DVD-RB: cryptic error

[santana78722]

I am trying to resize a home-made DVD containing 4 episodes of TV series. I know this is AKA a 'butchered' DVD and is therefore not really supported here....

Anyway, an error is thrown during this process, which I never observed before, and to me it is rather cryptic. I would appreciate if someone could indicate what this error suggests/may cause, so I know where to look for (since the disc image plays and navigates otherwise fine on my PC).

Thanks,
S


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[21:04:20] Phase I, PREPARATION started.
- DVD-RB v1.28.2
- AVISYNTH 2.5.8.0
- HC v0.26.0.0 encoder selected
- Source: SERIESPROJ
- VTS_01: 648,615 sectors.
-- Scanning and writing .D2V & .AVS files
-- Processed 86,122 frames.
-- Building .AVS and .ECL files
- VTS_02: 583,310 sectors.
-- Scanning and writing .D2V & .AVS files
[21:04:59] 00060 00006 -- error updating AVS.
- PREPARE aborted.
Aborted.


The size of the last AVS and FLG file is indeed 0 bytes.
Is this due to an error within the VOB / disc, or has this more to do with writing permissions on disk? I suspect the former, but...

[jdobbs]

It's very likely that it is a corrupt source. That error means that there was an overflow for a variable value. That shouldn't happen on a properly structured disc.

[steptoe]

Try running the disk through VOB Blanker. It an old no longer updated piece of software, but I still use it for stripping unwanted rubbish like FBI warning and some forced trailers that are played before you can even watch a film, it can even cut section out of a DVD with basic cut and paste

DVD-RB handles output from VOB Blanker without any issues, it has also 'fixed' incorrectly authored DVDs that have been ripped from commercial disks that look ok, but through up authoring errors

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VobBlanker

The download link is still active even though it hasn't been updated in ages. I've just checked now

[santana78722]

Thanks for the suggestions.
I didn't think of VOB Blanker, so tried that first. Unfortunately, that didn't solve it.
I will now re-author the disc from the original files, which hopefully will solve the problem.
Thanks again,
S