Menu is not working

[VFACTOR]

HI all

I am a newbie to this. Just got my LG 4040B last week and spent a few day to read this site and tried different things with my writter.

I got most what I want now but still can't make the menu work on my Panasonic RP-56 home player. It works fine on my computer though. Anyone had the same problem ?

I will also share some of my experience. Here's what works fine for me

DVD Decrypter 3.1.6.0 : worked like a charm so I haven't tried another ripper.

DVD2ONE 1.2.3 : fast transcoder but the quality and compatibility is not great. My DVDR created with this software can't play on my computer but play on my home player. The quality is average. It's easy to tell it's a copy: lost of color, definition etc. even in main movie mode only.

DVD Shrink 3.0.5 beta: Used in mode Deep analys, this transcoder produced quite impressive quality. The only problem is I couldn't find away to rip just the main movie and the menu. In re-author mode I only could do either one. The result can be played both in my computer and home system.

Instant copy 8: Probably the best quality transcoder of the three. The result produced was awesome and seemed to be more stable. It was of course the slowest one but it's not that slower compared to DVD Shrink in mode deep analysist. The down side is that the image produced is in their format so can't be played wiht power DVD or instant DVD for a preview. It's possible to convert it to VOB but that's another step add up to an already long process

To burn the image , I tried DVD Decrypter (worked with IC8 format too) , copyToDVD and IC8. I only burned in 1X mode. I really beleived that IC8 produced a better quality disc although I have no concret proof. The media I used , Emptec -RW, was mediocre so anything is possible. I only tested once with a memorex -R disc and IC8 produced a flawless copy. By the way, I tried a couple of time with Nero 6 and it didn't do the job.

I, of course, tested these softwares with the same movie.

Sorry for the long post

[DoubleShadowIce]

I got most what I want now but still can't make the menu work on my Panasonic RP-56 home player. It works fine on my computer though. Anyone had the same problem ?

So I told my mechanic the other day, "my car won't work" and he looked at me with confusion and said "C'mon, I need more information than that!". So, what exactly do you mean by "can't make the menu work"?

DVD Shrink 3.0.5 beta: Used in mode Deep analys, this transcoder produced quite impressive quality. The only problem is I couldn't find away to rip just the main movie and the menu. In re-author mode I only could do either one. The result can be played both in my computer and home system.

If you stripped out all your other Titles besides your movie, you can keep your original menu. 2COOL has some Title stripping guides here using IFOedit.

Instant copy 8: Probably the best quality transcoder of the three. The result produced was awesome and seemed to be more stable. It was of course the slowest one but it's not that slower compared to DVD Shrink in mode deep analysist. The down side is that the image produced is in their format so can't be played wiht power DVD or instant DVD for a preview. It's possible to convert it to VOB but that's another step add up to an already long process

Some people experienced a similar situation using DVD95Copy. Maybe this guide might help you.

I only tested once with a memorex -R disc and IC8 produced a flawless copy.

A lot people have had problems with Memorex DVDRs. I used them anyway despite the woes but later on they started going bad on me. I'll never use Memorex again!

[VFACTOR]

When I said my menu is not working on my Panasonic DVD player, I mean that I can't get to the menu of the disc when I press on the menu button of the remote. The skip works fine though.

Thank you