I have been trying to make backups of some of the movies I recently bought, but I am getting a really weird error lately. My movies seems to rip fine (I have tried both the latest versions of DVDFab Platinum and AnyDVD) and they seem to burn fine (in Nero Recode, DVD Shrink & CloneDVD2). Plays fine in my PC in VLC. However when played on set top boxes the front of the DVD player reads Menu as it normally does when you insert the DVD, but rather then the menu popping up a random scene starts to play. Pressing Menu on the DVD Remote restarts that scene. I thought it could have been the burner so I went out and bought a new one (Pioneer DVR-116DBK), same thing is happening though. I thought it might have been a faulty disk so I switched to another DVD I bought, same problem. And I don't see how it could be the software when it is happening in 2 different rippers and 3 different DVD Shrink/Authoring programs. I am using the same media before this happened (Maxell DVD+Rs) and have also tested 2 other types to no avail (Verbatim DVD+Rs, Maxell DVD+RWs) As sort of a quick summary: Problem: Rather then the menu playing on the set top DVD player, a seemingly random scene starts playing. After a few seconds this scene freezes. Media: Maxell DVD+Rs, DVD+RWs, Verbatim DVD+Rs Software tested with: DVDFab Platinum, AnyDVD, DVD Shrink, Nero Recode, CloneDVD2 (all latest versions) Windows XP Burner is a Pioneer DVR-116DBK, players are an LG, JVC, Venturer HD DVD player and an XBOX 360.
The bad disk plays fine when played on the PC? Try downloading the trial of Powerdvd or Windvd. Do those two play it OK also? If so, try the DVD in a different set top box.
