parent directory. I still don't believe it myself, but I just read a thread about this before posting... And didn't check it out in my own project.

r0lZ
29th August 2006, 07:34
Note the "without DVD-ROM files" in the Check DVD +/-R size output, and the "Including NNN DVD-ROM sectors" in the burn dialog. Seems it's not enough, so I've just added a note in the Check DVD +/-R size dialog to warn the user even more.