dbminter

The sad thing is Memorex used to make a quality product. I still have Memorex CD-RW's that still work today almost 10 years after purchasing. Memorex apparently uses MKM for their DVD+R product, so, they may make a decent DVD+R disc. I know their DVD-R are CMC junk, as are their DVD-RAM's. From personal experience.

The MDS file is as far as I know mostly to contain the layer break information on dual layer disc images. Or if your image is split into multiple parts. However, since you say you can just double click on the ISO and it plays on your PC, you probably don't need the MDS file, then. If you discover later you do need the MDS file, you can probably just recreate it with the ImgBurn tool to generate an MDS file by pointing it to the necessary ISO. Don't know what a .db file is. As far as I know, ImgBurn doesn't create such a file. As far as to how to layer out your folders to hold episodic DVD's, that's entirely your choice. I would, if I was doing it, create folders based on the disc names. For instance, I'd create a root folder with the name of the TV series. Then, subfolders in the root directory named based on the disc names, such as Disc 1, Disc 2, etc. However, since your ISO files appear to be named after the disc names, which is, of course, entirely based on what the Disc Label is, you might want to name your folders Episodes 1 through 8, Episodes 9 Through 15, etc. However, that decision is really entirely yours to make.

It seems that people may actually becoming educated when it comes to Memorex DVD-R's. Staples is having a sale this Saturday only. 80% off a cakestack of 100! Normally $59.99, Saturday only $9.99! Looks like Staples has much overstock on Memorex DVD-R, which may indicate people are actually learning not to use those as long as Memorex keeps using CMC.

What is the source of your TV episodes? DVR? Video tape? Yes, I said video tape. Without knowing the source, it's really not possible to tell you what software you'll need as you may need some hardware as well.

Use some decent media not that CMC, that is considered the bottom of the barrel. Yeah, use something like Verbatim DVD-R or Taiyo Yuden. In the long run, you'll be glad you went for something with a higher quality other than brands like Memorex DVD-R, which use CMC. Of course, even the good guys use it, too. Verbatim uses CMC for their CD-R's, believe it or not.

Well, I admit, you can't argue with results. If they work for you, they may work for someone else.

I agree. Like I said earlier, it must be either the player or the TV that's doing the translating.

The steps as described do produce a disc with a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder. And, to my utter and complete astonishment, the steps as described produce a disc that... totally fails. I checked to make sure the source contents were in fact PAL and the Playstation 2 returned the message TV System Does Not Match, which means it's a PAL. I did the steps as described and got the same message, which means the disc produced by those steps is also still PAL. The bottom line is these steps may work for you and more power to you. However, these steps do not work.

Provide a detailed step by step instruction list and I will try and put this theory to rest by actually testing it. I have several PAL discs I can test with.

To me, it sounds more likely that your video player is doing the converting for you. Or your TV is. I'd try that disc somewhere else and see if you get the same results to. Changing a label to anything won't affect whether the video stream is in PAL or NTSC or not. Nor will changing the file system type.

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.