Can't seem to get the layer break set right.

[Jon.G]

Ok, so I authored a disc using DVD-lab pro 2. I have a chapter set in the range that is acceptable for a layer break. In dlp2 I go to the pre-mastering, set layer break, and it lets me set it on the chapter I want to.

Except that no other software seems to actually care about this.

I go into imgburn, and it wants to set it to a period of time past my chapter.

I tried setting the chapter in a different place, but no, imgburn still wants to go past that chapter now. and it's enough time past the chapter that it just screws up what I'm trying to do.

So, I decided to give dvd-architect a try, opened up the folder created from dvd lab pro 2, and it also will only let me do the layer break at the same point as imgburn.

So, what the heck is the point of dvd lab pro letting me select my chapter, but no other program caring about what I set? Why are these programs not going with my chapter point? What do I gotta do to get an accurate layer break on a dvd?

[Jon.G]

Nevermind, it seems to be another case of being tripped up by what uses drop frame and what doesn't, since no one can agree on how long a second, a universal unit of measurement, actually is.

[mrswla]

A second is "the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom" according to wikipedia.

Can you set dlp2 to not set a layer break, then let imgburn set it?

[Jon.G]

Well, it seems to not matter what I do in dlp2 anyways. What was happening was I was setting my chapters based on time, since the chapter depends on the sound and not the visual, and dlp2 won't play the dolby digital soundtrack for me to zero in. I was using one method of time to zero in on my chapter, and entering it into dlp2 which was using the other type, so I ended up with a chapter being later than I really wanted it, due to the video world throwing science out the window and redefining a second to meet their needs :P

Anyways, I think I got it covered now that I have my clocks synchronized and can set my chapter properly.