Ritek dvd-r's and Sony stand alones?

[hoops10]

I bought a 25 pack of the Ritek dvd-r's from Supermediastore.com (the ones that I think are the same as the Primediscs). I burnt one and played it on 2 stand alones. It played fine on my Sony DVP-S300 until I checked the last 4 chapters. The video and audio skipped very badly and kept switching back to the menu each time it skipped. I also tried in on my Apex 5131 with no problems at all. I have read in other posts that people really like this media. Can anyone shed some light on the subject? Thanks.

[devilboy95]

Hey, what do you use to author your DVD's, or do you just do 1:1 copies? The reason I ask is that I too have a Sony DVP-S300 and the only DVDr's that work on it are 1:1 copies...if I have to rip and re-author they won't play on my Sony stand-alone, but they do play on my Sampo stand-alone, my Xbox and my PS2. I think it may have something to do with the way Spruceup and Prassi make the disc. Please let me know your process. Thanks!

[hoops10]

Sure no prob. I use Trilight's method (http://www.trilight.com/guide/) which is a combo of CCE + Maestro. Check it out, it's great for single PGC movies. Now I have to find out how to convert a mulitple PGC movie into a single PGC movie so that it plays back fine. Anyone wanna take this one?

[devilboy95]

I'm a newbie, what's a single PGC title, and what's a multiple PGC title?

[hoops10]

Ok, a single PGC is a single ProGram Chain is one concurrent playback item, i.e. the main movie would be one. A multiple PGC is where there is more than 1 PGC, i.e. the main movie, a warning, etc. My problem now is to find out how to convert a multiple PGC movie to a single PGC movie with the main menu and 1 audio stream.

[John Miller]

Are your sure that they are ritek discs.
What does adinfo say about the discs ?
I'm using Ritek discs (adinfo= Ritek G03) and i don't have any
problem at all on my Sony standalone DVD player.
I rip with smartripper and strip with Ifoedit and burn with Nero 5580. I do not re-author however. Never had any problems...

[klona]

For multiple PGC I use scenarist, re authoring a multiple PGC project with re-encoded or not m2v and audio stream wanted, no menus.
Then use Ifoupdate on every PGC's Ifo.
Works like a charm.

[hoops10]

@John Miller

Yep, I'm sure that they are ritek dvd-r's, adinfo gives me the same thing under OE, Ritek G03. I am using a kind of older Sony, its the Sony DVP-S330, don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

[John Miller]

hoops10:

The sony i'm using is also almost 3 years old, but it is another type then yours. I don't think that has got much to do with it, certainly if you haven't had any probs with other DVD-R media.
Perhaps you should try burning a full disc, but not re-author (only using IFO edit to strip the size). This way you can deceide if its the re-author step that is doing it or not.
Or even better: use a Pioneer DVD-RW that you are sure of functions without any problem in your sony and burn the same files to the Pioneer-RW and check if you are having the same problem. If so, it's the re-authoring that is going wrong. If the Pioneer plays ok, then the Ritek media are the problem....

[hoops10]

The problem with a dvd-rw is that they don't play at all in my Sony, so that step is out. I will try to find a movie that is under 4.37 GB and do a 1:1 copy and see if it plays ok on the ritek dvd-r.