grego137 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 How come i have no choice when it come to selecting where the layer break takes place. there is only 1 item on my list to choose from. it's near 54/46,,,,,,,,,,,,,no big deal I can live with it , just curious. when played back, is it normal to pause at this position for 1 sec. or is there a way to clean it up. should I try seemless? how well does that work? is it reliable? I will be handing many of my movies out to various people with various players, would I be taking a chance (of a hang up) if I went with seemless? thank you. This is a terrific product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCOENG Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I would try seamless and see if the pause disappears. I will be handing many of my movies out to various people with various players What do you mean by handing out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Are you burning an image or a video_ts folder? You're more likely to get multiple options when burning a video_ts folder in Build mode than you are when burning an ISO in Write mode. Yes the layer break often means there's a pause in playback... that's what marking the cell as 'seamless' helps prevent. It really is your call as to whether you should take the seamless route or not. As all the superbit dvds are marked as seamless by default I'd say 'go for it'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) What do you mean by handing out? when done this DVD is a gift to many family members. and I think I remember reading if you go seemless make sure it will play in your player. If I do a burn and it plays in my player without hang up, does that mean it will work flawlessly where ever its played? It is an ISO Image burn thanks Edited May 14, 2008 by grego137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 does that mean it will work flawlessly where ever its played? Nope...just means it will play seamlessly in machines that use the same same system to handle layer breaks as yours does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 does that mean it will work flawlessly where ever its played? Nope...just means it will play seamlessly in machines that use the same same system to handle layer breaks as yours does whats the worst thing that can happen. if I do the seamless and it is played in a machine that isnt up to date or doesnt support it? and what are we talking about here.................older dvd players sorry about so many questions, just learning here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Learning is cool, no problem. The worst that can happen is a glitch and maybe it skips, pauses or fails to move on to the next track. If I'm burning for my machines, I use seamless, if for some others, I set a layer break and forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 Learning is cool, no problem. The worst that can happen is a glitch and maybe it skips, pauses or fails to move on to the next track. If I'm burning for my machines, I use seamless, if for some others, I set a layer break and forget about it. So if i just set a layer break (and live with the 1/2 second layer switch), and forget about the seamless option, it will have a much better chance of playing everywhere it is played without the chance of a hang up/freeze. again im burning 40 copies of this movie to give to family members, and who knows what they'll be playing it on. thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Use Daemon Tools to mount your ISO image to a virtual drive, then follow this guide: use the VIDEO_TS folder of your virtual drive as the source. Doing this way you'll have a list of all the possible layerbreaks, which you can preview and use the one where a small pause will be less noticeable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 Use Daemon Tools to mount your ISO image to a virtual drive, then follow this guide: use the VIDEO_TS folder of your virtual drive as the source. Doing this way you'll have a list of all the possible layerbreaks, which you can preview and use the one where a small pause will be less noticeable ok will do, but i think i need help. I just went to the Daemon link and wasnt sure what to click on / open/ or download thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 You can download it here -> http://www.disc-tools.com/download/daemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) You can download it here -> http://www.disc-tools.com/download/daemon thanks for the link. will try now. Edited May 15, 2008 by grego137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Look over by the clock in the system tray, you should see a little icon with lightning through it. Left click it and click the entry that says 'No Media' (or something like it). That's the virtual drive. You'll then get a browse box pop up, select your ISO and click ok. The virtual drive will be visible in 'My Computer' (and other programs) as a normal cd/dvd drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Look over by the clock in the system tray, you should see a little icon with lightning through it. Left click it and click the entry that says 'No Media' (or something like it). That's the virtual drive. You'll then get a browse box pop up, select your ISO and click ok. The virtual drive will be visible in 'My Computer' (and other programs) as a normal cd/dvd drive. ok did all that. Update; went back out to 'build mode' but not sure how to find the folder in the virtual drive to attach it. what and where to search? thanks. ??????? UPDATE UPDATE: found it, attached it and preparing for burn, it is giving me 12 choices for layer break, however all 12 are in the 'Average ' catagory is there a way by looking at some of those specs/numbers/locations listed to pick the best loaction for the layer break. thank you! Edited May 15, 2008 by grego137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Try for as near to a 50/50 split as possible with the least padding. Use the 'Preview' so you can actually see what you're looking at. Read the double layer burning guide if you need more help with the previewer - or search the forum, the questions have been answered before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Try for as near to a 50/50 split as possible with the least padding. Use the 'Preview' so you can actually see what you're looking at. Read the double layer burning guide if you need more help with the previewer - or search the forum, the questions have been answered before. These are the best ones I have to choose from, which would you suggest. padding -------------- % ................. ............. ....... 77871 ................... 50/50 12618 ................... 50/50 00009 ....................51/49 00001 .................. 52/48 00010 .................... 52/48 00010 ......................52/48 00010 ................ 53/47 00001 .................... 53/47 Edited May 15, 2008 by grego137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 They're all close to 50/50 so just pick any of them... it really doesn't make THAT much of a difference! If you happen to have a scene change on one of them then I'd go for that one, but being a home movie, I doubt there will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego137 Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 They're all close to 50/50 so just pick any of them... it really doesn't make THAT much of a difference! If you happen to have a scene change on one of them then I'd go for that one, but being a home movie, I doubt there will be. WORKS FLAWLESSLY GREAT PRODUCT! THANKS FOR ALL THE ADVISE AND SUPPORT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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