Backups don't autoplay on standalone

[Diogenes]

Hi Folks,

 

Firstly I must make it clear that this isn't a complaint in any way,shape or form...or even a huge problem in actual fact,as I've always been 99.9999999999% satisfied with everything ImgBurn & it's previous incarnations have done for me.

 

I'm just a little curious as to why ALL of my original DVD's autoplay on my (Pioneer) standalone,at least up to the menu options without any input from myself necessary,other than bungin' a disc in the tray,but NONE of my backups burned (full disc,not shrunk in any way) with ImgBurn,in conjunction with another piece of well known software will do so,despite using TY or Singapore Verbs.This is with both single,and dual layer discs,all of which play fine & show the menus once I hit 'Disc Navigator' on the remote.

 

Is there a blindingly obvious setting/tick box in ImgBurn that I can't see for looking,as it were,that'll enable my backups to autoplay/autostart on the standalone,as it's mainly for convenience regarding the kids watching stuff if I'm not around?

[mmalves]

ImgBurn burns the data as it is, i.e. it doesn't change anything. If it doesn't play then it's coming from other software in that way already. Use Media Player Classic Homecinema or VLC Media Player and you can play the DVD from the VIDEO_TS.IFO file just like it'll play on your standalone player. You can then test how the DVD will behave

[Diogenes]

Thanks for the reply,

 

I guess the autoplay function must be linked to the css stuff that the other software strips out in that case.

 

Though I must say I find it intriguing that you say ImgBurn doesn't change ANYTHING,which plainly implies that there's no point whatsoever to ANY of the selections & tick boxes in the programme options,and that a DVD will be playable (or not) with every single one of them either ticked or unticked regardless,as EVERYTHING is completely dependent on other software used,rather than any settings selected in ImgBurn.

 

And here was silly old me thinking those selections/options served some sort of purpose.

 

I'm not having a go at you here at all,but must say I'm more than a little bewildered,especially as there are several pages on here where folks are advised to "change this" or "change that" setting within ImgBurn itself,when those settings quite plainly have no effect whatsoever,and all problems are down to other software in the equation.

[mmalves]

The options are there for those who need them for different types of needs.

 

You see, in Build mode, when ImgBurn detects DVD-Video content (the standard format that all DVD players can play), it asks you to confirm it's a DVD-Video (if it's needed) and makes the appropriate changes in order to make the disc most compatible with any DVD player in the world.

 

In Write mode (i.e. burning from ISO image) then ImgBurn doesn't change anything at all, as ISO images are supposed to be burned to a disc as they are. That's why we tell users to look at the source/generating application