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In which case it is not a PTP disc. It is normal OTP, dual layer DVD Video. So why the suggestion about PTP? Regards

Not necessarily. We see lots of images mastered incorrectly. And advising the user to get non-existent media is not much use. Regards

DVD format requires IFO, BUP and VOB files (the latter are a subset of MPEG2 spec, the IFOs are navigation and information files and BUPs are copies of the IFOs). A player requires files in DVD format - take a DVD from your collection and look at it in Wiondows Explorer. It is not just 1 single MPG file. And it certainly is not a WMV or AVI. Demux your mpg with either AVIDemux or VirtualDub MPEG-2 and remux it with Muxman. Muxman will create all the necessary navigation and info files, along with a VOB. These will play in a standalone player. EDIT: For simplicity's sake, you might care to use SUPER. Depending on the source, it does a reasonable job. Regards

So take it and convert it to DVD format. Best to start with the MP4 source material and convert directly to DVD. The other thing you can try is to demux the mpg and remux it with muxman. Regards

What is the file - I mean, is it in standard DVD format (VIDEO_TS.IFO, VTS_01_x.VOB etc), or just an xxxxxx.mpg? If so, most players won't play unless converted to standard DVD format. For this, try DVD Flick or SUPER. And if you suspect the burn is bad, please post the log. Regards

But what if it's an OTP image? (as most images are and yours should be if it's a "retail DVD" - well, DVD Video, anyway - a car nav DVD is different and requires PTP media - none exists). Regards

I don't know about those extraneous folders - they are probably references for the player. But try using a DVD+/-R and not DVDRAM without those extra files/folders. It should play. Regards

And beware doing a LB in an angle cell. Although it should be legal, the interleaving will most likely get in the way and make for really awful playback. As a general rule of thumb, do not break in an angle cell. Reauthor the DVD, if necessary. Regards

Not all of them; only say 99.9% of them. Anyway, it's not an ImgBurn issue, is it? Regards

I have no gliitch and am using DD overlays. In any event, we are talking about 1/2 second of video - does that not enable the user to set the LB? C'mon now! Regards

I'd stop worrying about file dates and times, implementation ID and other miscellaneous junk from the filesystem and extract the files and use build mode. It will tell you where you can split the DVD. And if it's an original retail DVD, you couldn't have made an image with ImgBurn, unless you used a decrypter. We do not discuss decryption problems on this forum. For Euro 79, I hear they give good support. Regards

It does show waiting for buffers to recover. Most drives nowdays have BURP. Do a scan - the discs are probably just fine. In case 2, the drive may have slowed down without losing buffer - just a spike in CPU or IO might have done it, so ImgBurn wouldn't report waiting for buffers to recover. Regards

Of course. ImgBurn does nothing to your region codes. It just burns the files (in proper format). The only thing it does is do a GetVTS Sectors to make sure the player is looking for the VTS at the right point. Regards

@mmalves - It's a temp file that's part of the preview - been there since day 1 of PgcEdit preview. You can safely delete it or just leave it. Regards

If you were trained as a scientist, you'd know that your files have not been touched. 1/2 second is one GOP (Group of Pictures). It's probably, as LUK says, your 5 year old machine with no video card trying to find the frame. Live with it. Regards

How could it? It is simply a previewer (an adaptation of DVD2AVI) - it does absolutely nothing to your video files. If you are happy enough with them to burn them, then nothing will change. This is totally absurd. I think you are trying to find fault where none logically exists. Be happy that you have a preview with audio. Regards

The safest way to label a disc, IMO is with a sharpie (obviously on the non-recorded side). If that's what you are doing, you should have no worries. Regards

I echo weisborg's comments. What we have to remember is that this is a previewer, not a DVD player - it's a tiny little app, not some bloated commercial software player. It's there simply to preview your layer break and see if that is OK by your standards. The addition of audio greatly helps with that, IMO. Quite frankly, I can't see the problem going back a few more frames or using a slider. I also don't see the issue if there are "0.2 second glitches", decoding errors on starting/stopping or whatever. The main thing is to preview the chosen layer break cell (at the cell boundary) and decide if that one is the best one for you. I'm not being dismissive of JohnnyBob, but really, we must ask ourselves, does the preview do its job? I reckon it sure does. Regards

Or the burner. Or you may just have a bad batch of discs. Regards

You are most likely starting on a B frame, which is not being properly decoded. This has nothing to do with the preview. Regards

You can try ISOPuzzle to read bad disks - often a different drive will read the bad bits. But it sounds like you're trying to read lousy media that was burned too close to the edge. I must say that I don't like your chances with 4,000 errors though. Regards

You could look at the guides (linked in my signature) where complete descriptions of the settings and the prog are. Regards

More than likely - or the burner. You can try to turn OPC off in the settings. Regards

And "go seamless". It's really great not having a pause in the middle of the flick. Regards