Does anyone have a solution

[duckboy]

I have burned many movies using NeroRecode2, however, I sit with teeth clinched and great anticipation for the burn to be complete so I can put it in the stand-alone dvd player to see if it is a good burn. It passes the initial test of running through the video then after I start to watch it with the family or friends that have come over, pixels start showing up and sometimes it fixes itself and sometimes it does not. I try taking it out and cleaning with the appropriate cloth and cleaner etc... Someone mentioned it was the dvd I was using. However, I feel that something else is really going on in the background that I am unaware of. I use the appropriate dvd for my burner, and usually do not change anything, just point to shrink to dvd size on the recode2 and let it go. I do not do on the fly burning because I only have the dvd burner. Could it be the fact that I use DVD+R instead of DVD-R? Like I said, I will get about 3 out of 5 movies really well, and they look as good as the original. Thanks in advance for help.

[duckboy]

Oh yeah, I was also wondering if someone could tell me where I could get the filter RB-opt and RBfarm for dvd-rebuilder. Thanks again.

[danfront]

Here a couple of solutions that have greatly improved the quality of DVDs I have made from other DVDs or from original masters:

1. Set the DVD size to 4200MB
2. Defragement your HD before every rip
3. A stand alone HD for DVD ripping is a big plus
4. Use good media such as Ritek or Prodiscs
5. While ripping leave your PC alone.

Good luck!

[deckard8]

DVD-RB filters.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/88939

[handyguy]

90% of the time its your media:
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia

U should give specs, it makes our job easier.

[Pied-Piper]

I suggest to use the Big 3:
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/ra-guide.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/scenaid.htm
for higher quality DVD backups.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Do the pixels(macroblocking) show up on your PC?If not then it is the media or the way it was authored.If the pixels show up on your PC then use less compression or try DVDShrink 3.2.0.15 and burn with DVDDecrypter.

[duckboy]

deckard8
I went to the thread but was unable to see the rb-opt and rb-farm.

Thanks everyone and I will try the suggestions.

[Gurm]

I suggest to use the Big 3:
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/ra-guide.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/scenaid.htm
for higher quality DVD backups.

You suggest buying $35,000-$50,000 worth of software in order to back up DVD's?

What's wrong with you?

[wulf109]

More likely than anything it's your DVD player. +R disks are slightly less compatible than -R disks. Some older DVD players simply refuse to play them. Try burning on -R to see if the problem clears up. Try playing on someone else's DVD player,a newer model might help.

[ViRaL1]

Now you've done it. :P

[Gurm]

I just read this again to see if I was too irked last night. I wasn't.

It cannot be viewed as ANYTHING other than the advocation of piracy - or a flagrant disregard for other people's finances - to ENCOURAGE a newbie to go obtain that much software. Get a clue, people - just because the rules here don't forbid you from discussing your pirated copies of the Big3 doesn't mean you can start foisting your illicit lifestyle off on the newbies.

- Gurm

[duckboy]

Thanks to those who have helped. I got rebuilder to work and it seems as though everything is fine until the problem you see listed below. I will not put all the information on here, but at least enough that someone might know what I am talking about.

I got a html error that read:
DVD-RB Error:
There is nothing to do!
DVD-RB couldn't locate appropriate files in working directory!You must PREPARE and ENCODE first.
Aborting.


Then when I clicked OK, I was taken back to DVD-RB where I was able to copy the action window. However, as you will see here it completed what the error said is happening. SO, could someone help me with this matter, please? THank you so much.

Here is the abbreviated log/action window:
Phase I, PREPARATION started.
- "Steal Space from Extras" mode is enabled.
((Then there was a bunch of these for each one of the VTS files)).....
VTS_01: 1,033,150 sectors.
-- Scanning and writing .D2V file
-- Processed 95,700 frames.
-- Building .AVS and .ECL files
ETC...

Phase I, PREPARATION completed in 17 minutes.

Phase II ENCODING started
- Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 0
((Then there were a bunch of these as well))......

Phase II ENCODING completed in 0 minutes.


Phase III, REBUILD started.
- Copying IFO, BUP, and unaltered files...

Then this is where the HTML pop up error happened. So I hit OK as stated above.


HOpe this helps to get some answers.

[guns1inger]

How big is this disc after ripping ? It looks like it doesn't need recompressing to me. Either than or you don't have rebuilder set up correctly.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Use better media.

DVD+R compatibility isn't the issue: if DVD+R wasn't compatible with your DVD player, it simply wouldn't play at all. What you describe sounds exactly like the symptoms of inferior media.

P.S. While it's advisable to leave your machine alone while burning, ripping a DVD shouldn't be affected by running other applications.

[duckboy]

guns1inger

Well, it is smaller than the 4.7 or DVD-5 that I see here. However, when I tried to reencode with Nero Recode2 I got the proverbial error redundancy etc... That means that there was a scratch or something. However, DVD Decrypter was able to get the whole thing. Besides, I would like to use CCE SP to make it a better quality dvd. So, what are my options when I want to use CCE SP, but the DVD is smaller than 4.7G?

Thanks everyone.

I also have started using the verbatim dvd+r.

[ViRaL1]

Better quality than what...the original? At 4.7 or less, there should be no compression. What are you hoping to improve upon?

[duckboy]

Now I have tried to burn Princess Diaries and the message that I put in above it did the same thing. I followed the DVD-RB installation and setup from the doom9 site. However, this has happened now to both DVDs. One question that I have is, Where the setup is there is a place for CCE Basic and CCE SP. I have CCE SP and left CCE Basic blank. Could that be a problem? How would I fix that if it is? Also, what does it mean when it goes through all of the phases and then says I need to ENCODE and PREPARE? I thought that is what it was doing the whole time. Thanks to anyone that can help.

[macleod]

Ok, I am going to put on my tech support hat here....

fill out your user profile, telling us EXACTLY what your system is that you are using to rip and burn, what dvd player(s) that you are trying to play this in, your dvd burner brand and model, the media.

The other posters have given you good suggestions that fix 90% of the problems. The poster(s) that said that you should reencode (with CCE) may not be totally on the mark, expecially since you said that the movie would fit on a dvd5 without reencoding. If that is the case there is NO need to reencode the movie.

Please tell me/us this information and we can hopefully help you.

[duckboy]

macleod
Sorry I didn't realize I needed to do a profile. Hopefully that helped.

Thanks for the advice.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Your 500MHz CPU might have something to do with it,SSE2 or >1.2GHz might be required.
BTW...have you tried the bad DVD's on another player?

[VicodiN]

Here a couple of solutions that have greatly improved the quality of DVDs I have made from other DVDs or from original masters:

1. Set the DVD size to 4200MB
2. Defragement your HD before every rip
3. A stand alone HD for DVD ripping is a big plus
4. Use good media such as Ritek or Prodiscs
5. While ripping leave your PC alone.

Good luck!

Ugh.. Prodiscs are only good for beer mugs.

[duckboy]

MOVIEGEEK
I actually was able to burn Princess Diaries with Nero Recode2, however, the only way I was able to get a good picture was to remove the EXTRAS. It takes away from the movie when you have to put a picture on there and then keep searching or go straight to the menu then chapter select etc... That is why I wanted to use dvd decrypter and dvd-rb with cce sp so that I could break the movie down into what I wanted to see. However, I get everything done on it until it goes to phase III then I get that error message. I hope someone can give me some clues. I have all these rips now and need to now what to do with them. Can I use them in recode 2 if dvd-rb doesn't work? Guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[duckboy]

Ok, to all my help buddies....

I have tried you guys solutions and here is the problem now. I got a great burn from Nero Recode2 of Princess Diaries and watched it about two or three times and there were no glitches. The final burn did not include any of the extras, it did include all those stupid solid color pictures, and I did have to hit menu to get through all of them, however the picture quality was superb and the movie was awesome. When I went back to the menu and went to scene selection it went to the scene I picked and then I was ready to go to another scene so I clicked on it and this time it started to skip or pause and then catch-up to itself. I used Verbatim DVD+R to burn this movie because I saw they were some of the best. However, this is exactly what happened when other media was used. Why does it wait to mess up after 2-3 times watching? I have tried it in another dvd player and it does the same thing. I have tried it on the computer and it does the same thing. I have tried DVD-RB and I can't get the full movie to less than 4GB to go on one DVD. SO I am faced with a dillemma and hopefully someone has some wisdom to give. Thanks.