DVD Studio Pro – replication company reports errors on disk

[Michael Sacci]

Good recap. You are totally correct about not touching the media. That is why using a thumb drive is such a good idea. Adds about $20 to the project. So many people can handle your disc, just don’t have that worry with a drive.

[Ryan King]

I also want to state that the only reason I did not do the upload or the Thumb-drive/Hard-disk is that the replicator said that their system is not allowed to transfer media from the drives locally, and MUST use a master disc.

Check to see if your replicator does this, and if not, you may want to switch if they have problems with your DATA-UDF dvd!

Ryan

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[Michael Sacci]

What, that is crazy. what is the difference of mounting a USB drive over a DVD Disc, they both mount and have files that are getting copied over.

I know some replicator that tell everyone they actual prefer a playable DVD-R disc for a master.

[Ryan King]

I don’t know if they mount the files directly off the hard disk, or read from the thumb. If they are copying them locally, I guess putting them on the desktop or in their files might be forbidden? I know thumb drives are slow to write, but not to read. I don’t get it either. Hey, it’s what they requested… I’m just glad it worked!

Thanks again for all your help! I couldn’t have got started in the right direction with out you!

Ryan

[Ryan Walker]

Hey Ryan,
Let me start by saying thanks, because this thread is saving me a ton of time and headaches. The sad thing is CSS is still alive in 2013.

My question is about the process of creating the CSS flagging in DVDSP. In the inspector under the Region/Copyright tab there is a Copyright Management option. Do I need to do the following…

[Michael Sacci]

Yes but then you have to burn the project to your hard drive as a DDP 2.0 file. This can be delivered to the replicator on a hard drive or thumb drive. You can also burn the ddp folder onto a data DVD but that is the least relabel media.

[Ryan King]

Michael is the master, listen to him. It all boils down to this:

You do not need to have copyright management on unless you want to protect the DVD from being ripped. I would leave as is unless told otherwise. You may check with your replicator too as mine asked for that to be unchecked. They said their process would add that on and indeed a copy of the disk was right protected.

As for CSS, you’ll want to keep in on if your project is in standard definition. If you are creating an HD project (unlikely) you’ll want to uncheck it as it can cause an error or flag with the replicator. That is only if you are exporting a file to be put onto a media other than optical!! Basically, CSS is encryption and is not compatible with DVD-R media. If you want to burn to DVD, you’ll need to uncheck it. Your replicator will use your files to create a CSS encrypted disk.

Ryan

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[Ryan King]

Just as Michael said, you’ll have to make a DDP 2.0 file and put on a drive. CSS is encryption that will not write correctly to a DVD-R and cause errors. You’ll want to otherwise burn like I have described above to if going to optical.

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[Ryan Walker]

Ryan,
Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately I do need CSS. I guess I wasn’t 100% sure that checking the box was the same thing as flagging the DVD.

My plan was to check the box for CSS, export to a DDP 2.0, put on a hard drive, and ship the master. Would I need to put on a DVD in UDF? Or was that only because your replicator called for it? There are only 2 or 3 replication plants in the USA, so chances are we are using the same spot. Mine uses Eclipse as well.

[Ryan King]

Yep! You are fine! If you send that to them on a disk they should be able to use the file. Just make sure that you don’t alter the file structure and give them all the files it outputs. When they are finished with the file, have them send you a PDF report of the master. They are very educational and it’s very reassuring when you can see what all passed.

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