DVD-R DL woes.. more of a RANT!

Hey Guys, just have to let off some steam!!!
scenario:
i have a DVD-9 project that needs to get QC'ed and approved by a client.
back in the day, we would just split the project in 2, basically making 2 DVD-5 for approvals.
of course the client has no clue, nor does he care about this, since he wants to see the WHOLE project together and definitely rejected the idea of compressing the project to a DVD-5 just for naviagtion and playback.
so he requested a DVD-R DL disc, to which i informed him there might be some compaibilty issues with players and i cannot guarantee playback.
he said whatever, just give me a disc, so i gave him one.
here's the kicker, he says it won't play back correctly!
he says: "the disc will not play the last 2 segments correctly! when i try to access them, the player pauses, searches for a while and then eventually plays back."
WHAT A SURPRISE!!!
technically, i came to the conclusion that the 2 video segments he is referring to just happen to land on the layer 1, since they are the last 2 VTS's. everything else plays fine. since i created a PTP and not a OTP playback, i am confident this is the issue.
of course, in software emulation AND a computer drive, the discs plays back as expected!
i try to explain to him the situation and starts giving me grief since his project is going to replication via DLT and i assured him that the discs are fine!
GRRRRRR!!!!!!! in this case ignorance is NOT BLISS!!
anyway, have a great day everyone!
Mikey M.

Hey Trai,
i totally agree with you!
however, i guess my little internal burner has burnt it's last DVD+R DL disc since i keep getting an error in toast:
Sense Key Illegal Request
Sense Code 0x26
Invalid Field in Parameter List
doing some extensive searching on my particualr error came up with a general consensus agreeing that indeed it was the burner.
i wouldn't doubt that since i burn at least 50 discs a month and have had this baby for almost a year (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D).
that's why i didn't offer a DVD+R DL since i have had more usccess with this media (i only use verbatim).
anyway, thanks for the insight
Mikey M.

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vinestein
Posts: 2
From: vancouver b.c.
Registered: Jan 12, 2006
Re: I'm trying to pause import to one step dvd so I can change 60 min tapes.
Posted: Jan 12, 2006 10:36 AM in response to: vinestein
I've solved my own problem.
While importing to one step dvd and while on that pane I click and hold a word
on the top bar of the screen wich sort of freezes everything and with my other
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push play then let go of the mouse or even click one more time on the menu bar. I don't think one step knew what just happened, but there maybe blue
screen recorded while I changed tapes. We'll see.
Brian Christian...
Posts: 1
Registered: Nov 1, 2005
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Len Goff
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RE: Loading content from multiple MiniDV tapes to one DVD
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Brian,
It's pretty much agreed here that the best storage medium for your MiniDV tapes, is the tape itself.
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