Very disappointed

[judgmentday]

I have tried to burn several movies into 2 DVD-Rs and so far I have been very unfortunate. None of them play in my Pioneer standalone DVD player. I'm sure I'm doing something very wrong.

All I want to do is Decrypt the movie to my hard drive and burn it to 2 DVD-Rs.

I use Decrypter and Ifoedit 0.95. The whole operation appears to go fine but when I play it on my standalone dvd player, the movie doesn't play.

I noticed that when I decrypted the movie, the decrypter doesn't automatically selects all the necessary files to go in the DVD-R, because the VIDEO_TS.IFO, VIDEO_TS.BUP, and VIDEO_TS.VOB were not in the VIDEO_TS folder. According to the guide, these files are needed for the movie to play.

Then, when I realized that, I decrypted the movie and manually selected all those files and still the movie would not play after doing all that overwhelming process.

And yes, after splitting the movie into the 2 folders I did the Get the VTS Sectors and Save it.

I don't know what else to do any more, perhaps, I'll buy DVDXCOPY and try to see if this would make it a little less painless.

Any help will be appreciated, Thank you.

[MrBlond]

What media are you using + or - some Pioneer players play DVD + R but most like -R especialy the newer models

[baked@420]

read the guides at doom...abriviate below

1. dvd decrypt to hdd
2. split the main movie vobs (ifoedit, dvd to 2 dvd'rs)
3. COPY OTHER files (extras to second disc folder) also the video_ts files too, THE VIDEO_TS FILES ARE NEEDED in both discs. its the main menu
4. for both disc sets...region free, delete pops, get vts sectors...
5. burn as DATA with nero , obiously all files should be in a "video_ts" folder on the disc or it wont play

thats it... www.doom9.org has great guides about this

i also have a pioneer dv-343 and a dvr-104...this werks great 4 me

it takes 1.5 hours to backup an entire dvd-9 to 2 dvd-5's with ABSOLUTLEY NO LOSE in quality (seen or not) and i still have all the xtra junk

later

baked

[judgmentday]

What media are you using + or - some Pioneer players play DVD + R but most like -R especialy the newer models

Hi MrBlond,

I'm using GQ DVD-R 4.7GB media from Frys
My Pioneer standalone player is the DV-434

[judgmentday]

1. dvd decrypt to hdd
2. split the main movie vobs (ifoedit, dvd to 2 dvd'rs)
3. COPY OTHER files (extras to second disc folder) also the video_ts files too, THE VIDEO_TS FILES ARE NEEDED in both discs. its the main menu
4. for both disc sets...region free, delete pops, get vts sectors...
5. burn as DATA with nero , obiously all files should be in a "video_ts" folder on the disc or it wont play
thats it... www.doom9.org has great guides about this
i also have a pioneer dv-343 and a dvr-104...this werks great 4 me
it takes 1.5 hours to backup an entire dvd-9 to 2 dvd-5's with ABSOLUTLEY NO LOSE in quality (seen or not) and i still have all the xtra junk
later

baked

Hi Baked,

Thanks for replying with some info.

Mmm, on your step 4, I did not delete the pops. But I did the Get VTS Sectors and Save. Very much I did everything that is required for the movie to play. Also, when I try to play on Ifoedit 0.95, it doesn't play or preview, but plays fine on PowerDVD.

[freebee22]

judgementdy, try using a different media.. I have tried the GQ from fry's and they don't work in my set top player too.. but when I use a pioneer dvd-r media everything works fine for me...

symptom with the GQ media, some times it plays it but after a minute or 2 it will start freezing and skipping and it will just stop.. sometimes you can hear the dvd spinning forever and nothing happens..

just my 2 cents, try another media

[judgmentday]

Thanks freebee22,

Mmm, your suggestion could be the solution to my problem. I'll buy pioneer media. That's another trip to Frys.

[i am x]

judgementdy, try using a different media.. I have tried the GQ from fry's and they don't work in my set top player too.. but when I use a pioneer dvd-r media everything works fine for me...

symptom with the GQ media, some times it plays it but after a minute or 2 it will start freezing and skipping and it will just stop.. sometimes you can hear the dvd spinning forever and nothing happens..

just my 2 cents, try another media

I guess I'm just lucky with this media. I've only used it and Fujifilm DVD-R's. When I can't afford the Fujifilms, I get the GQ's in a 25 pack. They seem to work as good as the Fujis, and the GQ's have played in about 9 DVD topset players, as I have given them out to various friends of mine to test them out on their players. Also, I know that a lot of you have said not to put labels on them or write on them, but I have done both, and not a single one has given me, or any of my friends a problem in our set top players.

[ddlooping]

judgmentday, if you do not mind losing the menus, you can also use DVD Shrink (free) to split to 2 DVD-Rs.
http://www.dvdshrink.info/splitting-v2-3.php

You might also want to check some burning guides:
http://www.dvdshrink.info/guides.php

[jester1x]

Sounds like you are doing things correctly. Maybe the problem here is the lack of an AUDIO_TS folder (even though there is nothing in it) along with a VIDEO_TS folder?

[FOO]

Did you CLOSE Ifoedit and open it again
before you did the Get VTS Sectors ?

Does your VIDEO_TS folder play in the computer with WinDVD ?
Does your disk play in the computer ?

[northcat_8]

If you are going to change media...and you should, that sounds like your problem, use RitekG04 discs.

[i am x]

judgementdy, try using a different media.. I have tried the GQ from fry's and they don't work in my set top player too.. but when I use a pioneer dvd-r media everything works fine for me...

symptom with the GQ media, some times it plays it but after a minute or 2 it will start freezing and skipping and it will just stop.. sometimes you can hear the dvd spinning forever and nothing happens..

just my 2 cents, try another media

I guess I have to retract my post about faith in the above mentioned discs. A while ago, I had posted that I have had no problems with these discs. NOW, my customers are bringing the discs back after a couple weeks of use, saying that the movies are beginning to skip and freeze about halfway through, or either at the end of the movies. On TOP of that, I've been using labels on the discs, so I guess that's a straight DOUBLE whammy! Since I'm dealing with customers who buy movies from me, I had to make a total change so that they're getting quality. I switched from the GQ discs to Ritek G04's, and no longer label the discs, but instead print labels for the cases. I've just started doing this, so time will tell if they will be having the same problems with skipping movies. I'm hoping NOT.

[nelson133]

Simplest and easier solution is decrypt with dvddecrypter and run dvdfab. Presto, one dvd on 2 dvdrs with titiles and extras and everything.

[judgmentday]

I just like to inform that I have learned to backup DVD movies.
In December of last year I had no idea of how to do it but thanks to all of you guys now I'm an expert. Well, still learning
I use:
DVDXCOPY XPRESS
INSTANTDVD 7
DVDShrink 3.0 (lately)

[ddlooping]

That's good to hear, judgmentday.

Welcome to the DVD-Backupers Club.

[Thunder In Paradise]

I agree with Northcat, Ritek G04's are the super bomb in DVD-R media! From my crazy past burning movies and different brands of media (I've been through 3 so far), I've found that 9/10 it was the media, and not the method used to rip/burn. But like other's have said, I'd use DVDShrink, it's what I use, it's the best you can get, try it out.