Only first video file playing on a compilation disc

[A.P.]

Hi all,

 

Armed with little to no technical skills whatsover, I am trying to burn 2 dvd's onto 1 disc for space saving reasons and also convenience.

 

Each video I am trying to burn is an hour long. I have used dvdfab to rip the 2 original discs onto my hard drive, and then I have used dvdshrink in re-author mode to combine the 2 files to a new output folder.

 

Now for my problem...I obviously want to burn this newly created dvd onto a disc so both the videos are on it to watch one after the other. However, subsequent burns using ImgBurn are resulting in a disc that only plays the first video file. When I put the disc back in my pc and view it's contents on dvdshrink, both files are showing up as being burned on the disc, yet only the first will play.

 

A friend has suggested to me that the reason for this is that in the absence of menus, ImgBurn defaults to play the first track only.

 

Is this the case, and is there anything I can do about it to enable the second dvd file to play as well.

 

I hope I've explained things clearly there and any help is much appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

A.P.

[Cynthia]

ImgBurn doesn't change the playback order or that type of stuff, so it sounds more as a player issue.

 

On the burned disc, you have something like this? (the number of VOB files might be different)

 

 

Do you have a software player in your computer? If so, play the burned disc by selecting the VIDEO_TS.IFO file to see if it plays booth videos after each other.

 

Can you post the log of that burn? You find old logs here.

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=14632

[A.P.]

Hi there, thanks for you help. I just tried again with the same outcome, here is the log below.

 

If I try and play the dvd in, say windows media player, then if I just click play then it will only play the first title. However, in the sidebar, the second title is there, and I can play that if I click on it manually. So, it seems all the files are there and intact. What is lacking is the ability for the dvd to just play continuously from the first title to the next, automatically.

 

Any suggestions much appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

 

; //****************************************\\

; ImgBurn Version 2.5.4.0 - Log

; Sunday, 09 January 2011, 15:31:12

; \\****************************************//

;

;

I 14:58:23 ImgBurn Version 2.5.4.0 started!

I 14:58:23 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 14:58:23 Total Physical Memory: 3,135,164 KB - Available: 1,698,076 KB

I 14:58:23 Initialising SPTI...

I 14:58:23 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 14:58:23 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N JP01 (F:) (ATA)

I 14:58:23 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

I 14:59:10 Operation Started!

I 14:59:10 Building Image Tree...

I 14:59:30 Checking Directory Depth...

I 14:59:30 Calculating Totals...

I 14:59:30 Preparing Image...

I 14:59:30 Checking Path Length...

I 14:59:31 Contents: 10 Files, 2 Folders

I 14:59:31 Content Type: DVD Video

I 14:59:31 Data Type: MODE1/2048

I 14:59:31 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 14:59:31 Volume Label: WCW_NITRO_010196_080196

I 14:59:31 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled

I 14:59:31 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

I 14:59:31 TV System: NTSC

I 14:59:31 Size: 4,003,180,544 bytes

I 14:59:31 Sectors: 1,954,678

I 14:59:31 Image Size: 4,003,790,848 bytes

I 14:59:31 Image Sectors: 1,954,976

I 14:59:34 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:23

I 14:59:34 Operation Started!

I 14:59:34 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 14:59:34 Source File Sectors: 1,954,976 (MODE1/2048)

I 14:59:34 Source File Size: 4,003,790,848 bytes

I 14:59:34 Source File Volume Identifier: WCW_NITRO_010196_080196

I 14:59:34 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 3E297765001DD49E

I 14:59:34 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.4.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 14:59:34 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 14:59:34 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 14:59:34 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N JP01 (F:) (ATA)

I 14:59:34 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 8x)

I 14:59:34 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888

I 14:59:34 Write Mode: DVD

I 14:59:34 Write Type: DAO

I 14:59:34 Write Speed: MAX

I 14:59:34 Link Size: Auto

I 14:59:34 Lock Volume: Yes

I 14:59:34 Test Mode: No

I 14:59:34 OPC: No

I 14:59:34 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 14:59:34 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 11,092 KB/s (8x)

I 14:59:34 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 14:59:36 Writing LeadIn...

I 15:00:30 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1954975)

I 15:00:30 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1954975)

I 15:09:28 Synchronising Cache...

I 15:09:49 Exporting Graph Data...

I 15:09:49 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Andy\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-T40N_JP01_09-JANUARY-2011_14-59_MCC_03RG20_MAX.ibg

I 15:09:49 Export Successfully Completed!

I 15:09:49 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:10:15

I 15:09:49 Average Write Rate: 7,267 KB/s (5.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 10,647 KB/s (7.7x)

I 15:09:49 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 15:11:40 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 15:11:54 Device Ready!

I 15:11:55 Operation Started!

I 15:11:55 Source Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N JP01 (F:) (ATA)

I 15:11:55 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 8x)

I 15:11:55 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 15:11:55 Image File Sectors: 1,954,976 (MODE1/2048)

I 15:11:55 Image File Size: 4,003,790,848 bytes

I 15:11:55 Image File Volume Identifier: WCW_NITRO_010196_080196

I 15:11:55 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 3E297765001DD49E

I 15:11:55 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.4.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 15:11:55 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 15:11:55 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 15:11:55 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 15:11:55 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1954975)

I 15:11:55 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1954975)

I 15:29:18 Exporting Graph Data...

I 15:29:19 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Andy\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-T40N_JP01_09-JANUARY-2011_14-59_MCC_03RG20_MAX.ibg

I 15:29:19 Export Successfully Completed!

I 15:29:19 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:17:23

I 15:29:19 Average Verify Rate: 3,748 KB/s (2.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 5,347 KB/s (3.9x)

I 15:31:12 Close Request Acknowledged

I 15:31:12 Closing Down...

I 15:31:12 Shutting down SPTI...

I 15:31:12 ImgBurn closed!

[A.P.]

An interesting development, I've just tried the disc on another dvd player and it works fine, so what would this suggest?

 

Cheers

[Cynthia]

What happens if you in Windows Explorer right click on the VIDEO_TS.iFO file and then select open with and then select Windows Media Player. Will that play the two clips after each other?

[Cynthia]

An interesting development, I've just tried the disc on another dvd player and it works fine, so what would this suggest?

 

Cheers

Sounds as there is something in the first DVD players setup menu that only plays the first selected clip and not continues to the next one(s).

[A.P.]

What happens if you in Windows Explorer right click on the VIDEO_TS.iFO file and then select open with and then select Windows Media Player. Will that play the two clips after each other?

 

I've just done that, and yes, I can play the two tracks one after the other automically.

Edited January 9, 2011 by A.P.