DVD standalone coaster plays well on PC?

[nbarzgar]

Hello out there,

can anyone perhaps explain this to me:

I burn with Platinum DVD+R (by listing it's RICOH-made) on Plextor PX-716A (Nero 6.xx), I have been using the media and burner for almost 8 months. Sometimes I use TDK DVD+RW to test the backup - standalone handles both media just fine.
Most of the time it's fine but every now and then I get a DVD-backup, which plays correctly on PC (files, not yet burned) with both PowerDVD and WinDVD - AND also the burned DVD plays fine on my PC, but my standalone (Panasonic DVD S47) stops playing the disc after I press the "Play movie"-button or the "Scene selection"-button, just switches into "stop"-mode.

Backup: DVD Decrypter, VOBBlanker, Nero Recode 2/DVD Shrink

Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?

[blinky88]

The problem could be as simple as a dusty laser in the player. Buy a laser cleaning disc (a disc with brushes attached to remove the dust), it may be that simple ..and\or.. make sure you have the latest firmware in that devise.

[nbarzgar]

Thanks, but the player works well with the different discs, just now and again certain backup-projects show this strange "behaviour". Got the player for just over a year now...

I presume that in the process of backing-up I encounter some hitch...
I wonder - I removed the "spanish"-menues from the back-up with VOBBlanker, in addition to the warnings, so I will have another go keeping the menues and report on results.

[nbarzgar]

Well, here the 'news', perhaps not news really for some of you:
I kept the "spanish"-menue, now my player accepts the disc without any problem.

So I have to turn to the guides again about updating .ifo's after removing a menue... I had hoped for VOBBlanker being able to do the trick "automatically", but there is no tool that would do this, is there??

I tried DVDRemake Pro, but removing parts or menues from DVD never yet produced a working disc for me.
If anybody has got an idea/link to a special guide... help would be appreciated.

[dimad]

You may be doing everything right in DvdReMake. Depends on where did you get your copy. Take a look for more detailed explanation: http://www.cdr-zone.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1393

[zworg2]

could be as simple as a bad blank disc every now and then....