[George Wing]

[Terje A. Bergesen] “Let me jump in with some technical information before someone gets hurt. You are both almost correct.

Most good DVD players today will read just about anything and play it, so for a good portion of the market, it doesn’t really matter. It is however possible to take a Vegas-prepared directory structure and not have it play on a DVD player. In other words, there is a right and a wrong way to burn the exact same data to a disk.

George isn’t articulating what he is trying to say very well, so I will try to do it for him.”

Terje, before you try to articulate for me, and jump in with your “technical” information, I would ask you to do some more research to find out more about proper placement of the files within a VIDEO_TS folder for DVD-VIDEO. What I am talking about has nothing to do with finalizing or multi-session burns (although they too can come into play when trying to produce a compatible disc).

[Terje A. Bergesen] “[George W.] “you’re not getting the point. The files within the VIDEO_TS folder must be burned in the proper order/sequence to disc”

This is incorrect. The order with which stuff gets burned to a random-access media should never matter. It does matter whether your DVD was burned single- or multi session however.”

Let me try to say it again — for DVD-VIDEO the files within the VIDEO_TS folder should be burned in the proper order/sequence — IFO/VOBs/BUP. If you do a little more research and find that is not true, please let me know…

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

[Mike Kujbida] “Nope. It’s simply copying whatever I give it without making any changes whatsoever.
Since I’m using DVD Architect to “prepare” the DVD, fhe files within my VIDEO_TS folder are already in the “correct order”.
Therefore I don’t need to worry about it.”

The correct files are in the folder, but they are not necessarily in the proper order to be burned to disc for DVD-VIDEO. The order they should be burned is IFO/VOBs/BUP.

[Mike Kujbida]
“I’d be curious to know if this is happening to any other Nero 6.0 Express users or if it’s an isolated incident.
This is the first time I’ve heard of this happening and I’ve been using Vegas since version 1.0 and reading/posting to various Vegas forums for almost as long.”

The version of NERO I have also issues a warning if I select to burn a DATA disc, and drag a VIDEO_TS folder to it — because it is warning me that I should be burning as a DVD-VIDEO instead to ensure the files will get burned properly.

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

Mike, you’re not getting the point. The files within the VIDEO_TS folder must be burned in the proper order/sequence to disc. I don’t care what application prepares your VIDEO_TS folder — that’s not what I am saying. It’s when you go to burn to disc that is important to maintain the DVD-VIDEO standard for proper file placement.

I’m saying that RecordNow must be “recognizing” your VIDEO_TS folder/files, and is properly burning the files in the correct order (and actual placement on disc).

If you burn a DATA disc in NERO (from a valid VIDEO_TS folder), you will get varying results. But if you select the “DVD VIDEO” option in NERO (at least in Nero 6.0 Express that came with one of my burners), you increase the chances that you are burning the folder/files properly (in the right sequence — IFO/VOB/BUP).

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

[Mike Kujbida] “After all, a DVD is just a bunch of data that a player knows how to interpret.”

For DVD-VIDEO, the files within the folders are written in the proper order/sequence to disc — RecordNow must be doing that for you. But if you take something like NERO, and burn a regular DATA disc by adding the VIDEO_TS/AUDIO_TS and EXTRAS folders, you might not be so lucky (because it will not properly write them to disc (for DVD-VIDEO).

So I’m just cautioning those who might not be using RecordNow (or burning software that burns DATA discs properly for DVD-VIDEO) — there’s more to it than that…

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

[Mike Kujbida] “I personally use RecordNow and burn my DVD as a data disc. I add the Extras folder at the time of burning.”

Not all burning software will burn a DVD-DATA disc properly for dvd-video, so taking this approach *might* create an unplayable DVD-VIDEO disc (depends on the burning software, and the tolerance of the dvd player). So if you’re using something other than RecordNow (which apparently burns properly in DATA mode), check if your burning software offers an option for DVD-VIDEO (vs. DVD DATA).

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

If you are familiar with PGCedit, you can modify the navigation for the menu to “skip” to the “Loop Point” in your menu. Adding something like the following 2 lines to the PRE-Commands section of your menu could do the trick:

NOTE: I checked my test DVD structure, and GPRM8 was available for me to use.

1 if ( gprm(8) == 1 ) then ( LinkCN Cell 2)
2 Set gprm(8) =(mov) 1

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

This might produce the same effect (if I’m reading it right). Instead of a Playlist, it uses the OVERRIDE function.

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/145/860605?

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

I use VOBBLANKER — it allows you to “replace” the video with a video from another DVD

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

Do you mean the chapter’s “Poster Frame” which is the chapter’s display frame in a thumbnail?

Sometimes when a clip fades in from black, I noticed the Poster Frame would be around the first frame after the black finishes fading in…

Regards,
George

[George Wing]

When you browse the DVD you burned, what do you see on it — the *.ISO Image file, or a VIDEO_TS folder (with files in it with IFO/BUP/VOB extensions)?

When burning in NERO, did you use a tool that “Burns Image to Disc”? Or did you make a DATA DVD?

Regards,
George