Ok team lol, yeah well i broke down and bought a dual layer Plextor-16 after using a PX-12 for a while but got tired of some of the compression issues I was having. I have DVD Shrink, Nero 6.6.6???? whatever version, VOBBlanker, Folder2iso, and DVD Decrypter for my DVD backing up softwares. My question is I normally use VOBBlanker, copy the Video-Ts files to my hard drive and cut the extra stuff out. Some videos i dont want to shrink or cut scenes from and if i do use DVD Shrink they are usually too large too compress an retain a decent quality or get "blocky" during the movie at some points Problem is that some of the DVD's I have copied into Vid_ts files wont copy using DVD Shrink or using Nero and Dual Layer media . It burns layer 1(or layer "0") just fine but is unable to burn the second layer from the Video_ts file. Nero will burn Data files ok to the DL-DVD but I cant burn the Video_ts files as a Data file and have it playback on my DVD player. I started to use DVD Decrypter instead to burn an ISO image and then burn the ISO to my DL-DVD just fine. But I have over 150gb of video that is in Video-ts folder form that I want to burn and keep the integrity of, average movie size is 7-8gb. I tried using Folder2iso, convert the video_ts file fine to an ISO image but when I burn it to disc using Decrypter it wont playback on a standard DVD player. The DVD's I back up to an ISO straight from Decrypter have an MDS file that has to be selected in order to burn but the Folder2iso ISO's dont have an MDS file attached to it. Would this cause the movies not to burn correctly to disc and therefore not playback? If so Decrypter can generate MDS files but not sure how or what to select to create an MDS file for the ISO images i generate from the folders? Hope this isnt too confusing and someone can give me some help I dont mind wasting a few DVDR's to figure something out however the DVD-DL are a little to expensive to be wasting playing around with
jhammer79 In the past I used DVD Decrypter then DVD Shrink and burned with Roxio Easy Media Creator. Now that DVD Decrypter & DVD Shrink are no longer being updated, I still use DVD Decrypter however; I also have AnyDVD running in the background. On occasion I still used DVD Shrink however; when it is unable to do the job, I use CloneDVD 2 which will let you select what you want to burn. Eric
Are you using +R DL media booktyped to DVD-ROM? This really sounds like a firmware problem. What brand of media are you using? What is the brand, model number, and firmware version of your burner? Is therea Nero log you can post. Omit any name and serial number. The log is located in the path: Program Files -> Ahead -> Nero -> NeroHistory. Post only the section dealing with the DL burn. The log contains the results of the last 10 burns or so.
When i go to back up a movie to a DL, i just use DVD Decrypter ISO read/write. Decrypter handles the transition just fine. Don't know how the new version of Nero 6x vers 6.6.0.18 will do, but Nero had a problem with getting the transition down correctly. Movies done with DVD Decrypter and using Verbatim DL discs burnt at 2.4x came out fine. (so did one burnt at 4x and the media is rated to 6x) Like laddyboy posted, a log would help point out any major issues you are having.
