Where is my burn going wrong?

[ryan24]

8K24-0227-1105-EKK5-5000-0023-****

Windows XP 5.1
IA32
WinAspi: -

NT-SPTI used
Nero API version: 8.2.8.0
Using interface version: 6.3.1.4
Installed in: C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero8\Nero Burning Rom\
Application: ahead\Nero - Burning Rom
Internal Version: 8, 2, 8, 0

Recorder: <Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2>Version: JWS5 - HA 1 TA 0 - 8.2.8.0
Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1
Drive buffer : 2048kB
Bus Type : default

=== Scsi-Device-Map ===
DiskPeripheral : WDC WD600BB-75CAA0 atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On
DiskPeripheral : WDC WD800BB-75CAA0 atapi Port 0 ID 1 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2 atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163 atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: On

=== CDRom-Device-Map ===
Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2 F: CdRom0
LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163 E: CdRom1
=======================

AutoRun : 1
Excluded drive IDs:
WriteBufferSize: 70254592 (0) Byte
BUFE : 0
Physical memory : 478MB (490476kB)
Free physical memory: 171MB (175224kB)
Memory in use : 64 %
Uncached PFiles: 0x0
Use Inquiry : 1
Global Bus Type: default (0)
Check supported media : Disabled (0)

20.2.2008
NeroAPI
7:17:44 PM #1 Phase 112 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
DVD-Video files reallocation started

7:17:44 PM #2 DVDREALLOC -21 File DVDVideoCompilation.cpp, Line 1328
Required file 'VIDEO_TS.VOB' is not present

7:17:44 PM #3 Phase 115 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285
DVD-Video files reallocation failed

7:17:44 PM #4 Text 0 File NeroAPIBurnFS.cpp, Line 218
Failed to realloc DVD video files


Existing drivers:

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)

[ryan24]

I am using the latest version of dvd shrink and latest version of nero
i have tried copying the flies from disc to disc and onto my hard drive and then to the blank

[poisondeathray]

What are you trying to back up?

Perhaps the source is copy protected? In this case, you might want to try anydvd or dvdfab

Do the copied files to your HD play on your PC ok?

[ryan24]

yes i can play them on nero......they play fine.....
and i am assuming it is copyrighted material but after copying to my harddrive they seem to play fine...
what would you suggest?
im very new to all this backing up my dvds and such

[redwudz]

The problem according to Nero is that you are missing some files:

Required file 'VIDEO_TS.VOB' is not present

I would check the output from DVD Shrink and see if they are missing there also.

DVD Shrink hasn't been updated in a year or two. If you have a newer DVD, rip it to your hard drive with DVDFab HD Decrypter and try using that for the input to Shrink. DVD Shrink is still a great program, but it needs help with some of the newer DVD encryptions.

If you look to the upper left on this page for 'WHAT IS' DVD, you will see the DVD structure, format and specification. Unless your files follow that, you will likely have problems. Look mainly to the part about structure.

[ryan24]

so do i use dvdfab hddecrypter the exact same way as i was using dvdshrink?

[ryan24]

ok i just used that software and i looked at the files i seem to be missing the same VIDEO_TS.VOB file after using this new software.....? how can i get that first video file?

[redwudz]

No, you use it as a 'front end' to DVD Shrink. My method with newer DVDs is DVDFab HD Decrypter>DVD Shrink>ImgBurn. Fab is a 'decrypter' to bypass the encryption.. DVD Shrink is a 'transcoder' to reduce the size. And ImgBurn is only to burn. But Nero works fine most times also, just for burning.

Shrink works fine on older DVDs, but in the last few years, companies like Sony started using a more advanced form of encryption that it's not capable of bypassing. A few newer discs even resist Fab, but not many.

[budz]

so do i use dvdfab hddecrypter the exact same way as i was using dvdshrink?

no, DVDFAB HD DECRYPTER is used to rip the files from the dvd disc to your hard drive. then you use DVD SHRINK to shrink those files so it can fit on a single layer dvd disc. search is your friend.....do one on guides using DVD SHRINK.

[ryan24]

right i think i understand that so i ripped the files form the disc, to my hd.....i did that, no i opened up the folder i riped them to ts_video folder for the disc, and i looked at the files, and the VIDEO_TS.VOB is not there....i looked at the dvd structure as to what is a dvd, and this is the missing one......
i hope im not asking stupid questions

[ryan24]

ok so i tried a different dvd ripped it with dvdfab
compressed it with dvdshrink, although it didnt need anycompression its a smaller foreign film i guess "summer night"
and it said succesful and did it....theni pop it in the dvd player and it didnt work, play back feature didnt work....
but it played on my computer....

[mohnitor]

Everytime I have problems with missing or not needed 'VIDEO_TS.VOB' I just run FixVTS.

Almost always results are perfect.

[budz]

have you ever read any of the guides???????????????? also what software are you using to burn the discs? use IMGBURN after the DVD SHRINK process is done. also what brand of dvd discs are you using for burning? if you're using crappy cheap ass MEMOREX that could be your problem. use VERBATIM or TAIYO YUDEN DVD MEDIA.

[zoobie]

I saw the memorex in the stats, too, and wondered about it right away

there is so much crap media out there now that enthusiasts are putting the cart before the horse by first buying the media...then learning the rest the hard way

[dialysis1a]

None of my backups contain VIDEO_TS.VOB. Just burn with ImgBurn.

[oldandinthe way]

The memorex in the log is his BURNER.

Whatever the problem is it is not media.

[budz]

The memorex in the log is his BURNER.

Whatever the problem is it is not media.

OP hasn't said what brand of dvd media he is using. :P
I can read his NERO log and saw his dvd burner was a MEMOREX which is also not the best quality either.

[oldandinthe way]

The error he is getting cannot be media. So whatever he is using doesn't matter.

As for his drive, it seems to me that this forum has always ignored the fact that many posters use crappy, cheapass drives.

His problem is either cockpit or software.