Problem burning DVD+R DL Discs

[vetteguy]

I just bought a bunch of DVD+R DL discs and have been doing some burning (the discs I bought are Ritek RiData D01 white inkjet printable). I have a bunch of ISOs that were ripped as exact copies-no compression, no restructuring, etc. The DVD burner I am using is a Pioneer DVR-108 retail, using Nero 6.3.1.20. When I burn the disc, I simply do Recorder-Burn Image, select the file, and burn. It seems to work ok, the disc even comes up when I put it in the player to play it, but then while it's being played it freezes around where the layer transition should be. I burned about 10 discs yesterday and every one of them is doing the same thing. I just tried burning using DVDDecryptor, with the same results. I have been able to do a successful burn with Verbatim DL media using the same procedure with Nero. I haven't found any incompatibilities listed with this media and my drive (it has the 1.20 firmware on it).

Does anyone have any suggestions? At this point I've wasted over a dozen DL discs, and I don't want to keep trying, but I can't figure out what is wrong.

 

[User1001]

I believe its normal for a slight delay when switching layers but for a complete freze is odd. Are playing the DVD in the computer or a dvd player?

 

[vetteguy]

I've tried both...in my set top DVD player at the layer transition the entire thing just freezes-picture gets stuck and I have to shut it off and turn it back on again. On my PC, when it gets to the layer transition whatever app I'm using just crashes. I used DVDDecryptor to do a verify on the disc and it found all kinds of errors. It looks like it's either not burning the second layer at all or it's burning it incorrectly or something...honestly I haven't done many DL burns to know all the ins and outs.

 

[HendrixFan]

I remember reading about certain VOB tools that would allow you to change the table of contents so that the "layer change" spot is different. That could very well be the problem, though you would have to look into it more, as I briefly read it a while back, but dont have a DL burner myself to have retained it.

Essentially, the table of contents on the DVD specifies where the layer break is. A DL blanks is slightly smaller than a pressed DL DVD, so the layer transition will be in a different spot, though a straight ISO rip will mis-identify this to a DVD player. IFO edit or PGC edit should do the trick. Check the forums over at doom9.org