[MacDV] iDVD discs & playback problems

[Erica Sadun]

It's possible that the set-top players can't handle the
8 Mbps bitrate. You migth try adding more material
so that it goes past 90 minutes then delete the extra
material and reburn. This should make it burn at the
5 Mbps bitrate instead.

-- Erica

At 11:02 PM -0600 12/29/03, Randy Clark wrote:
>My recently completed 2 video projects (iMovie 3.03 to iDVD 3), hit a snag
>when I played the DVDs on various set-top players. All the discs started
>stuttering & un-syncing about two-thirds of the way thru the discs.
>So I scoured through the Apple iDVD discussion boards & found others who had
>set-top player issues with their iDVD-produced DVDs.
>
>One suggestion was to copy the contents of the VIDEO_TS folder on the
>iDVD-produced disc to my hard drive (along with an AUDIO_TS folder) and then
>burn a new DVD using Toast 6.  I was able to copy all the files except two:
>VTS_02_1.VOB (about 900MB) and VTS_03_1.VOB (about 123MB).  I keep getting
>an error message in the Finder when trying to copy them.  I get the same
>copying error on multiple copies of the DVD. So, now I'm stuck & unable to
>try the Toast 6 duplication suggestion.
>
>The DVDs were burned on a Pioneer DVR106 at work. I'm trying to copy the
>VIDEO_TS contents from the disc on an internal DVD-ROM on my iMac DV SE at
>home. One DVD will not even mount on my iMac's drive. The others will mount
>but keep giving me the copy errors.
>
>Could the playback issues be related to the fact that I can't copy those
>particular files from the DVD? Has anyone else here experienced set-top
>playback problems with their iDVD-produced discs? Some on the Apple
>discussion board successfully used the Toast 6 duping method. Any other
>suggestions?
>--
>Randy Clark
>hawkgx at planetkc.com
>Kansas City
>
>
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