I dubbed a 4 hour tape to a DVD and within the DVD I turned all Automatic Chaptering off. Using CloneDVD2 I built a file on a disk. I see it busted up the file into ~1GB segments and got them all in. Then went into Nero Vision Express and imported the file into there. In the process, it broke the segments up into 59 second increments and after 2 GB had been imported, it said the 99 limit was exceeded and wouldn't import any more. I was expecting a homongus file to be imported with just one chapter; i.e. the start chapter and then I could mark chapters from there. Then I tried a different route by using DVDDecryptor and brought in the file which resulted in one big segment, but when I imported it into Nero Vision Express, got the 99 limit exceeded again. Any ideas?? Thank you
Not too familiar with NVE, but the problem you're having is too many files. Look around in the options and see if you can change the file size (keep each file 1GB or less) or even see if you can make it an ISO image file.
Hi: Appreciate the feedback - however, I did also make an iso file using dvd encryptor and the same thing happened. No matter what I do, the machine still makes these 59 second files, and feel it's in Nero, not the machine that I'm duping the tapes on. On the one I'm working on it creates two 1GB VT type files, and a 3rd one of about 250M. I thought I was doing pretty good, but this has certainly been an exercise in humility. Thanks again for your ideas and comments, and if you have any more, I'll certainly welcome them.
ok, so you started out with a few 1GB files (were they VOB files?) and then Nero broke them up into 59 sec. files? What are you trying to do with Nero, compress it? Make a menu to go with it? You can use DVD Shrink to compress it, and there are other menu creating programs out there. If Nero is giving you the problem, try something else.
You said "ok, so you started out with a few 1GB files (were they VOB files?) and then Nero broke them up into 59 sec. files? What are you trying to do with Nero, compress it? Make a menu to go with it? You can use DVD Shrink to compress it, and there are other menu creating programs out there. If Nero is giving you the problem, try something else." Will try to answer your questions below: What am I trying to do?: I have several years of Discovery and History Channel VCR tapes I've recorded over the years, and now I want to put them on DVDs and delete the commercial that are imbedded in the program. Yes, one way to do it would to painfully sit at the TV and cut out the commercials manually, but I'm trying to avoid that. At the same time, I'd like to generate menus. Yes, I've tried other menu building programs, but they have the same problem as Nero ; eg, VideoRedo. What am I using?: As an input device, I'm using a Sylvania DVR90VE "DVD Recorder with Video Cassette Recorder" as my VCR->DVD Dubber(made by Funai). Then I have a Win2K computer with an Emprex 16X DVD Recorder/Player (made by Funai also) to get the dubbed data onto a hard disk where I can do the editing on the captured file. I use the "sneakernet" to get the DVD from the Sylvania machine to the computer. I use CloneDVD, which generates .vob files, to get the DVD data onto the hard disk. I've tried DVD Encrypt, and Nero's "Nero Vision Express" to get the data into the computer, and all have the same results; i.e., file markers appear every 59 seconds when I bring the captured data into Nero Vision Express. Why am I using Nero Vision Express?; it's convenient, has a halfway decent editor to edit the video. The problem occurs that when I bring in the captured data, on a 2 hour DVD recording which produces about 200+ files. The limit, according to the Nero software is only 99 files can be tolerated. Consequently, once the 99 limit is reached by the Nero Express S/W, it quits bring in the data and uses the first 99 files which is about 1GB of data. What's my plan of Attack?: I've just about concluded the problem might be in the Sylvania unit, but trying to prove it is going to be the problem. I expect that I'll get a lot of "huh"s from the Sylvania help desk. Need to check with some of my friends and see if they can make a recording on their "dubbers" and let me see what happens when I bring it in to my computer. Of course, if someone in the forum would volunteer to send me a DVD they've dubbed, would be more than happy to pay for the DVD and the postage.
That's very strange. I have done things similar, I don't have a standalone DVD Recorder, but I have a capture card on my computer, and I just get the files split at 1GB. I don't really know how to help you with this other than suggest trying different things (ie programs, options in these programs, maybe even a different computer if you have one available). I wish I could help you more, but I have no idea here.
Hi: Thanks for the reply but found out yesterday that the Sylvania DVR90VE Recorder mfgr (Funai) delibertly places psuedo chapter markers every 29.xx seconds on a 2 hour recording and 59.xx seconds on a four hour recording. They say that "this is the way it is and there's nothing that they will do about it". So, it looks as though I'll have to go with a video capture card and bypass the Sylvania Recorder. My advice to anyone is to avoid VCR/DVD recorders manufactured by Funai because they march to their own tune and are unwilling to listen to users. My next hope now is to convince Nero to put a switchable filter on these markers so that they will be bypassed. Fortunately I can work around the problem one way or another. Kinda reminds me of the uprocessor Home Brew systems we use to have back in the early 80s. Thanks again gang for your interest in responding.
