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brucek2

6th February 2002, 06:43

I'm trying to copy the Memento R1 DVD to a DVD-R. It's large, so I'm using the Doom9 guide on How to keep only the main movie of a DVD (http://www.doom9.org/mpg/ifoedit-menustripping.htm)

Steps 1 through 5 (ripping through final sector correction) all work great. The resulting files play back great from my computer. I can also burn them to a DVD-R, and that disc will play back from other computers and my PS2. But it won't play back from set top DVDs, such as my Sony S7000.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? I've tried burning both with Nero 5.5.7.2, and PrimoDVD 2.0. With Nero, the settings I used were:
- DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO)
- ISO Level 1
- Joliet disabled
- I added an empty AUDIO_TS folder

Having made 3 faulty copies already, I'm hoping for some solid advice before I invest any more blanks on the "random experimentation" method.

Thanks for any help.

MobsterDVD

6th February 2002, 21:45

Are you authoring the dvd-r's. I've found out that if you do not have a root menu or chapters that the dvd will not play in any standalone player.

Hope this helps....

I'm still looking for a authoring program that allows me to use ac3 files and supporst widescreen! Have been lookn for a couple of hours now so if anyone has it please email me thanks...

chavenor@yahoo.com

brucek2

7th February 2002, 07:36

After all that, it just turns out that the DVD must have valid menus to work on set top players? Seems like that's a kind of vital piece of info to add to the "how to put just the movie on the DVD" guide.

Is there anyone here who has ever written just the movie, with no menus, to a DVD-R and had it work on a set top? Part of me believes it must be possible somehow.

If it really is an impossibility, can anyone suggest the easiest authoring program for turning a bunch of VOBs into a playable disk?

fredisdead

9th February 2002, 05:46

has anyone else had this problem, and/or verified the root menu/chapter fix? I authored a dvd with scenarist, 2 movies transcoded with the robshot/cce method, 1 title menu to select the movies, each movie set as it's own title set (vts)no chapters nor root menus and works great on any pc but i get a 'not a valid video disk' message on 3 players (pioneer dvd+rw, sony and kenwood...)

fredisdead

9th February 2002, 07:01