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As far as I know, renaming VIDEO_TS to HOME_VIDEO will do nothing but result in an unplayable DVD.

Yeah, you need something like ConvertXToDVD or Nero Vision Express.

With Halloween coming up, I figured I'd start up an unofficial poll of what movies people like to watch for Halloween. I'll start, obviously. There are two movies I always make sure to plug in for Halloween night. George A. Romero's original version of Dawn Of The Dead (Although the remake is good, too, just not as good.) and The Bride Of Frankenstein. So, reply away!

Not entirely sure what you're saying above, but, to me, it sounds like you need to use either DVDShrink and replace the stream you want to remove with something like a screen that says Video Removed or with a solid color. Or get DVDReMake to completely remove the stream from the DVD altogether. DVDShrink is free. DVDRemake is not. So, that might influence your choice.

It's Windows. If you get an error and are somehow able to fix it, you chalk it up as a victory and go on.

Did you restart the PC at any time during testing these discs? I hate to say it, but, Windows, sometimes, just won't recognize media inserted into a drive. It's for no apparent reason, it seems. Restarting Windows, though, seems to kick start Windows back into reading discs.

I can't believe I never thought about using Build mode for this problem! I have a stand alone Panasonic DVD recorder that creates DVD's in multisession and had been using DVDShrink with no compression to copy them to non BIN images.

Actually, I had wondered what happened to the picture of Bob. I was checking on this thread the other day and there wasn't the expected picture of Bob, for some reason. I think I first encountered Bob and the Church in Robert Anton Wilson's fake screenplay book Reality Is What You Can Get Away With, one of my favorite books.

I only know of the European versions from what gets posted here on the forums. From that and my personal experience with the US version, the US version appears to be of better quality. But, I'd still get Verbatim +R DL's whenever possible.

I, too, have used the TDK Ritek DVD+R DL discs with no problems reading and verifying. Haven't tested them in a player yet. Like you, I used them as an expedient means until I could get a hold of Verbatim. As far as Ritek goes, it's apparently a country specific thing. While not the best media, Ritek in America is apparently a far different beast as far as quality goes than Riteks in Europe.

I had wondered that myself. But, sometimes, even after several minutes, VueScan hasn't started the Preview. It could be a warming up issue, but, I didn't have that problem on the Epson I was using before that my mother had. Preview started within seconds of issuing it.

I decided to go with an HP Scanjet G3110. Office Depot had it (Well, they had to get it from another store, though.) and it was $110. Plus, the bundled software did what I needed it to do. Although, VueScan does it better. VueScan sometimes doesn't recognize the scanner when it's there and sometimes take a while to start actually previewing or scanning when the scanner is first turned on, but, I can live with that.

Alcohol 52% uses the SPTD, I know that much. But, I've not had any problems with my burns with it installed, though. You could try SlySoft's Virtual CloneDrive. I believe it's the software LUK uses (Though, I'm not sure of that.) and it's freeware like Alcohol 52%. I don't know, though, if it uses SPTD or not.

There is a freeware version of Macrium Reflect that will create an image backup. I'm not sure if it runs under XP or not, though. Be sure to create the rescue disc, though, if it does. Otherwise, you'll need to reinstall XP, then install Macrium to restore the image. I've actually had to do this before with Acronis TrueImage, the software I used to use, because its rescue media had stopped recognizing the USB HD it had recognized before. I suppose you could even download the 30 day fully functioning trial version of TrueImage 2011, create the image, create the rescue media, and have your backup that way. The rescue media should still work even after 30 days, though, I think, the trial version of the media only does rescues, not creating images from the rescue media like the paid for version does. I think your main problem is going to be to find software that still works under XP, as that version of Windows is 9 years old.

So, you've already burned this IMG file to a DVD disc, right? If so, put that disc in a drive and use ImgBurn's Build mode. Drag and drop the VIDEO_TS from the disc in the drive into the Build project. Start the Build job to create the image file to HD. ImgBurn should build a VIDEO_TS compliant DVD for you automatically. You may also want to load something like DVDShrink and attempt to read in the disc into a program like that to make sure the VIDEO_TS folder is already compliant, meaning that the problem may be in how the IMG file was made. Oh, looks like LUK was replying at the same time I was.

Well, the manufacturer field says Taiyo Yuden, which genuine TY's do. But, of course, that field can always be faked since it's just a simple field where they can put any text they desire. So, I guess I'm not much help. But, my Taiyo Yuden CD-R's say that and they appear to be good. Well, they finish burning and they do play back, anyway. I personally felt the sting of Verbatim CD-R's. They are CMC Magnetics, the bottom of the barrel stuff. I felt personally betrayed. They make such good DVD-R and DVD+R DL media, I just thought they'd make good CD-R's, too. Epic FAIL! So, I returned them.

No, he never said why and I didn't ask. NewEgg had those Canons I saw for about $50 or $60. I got my Visioneer for real cheap off the regular price because the store was trying to get rid of inventory and gave them away, basically, for a steal when buying a digital camera, which I needed.

I'll keep that in mind. I'm currently waiting on an HP model that Office Depot had, but, it wasn't in stock and had to be sent in from another store. They told me I could take the floor model and I told them to take a hike. I saw a Canon scanner at Staples. Interestingly, the guy on the floor said not waste my time with the Canon and recommended an Epson instead. I also saw some Canon scanners at NewEgg, which is where I check for certain electronics first.

I was going to suggest he try 2.5.2.0, but, he already said he had the latest version. So, I took him at his word and didn't tell him.

I know there was a previous issue with getting stuck at analyzing tracks, but, I thought that was during the read portion, not the Verify. LUK is looking into some new reports of the analyzing tracks problem that had been reported before but were apparently showing up again in someone else's post. So, I'd say wait for the next version. Or until LUK replies to my post to tell me, if I'm totally pants on this subject and/or tell you more about it.

I like VueScan. It serves my needs. Not as well as the old scanner software with my Visioneer did, but, better than a freebie utility I found called FreeKapture. I think I'll still get a new scanner regardless. Right now, I'm using an all in one multifunction printer/copier/scanner that my mother got for $30 on a sale. It's the Epson Stylus NX125. I'm using it in the meantime, but don't want to use it as my scanner because it has a ghosting problem. It adds a line down the middle of scanned images that is not there.

That's what it was. Something to do with RAW mode and/or subchannels.

Actually, I came across VueScan in my Googling for software. I was thinking about it because I use VuePrint as my main graphics format image viewer, and I believe VueScan is made by the same people. I'll see if VueScan has a trial. Thanks!

It's because, I think, ImgBurn does not support the format/way that PS1 game discs are in. They're either multi-session or the audio is in a separate track from the game itself, I forget what it was. But, I believe I came across the same problem. As you said, CloneCD works for PS1 games, I do remember that, as does Alcohol 120%. Bottom line, as I said, I believe ImgBurn won't be able to do what you're looking for in its current form, I'm afraid.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but, it seems to me the easiest way around this rather unique problem is to point DVDShrink to the extracted contents folder. Shrink should then be able to pick out what to keep and what duplicates not to keep. Then, just Shrink to a VIDEO_TS folder with no compression and load that VIDEO_TS into ImgBurn's Build mode to see how the layer break goes.