RecordNow dx corrupts ifo files on image build?

[jmelan]

I just finished my first CCE/IfoEdit backup, after 2 days of trying to figure out why the movie played fine on the hard drive but gave a illegal navigation error after burn in IfoEdit, and freezing on my DV-525.

Finally i figured out that there was a problem with the vts_01_0.ifo file. When I looked at the file on the HDD, it was fine, but on the DVD-RW, it was blank??? I tried erasing and reburning the DVD-RW(pioneer) from the VIDEO_TS folder 3 times with no success.

Eventually, i built the image with IfoEdit, then burned with RecordNow. Perfect. So it seems that RecordNow is unreliable in building images from files.

[mpucoder]

Record Now or Record Now Max? The former does not arrange DVDs for video use.

[jmelan]

It's "Pioneer/Veritas" RecordNow DX that came with the Pioneer A04 retail box. I guess maybe that's the problem, but why would the ifo file be completely blank? The filesize is correct in explorer (on DVD-RW), but when i open the file in IfoEdit or notepad, it is blank.

Thanks for the response, i'll probably stick with IfoEdit for images from now on.

[mpucoder]

It probably put the file into a different sector than what the directory says. DVD-video has to be laid out on the disk according to information in video_ts.ifo, and the directory built accordingly.