VTS_VOBU_ADMAP sector size error

[OvERaCiD23]

I'm attempting to re-author Jackie Brown (R1, Collector's Edition) via the 'Big3'. It appears to be a fairly simple IFO structure, and of course, with some duplicate VOB IDs. So I encode PGC2, which contains all the cells I'll need in VTS01. I followed the guide by Eyes' Only on duplicate VOB IDs (ACM mode), but I got the error stating the cell count was different. Well, fine. I re-authored in Scenarist to match the exact structure of the original IFO (was perfect, I triple checked). The IfoUpdate whent fine, but after editing a few items in IfoEdit, I go to save and it tells the me the 'VTS_VOBU_ADMAP end sector is incorrect/different" (sorry, I'm at work right now and don't have the error message in front of me). So I searched the forums, found a few threads on the subject. Most of them suggested changed this value to match the authored IFO; this still resulted in the same error from IfoEdit (re-did the IFOUpdate).

Now, when I re-created the structure in Scenarist the movie played perfectly (both titles 1 and 2 from VTS01). However, with the time table messed up, it of course wouldn't allow chapter navigation in a standalone (straight playback appeared fine). What should I look at to fix this issue? The final DVD is just going to include menus and the main movie (titles 1 and 2, title 2 simply has different chapter points for the 'Soundtrack Chapters'). Any help is appreciated.

Edit: One thing I omitted, four cells are multi-angles and I may not have re-created them correctly. Those are there for French credits (beginning and end). Would this account for the sector error?

[MLS]

Did you try the new IFOUpdate 0.78 with the adjust TMAP and ADMAP sizes option ticked?

/MLS

[OvERaCiD23]

I sure did. Same result. I had gotten the error once before, then saw 0.77 posted on Doom9's news.

[jsoto]

Hi all,

I've had some problems with TMAPTI and I was not able to solve them with IFOEdit (although there are some useful guides on this forum I've to confess I didn't try all of them). May be my problems are due to *my way* of doing full-backups:

I'm using the original IFOs, replacing the VOBS with IFOEdit authored ones (using some blanks if need to bypass titles) and adjusting pointers and IFOs with IFOEdit again. Final checks with dvdsrink and PowerDVD. Everything works fine until now except TMAPTI.

AFAIK, IFOUpdate only copies but not re-calculates TMAPTI, so, I've written this console tools (http://www.iespana.es/jsoto/tools/tmapti.zip). They are the simplest as you can imagine, but solve my problem. May be they can be useful for someone, but I have to point out:
- I am working with *simple* DVDs (just step by step, you know), that means, not multiangle, not BOV, not branching... Not sure what the tool will do in these cases.
- BACKUP YOUR IFOs if you try them. tmapti.exe will overwrite IFO and BUP and WILL NOT DO a backup copy.

Anyway, until now, I didn't have the VTS_VOBU_ADMAP sector size error, so not sure if they can help in this case.

jsoto

[OvERaCiD23]

@jsoto:
I fixed my problem before you posted this, but I'll give it a try in the future if the problem arises.

@whoever else:

I fixed this by re-authoring the exact structure in Scenarist. From there, I did a standard IFOUpdate (remember, IFOUpdate never threw a fit about anything). After that, I simply used IfoEdit's 'VOB Extras' feature to re-write the VOBs (just update VOBU pointers, no stripping). After this, I had a new set of VOBs and IFOs that were all completely valid. Playback in 2 standalones was perfect, along with PC/Xbox playback. Maybe this will help someone else in the future who has similar problems.

[RB]

Originally posted by OvERaCiD23
I fixed this by re-authoring the exact structure in Scenarist. From there, I did a standard IFOUpdate (remember, IFOUpdate never threw a fit about anything). After that, I simply used IfoEdit's 'VOB Extras' feature to re-write the VOBs (just update VOBU pointers, no stripping).
You can even skip the VOBU pointer update, just check "Correct original IFO files" and nothing else. Your newly authored VOBs are perfectly valid and don't need any correction.

The only time where this will not work is when there are multiple angles. Seems to be a bug in IFOEdit (tried 0.91, 0.95 and 0.96). After it corrected the original IFOs, it's no longer possible to reliably fast forward/backward and seek during the multi-angle video parts. Freezes the player (software players too).

Just letting IFOUpdate 0.78 transfer all the tables (including VOBU_ADMAP and TMAPTI) resulted in perfect playback.