DVD2one NOT doing the job the way it previously did

[sdevil21]

I'm trying to back up a 3-disc set from a television series and the first two DVD backups work just fine. Nothing wrong. Flawless, they're great. Work in both the computer as well as my TVs DVD player.

1. DVD Backup
2. DVD2One X
3. Toast

The third disc, however, I can't get. Using DVD Backup to put the disc on the computer works fine. The problem comes when DVD2One goes to compress the VIDEO_TS folder for use on a blank DVD-R disc. The only information I can find different between the folder created by DVD Backup and the one by DVD2One X are a few VOB files. For instance, it goes up to VTS_04_5.VOB, but then leaves out VTS_04_6.VOB, VTS_04_7.VOB, and VTS_04_8.VOB.

When I put this DVD2One X folder into Toast and burn, it works fine on the computer, but not the televisions DVD player. Anyone have any suggestions why these VOB files might not go through DVD2One? It doesn't give me any errors saying anything about certain files not being completed.

I've also tried Mac the Ripper to see if the issue was during the ripping process, but I truly believe the issues lies with DVD2one.

Thanks in advance.

[Capmaster]

Moved to Mac Video forum

[WiseWeasel]

The missing VOB files issue is normal for DVD2OneX, as the movie's data has been compressed to fit in fewer VOB files. I believe the issue lies in the burning process. My guess is that you burnt it in the wrong format with Toast, selecting Mac/PC Hybrid or something instead of DVD-ROM (UDF). To verify, insert that problem DVD you burnt into your Mac's DVD drive, select it in the Finder, and choose 'Get Info' from the File menu (command-I). What does it say for 'Format'? It should be Universal Disc Format (UDF), but won't work in a DVD player if it's anything else (such as MacOS Extended).

[pixeljammedia]

Make sure you look at the sticky at the top of the forum about properly burning DTOX folders in toast. It can solve a lot of issues with naming conventions, proper file formats and so forth. Also I would check the media you are using and make sure that your set-top is compatible with the DVD-R you bought.

[sdevil21]

I was pretty sure that I burned it in UDF format, but just to check I put the disc back in my machine and sure enough, under 'Get Info' it comes up as Universal Disk Format. I also have read over the file on properly burning folders from DVD2One X in Toast.

Also, as I quickly noted in my original post, the first two discs worked fine, and I used the same media and set-top DVD player as I used with the 3rd disc that doesn't seem to want to work.

Any more suggestions?

[WiseWeasel]

Did you let Toast verify the disc after burning? Do you have the VIDEO_TS folder in the root directory of the DVD you burned? Did you remember to remove any .DS_Store files from the various folders of the DVD before burning? If all else fails, I'd still try a different type of DVD-R media, and see if it works any better. If DVD Player plays the disc fine, I don't think DVD2OneX is at fault here.

[pixeljammedia]

Does the rip work in Apple's DVD player? Chances are the problem occured when ripping with DVDBackup instead of compressing with DTOX. Try using MacTheRipper instead (it tends to do a better job decrypting the keys) and try again. You might also have a badly authored DVD. If all else fails roll over to a video store and borrow the disc you need to back up.

[sdevil21]

The rip does work in Apple's DVD player, and I did try using MacTheRipper as well. The only thing I haven't tried is burning the rip from MacTheRipper to DTOX to Toast. I only used it, and sent it to DTOX and compared the files, which looked the same and therefore decided it wasn't going to do it. I'll give the whole thing a shot though and see what happens. Thanks for the advice, and keep up the suggestions!

[Ladd]

I suppose there is the small but non-zero possibility that the disc used for the third burn is physically slightly out of spec or something -- it burned fine (on the computer), plays fine on the computer, but something about the disc itself (not the files on it) is making the stand-alone DVD player unhappy.

It's good to enquire about the various ripping/burning methods, and wonder if there is some different about the original third disc's encoding, but you might simply have a bad DVD-R disc.

Have you any DVD-RW discs that you can test this theory on? If not, I guess you would have to burn a regular -R disc to test.

[WiseWeasel]

I'd still try a different kind of DVD-R media. I've had the best luck with Ritek media, for compatibility. It's only available through online retailers.