Can´t copy VIDEO_TS folder, no playback under Windows

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Can´t copy VIDEO_TS folder, no playback under Windows

Hi everyone,

up to now, I have worked with DVD Studio 4 which was perfect.
Yesterday however I used the new DVD Studio Pro 4 (latest updates applied) and now run into the following issues:

- The DVD plays back fine on a hardware DVD-Player
- It does however not play back on Windows Media Player or VLC
- Futhermore I cannot copy the Video_TS folder to my harddisk

Trying to copy the folder shows a file system error "-2147351799". This indicates a copy protection error, but I am not aware that I have setup anything like this.

Furthermore, VLC Player stops after playing the first few frames with a bunch of error codes like:
dvdread error: read failed for -1/4 blocks at 0xe8
main warning: dts != current_pts (-273000)
main warning: backward_pts != current_pts (-40000)
dvdnav warning: cannot get next block (Error reading from DVD.)
main debug: thread 4504 joined (input/input.c:412)
main warning: unable to find parent!

Does this mean, the used DVD is defective or have I done something wrong?

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks a lot in advance!

kind regards
Tom

Message was edited by: Synsongs

MacPro 3.0, 5GB, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2007 12:42 AM

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Answer 1

Silal

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Oct 17, 2007 5:34 AM in response to Synsongs

Hi

Did you try to run the original VIDEO_TS folder from the DVD build? Or just delete the previous build, rebuild in your hard drive and try it.

Hope that helps !

Alberto

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Synsongs Author

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Oct 17, 2007 8:02 AM in response to Silal

Hi Alberto,

thank you for your reply! Well, I did try to copy the original Video_TS folder from the DVD I have burnt and that´s what has caused the errors. Furthermore, I also tried to open the folder via VLC, but to no avail.

I will try to rebuild everything again with another DVD media and hope that it works then... oh well, it s Windows 😉

Thanks
Tom

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Answer 3

Oct 17, 2007 10:17 AM in response to Synsongs

If you tried to copy a VIDEO_TS folder off of your hard drive onto a DVD using the standard Mac disc burning utility, then that is the problem. Video DVDs have their own unique formtting (UDF). Using the standard Mac disc burning will not create a UDF disc. DVD SP will properly format the disc. Toast can properly format a UDF disc from your VIDEO_TS folder.

If I have to burn a whole bunch of DVDs, I will create the first using DVD SP, then use the Copy function of Toast to burn all the rest.

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Synsongs Author

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Oct 17, 2007 10:18 AM in response to Shawn Birmingham

Thanks a lot Shawn, but ... the problem is vice versa 😉

I have burned a DVD on my Mac using DVD Studio Pro 4 - and Windows doesn´t want to copy the Video_TS folder off that Mac DVD.

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Answer 5

Oct 17, 2007 11:34 AM in response to Synsongs

Ok, then that would not be a problem with the disc, that would be a problem with Windows (surprise). I know that early versions of Windows XP had a lot of bugs. SP2 fixed most of the problems with Windows ability to play DVDs.

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