Last try!!!

[harrydilly]

I've tried asking before and no one has an answer for me. I'm getting an error message with Nero "Enterprise Edition" ver. 5.5.10.42 It states that my video may not play because it failed the video compliance test. I know that's almost no info, but I've written the whole thing before and no one could help. I'm now just looking for a longshot that someone has received the same error message and could tell me what is wrong. Thanks.

[Dimmer]

Let's to do some troubleshooting. Try this:

1. Take a DVD-R with a back up you made successfully earlier, put it into the drive, open new DVD-Video compilation Nero, and drag VIDEO_TS folder from the DVD-R in explorer window into the compilation window. Click Burn. Nero checks for the file compliance before attempting to burn, so will you either get the same error, or the message saying that it's waiting for a recordable disc, and it may also eject the disc. You don't actually need to perform the burn. If you got the error message, it means you're not using Nero properly. All the .IFO/.BUP/.VOB files must be located in the red VIDEO_TS folder of the compilation, and no files should be placed anywhere else. The only other folder that may exist is the empty AUDIO_TS folder Nero creates automatically.

Here's a Nero burning guide (http://www.doom9.org/mpg/nero-dvdburn.htm).

2. If the first step worked fine, try to back up a DVD-5 movie, single-layer DVD, that is the kind that doesn't need compression. Total size of files shown in Widows explorer for such a DVD must be under 4.3Gb. The only step you need to perform is decryption by DVD Decrypter. Decrypt all the files onto your HDD as described in the guide (http://www.doom9.org/dvddec-fullrip.htm), then try to burn by placing these files into VIDEO_TS folder of a Nero compilation. Remebmer that the red VIDEO_TS folder is the one and only place where all the files should be. Again, you don't need to perform the actual burn, so you may leave the DVD drive empty. If you get the error, it means you're not using DVD Decrypter properly. Otherwise, something goes wrong during transcoding (compression).

If you still can't solve your problem, post back all the details of the steps you performed along with any information messages displayed. DVD Decrypter has a log window that turned on/off using the L key; copy and paste this log, too.

[harrydilly]

Thanks DIMMER. I'll try all of your suggestions. Hopefully they will work. Unfortunately, I won't be able to tonight due to too much to do at work!! Thanks again for taking the time to help a poor sap like me!

[harrydilly]

Thanks to all who have helped me fix my problem. I finally figured out what was wrong. I'd rather not say what it was due to my own stupidity. I just wasn't paying attention. If it was a software problem or something that could help a future patron, I'd post it. Instead, I just had a brainfart. Thanks again to this forum and it's contributors.

[sk8daddy]

This is my first post. I've read through the guides and related topics in the forum. I wanted to say I think the policy of waiting several days before being allowed to post is one of the coolest things I have seen. It forced me to be more diligent in trying to resolve my issue.

I'm posting here because I searched and this is the closest thing I found to the same issue I had. I found my own solution, thought it might be similar to harrydilly's and wanted to post it in case it helps others, brain fart or not.

I use WinXP Pro on a AMD 1.3 GHz something or other with 512MB RAM that my friend built for me. I used DVDShrink v2.3 and just upgraded to v3.1. I also use Nero 5.5.

Problem: When making a compliation to burn in Nero, after successfully shrinking the DVD files under 4.7GB, I was receiving an error when trying to burn in DVD-Video format.

Error: "DVD-Video files compliance test failed. The resulting DVD-Video might be unplayable. Do you wish to continue?"

This was especially frustrating to me, because I had already successfully backed up my first 15 DVDs and had no problems. The problem seemed to come out of nowhere.

Well it turns out that I was compiling them into Nero incorrectly. In the Nero compliation window, the VIDEO_TS folder was in red and I thought that was normal (maybe it is. Didn't know signifigance of the color). I was navigating my files on the other side of Nero and selecting all the *.IFO, *.BUP, etc.. files and copying them into the red VIDEO_TS folder and then clicking burn. This is when it would begin all the checks, and the error above would result.

The issue was the VIDEO_TS folder in red that I saw was not a valid folder. What I had to due was drill up in my file navigation, so that instead of seeing all the *.IFO, *.BUP, etc.. files, I was seeing the VIDEO_TS folder, where all the *.IFO, *.BUP, etc.. files were contained. I then simply dragged the VIDEO_TS file over to the compilation window, burned the compilation and viola! Problem solved. Now my backups play on my standalone unit and via PowerDVD on my computer.

Lesson learned: Make sure the compilation you are burning has a VIDEO_TS file in the root and that all the *.IFO, *.BUP, etc.. files are inside that folder. Somehow, by misunderstanding the Nero compliation process and misunderstanding what I was seeing in Nero (the red folder), I was attempting to burn an image of a VIDEO_TS folder with all the *.IFO, *.BUP, etc.. files outside of it. They have to be inside. Duh!

Seems like the guides and help docs I've read so far don't stress this enough or elaborate on what a "working VIDEO_TS folder means" or how to identify a proper compilation in Nero.

Hope this helps others that may have encountered it. It seems like it could be a common user error.