Is this bad vob or what?

[moviebuff2]

Hi everyone:

I recorded a homemade VHS to a DVD, then used DVDshrink to trim off the unwanted parts and to author it. Finally I used CopytoDVD to burn the DVD.

The DVD plays fine in one machine (a DVD recorder), but not in the other (a DVD player). Both machines play other discs well without any problems.

What can be the reason(s)? Could it be a bad vob? a bad vts? or...?

Thanks

[redwudz]

When you say it doesn't play... What does it do? Spit out the disc or just give an error?

I am also assuming you have used the same DVD media, the same procedures and programs and all other discs work with no problems on both players. When you say, 'recorded' do you mean on a DVD recorder?

But I would suspect a media problem first. And I would also try ImgBurn to burn your DVDs.

You can play back the DVD using a software player and you should be able to see if there is a obvious problem. VLC with play a DVD with menus, as well other freeware software players.

And you might try running the DVD through FixVTS to see if it helps.

[moviebuff2]

Hi redwudz,

The disc played and froze briefly at various parts of the DVD. I took the disc out and gave it a good cleaning. I also ran my laser lense cleaner. Then I played the disc again. The same kind of problem happened but at different parts of the disc.

Yes, I used the same media and the same machine (Philips DVDR3390) to record the programs.

My entire laserdisc collections were done exactly the same way (recorded on a RW disc, trimmed & re-authored with DVDshrink, burnt with CopytoDVD on the same type of media). None of them has ever had any troublems playing in the DVD player or the DVD recorder.

Anyway, I just used DVDshrink to re-author the DVD one more time and burnt it on a RW disc. I'm test-playing it now. So far, no problems whatsoever.

Since there is no compression, the quality does not suffer (thanks, gins1inger!). At least my eyes cannot tell the difference between the 2 DVDs.


p.s.: one little "confession" though . I bought these blank DVDs (200) at dirt cheap price ($5.00 for 100 discs, or 5 cents/disc). Do you think that may be the reason? I have used more than 100 discs and this is the only one disc that gives me headache.

[redwudz]

One of the problems with cheaper discs is that the quality control may vary through the stack. So you may have ran into some lower quality discs, maybe even from a different production run. That's another problem of cheaper discs, consistency. RWs seem to be a little more difficult to burn, JMO. I would convert them to regular DVD plus or minus types. What you describe is not unusual for a problematic disc. Or less likely, a burner problem.

And if you have to clean your burner lens, you may be having other problems. Normally, they don't get dust or gunk on them unless you have a dusty environment, or are a heavy smoker or near a kitchen. I would invest just a little more next time on some better brands of DVD discs and maybe save some problems in the future.

[moviebuff2]

Agree!

I just couldn't resist my frugal temptation. 5 cents per disc?! Man, that was cheap!!!

FYI, the new disc played flawlessly. Then... , I put back the "bad" disc to play one more time. It's playing without freezing so far (1/2 of the disc already).

So, I suspect that the disc not being played for several month developed some statics (?) that caused the freezing in one player but not others (my DVD recorder and my DVD-ROM). After being run completely in the DVD-ROM, the statics are gone. Hence, it's now playing without any problems in the same player where it stopped and played like mad.

Thanks, redwudz.