Section_25 Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Hi, I have burned a blue-ray movie by following the guide here, and the resulting burned movie works, but I have a question. The movie I'm burning is just over the size that will fit on a single layer DVD so I need to use a DL DVD. When I burn the movie on a DL DVD the movie plays fine, but at the layer break (Approx. half way through the movie) there is a really long pause and part of the video is actually missing (like 3-5 seconds is gone). After the layer break the movie continues and plays fine for the rest of the duration. I have looked around this forum and other sites and have seen an option to create a seamless layer break; however, when I add my BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders in build mode and press the calculate button, I do not get an option to choose seamless or change the layer break position. Is there a way to burn a blue-ray with the seamless option ? I am semi new to burning blue-rays so any info on this is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 The seamless option is only for DVD-Video content (i.e. VIDEO_TS folder) burned on dual-layer DVD media. With BluRay they did away the whole concept of layerbreak and it's all automatically handled by the burner/player. Post the log of that burn (look in ImgBurn's Help menu) so that we can see if there's anything else that could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section_25 Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 The seamless option is only for DVD-Video content (i.e. VIDEO_TS folder) burned on dual-layer DVD media. With BluRay they did away the whole concept of layerbreak and it's all automatically handled by the burner/player. Post the log of that burn (look in ImgBurn's Help menu) so that we can see if there's anything else that could help. Thanks for the reply !! Here is the log file of that particular burn: ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 - Log ; Friday, 20 November 2009, 10:13:35 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 08:38:27 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 08:38:27 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 08:38:27 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,168 KB - Available: 1,101,488 KB I 08:38:27 Initialising SPTI... I 08:38:27 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 08:38:27 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 08:39:07 Operation Started! I 08:39:07 Building Image Tree... I 08:39:07 Calculating Totals... I 08:39:07 Preparing Image... I 08:39:07 Contents: 9 Files, 14 Folders I 08:39:07 Content Type: BD Video I 08:39:07 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 08:39:07 File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 08:39:07 Volume Label: Alien_I I 08:39:07 Size: 4,948,152,168 bytes I 08:39:07 Sectors: 2,416,096 I 08:39:07 Image Size: 4,949,049,344 bytes I 08:39:07 Image Sectors: 2,416,528 I 08:39:07 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 I 08:41:44 Operation Started! I 08:41:44 Building Image Tree... I 08:41:44 Calculating Totals... I 08:41:44 Preparing Image... I 08:41:44 Contents: 9 Files, 14 Folders I 08:41:44 Content Type: BD Video I 08:41:44 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 08:41:44 File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 08:41:44 Volume Label: Alien_I I 08:41:44 Size: 4,948,152,168 bytes I 08:41:44 Sectors: 2,416,096 I 08:41:44 Image Size: 4,949,049,344 bytes I 08:41:44 Image Sectors: 2,416,528 I 08:41:46 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:02 I 08:41:46 Operation Started! I 08:41:46 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 08:41:46 Source File Sectors: 2,416,528 (MODE1/2048) I 08:41:46 Source File Size: 4,949,049,344 bytes I 08:41:46 Source File Volume Identifier: Alien_I I 08:41:46 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.0.0 I 08:41:46 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 08:41:46 Source File File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 08:41:46 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632H D400 (D:) (ATA) I 08:41:46 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 08:41:46 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 08:41:46 Write Mode: DVD I 08:41:46 Write Type: DAO I 08:41:46 Write Speed: 2.4x I 08:41:46 Link Size: Auto I 08:41:46 Lock Volume: Yes I 08:41:46 Test Mode: No I 08:41:46 OPC: No I 08:41:46 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 08:41:49 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x), Got: 2,770 KB/s (2x) I 08:41:49 Book Type Setting: N/A I 08:41:49 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,208,272 I 08:41:49 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary I 08:42:28 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 08:42:29 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 08:42:30 Writing LeadIn... I 08:42:32 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2416527) I 08:42:32 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2416527) I 08:42:32 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1208271) I 08:55:01 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1208272 - 2416527) I 09:08:17 Synchronising Cache... I 09:08:21 Closing Track... I 09:08:23 Finalising Disc... I 09:09:20 Exporting Graph Data... I 09:09:20 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Laptop\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_DVD+-RW_TS-L632H_D400_FRIDAY-NOVEMBER-20-2009_8-41_AM_MKM-001-00_2.4x.ibg I 09:09:20 Export Successfully Completed! I 09:09:20 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:27:33 I 09:09:20 Average Write Rate: 3,130 KB/s (2.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,373 KB/s (2.4x) I 10:13:35 Close Request Acknowledged I 10:13:35 Closing Down... I 10:13:35 Shutting down SPTI... I 10:13:35 ImgBurn closed! The result of this burn plays fine in my player, but as I mentioned before it has a really bad pause/skip where the layer break is. I normally wouldn't mind a slight skip in the video, but in this case it happens to occur in one of the best scenes in the movie IMO, so I would really like to be able to adjust/fix this little snag. Thanks again for any advice on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 I 08:41:46 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632H D400 (D:) (ATA) Update your burner's firmware (remove any disc and close the tray before updating then reboot after it's finished) and try again. Also what you can do is add a few random large files to your compilation (rename them to 00000000.000 00000000.001 etc using advanced input mode) and your BD Video content will be pushed further into the 2nd "half" of the disc, probably bringing the freezing point to earlier in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section_25 Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 Also what you can do is add a few random large files to your compilation (rename them to 00000000.000 00000000.001 etc using advanced input mode) and your BD Video content will be pushed further into the 2nd "half" of the disc, probably bringing the freezing point to earlier in the movie. That is an excellent idea. I will try that and re-burn to see if I get any better results. By the way, does it matter which folder I place these " random " images in? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Put them in the root of the disc if you can, and remember to use large files so that you use more space on the disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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