Audio off on some DVD players?

Ok, so here is an odd problem. I edited footage in FCP and exported it into a quicktime file. I then burned it onto a dvd using iDVD. However, on some dvd players (PC and regular) the audio is out of sync at times when you play it. So, you can play the dvd and it will be out of sync, turn off the player, try again and it works. But this is happening like every other time it is played, I don't know what is going on.

I also have the video on the internet and one person said they had the same audio issue there.
The movie info on that file says it's 32,000, not 48,000 which would be 16-bit. But maybe you changed it for the site.
Did you play the disk image with DVD Player software? You should expect the burned DVD to be a replica of the disk image.
Burn 4X or slower. Memorex and TDK brands can be poor.
I recommend a disk image burned to Verbatim DVD-R at 4X or slower using Toast or Disk Utility.
David Pogue also recommends Verbatim on page 356 of his latest book:
iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
Quoting David: "Cheaper brands don't use the same amount of organic dyes and are more likely to suffer premature deaths."
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Need help getting audio off of a dvd...

[You can skip this paragraph if you don't need the backstory.]
So, for several weeks I've been trying to get some audio off of a DVD of mine and into a simple mp3 file. A couple days ago I found and followed this guide, and thought I had succeeded. But after a while I realized that the file I got does not play nice with my handheld mp3 player, or mpd, or mplayer, or anything whatsoever that is not gstreamer-based. MPD goes especially berserk - after playing the file, it can no longer play anything else until I reboot (yes reboot - restarting mpd doesn't fix anything). I should also mention that I'm aware that the guide is not 100% correct; I followed the advice and corrections of some commentors there too.
Anyways, I guess I need to ask for help with this. How would you go about getting audio off of a DVD?
Last edited by fflarex (2008-07-19 01:26:01)

I usually use the following command to rip a music dvd to wav:
OUTPUTDIR="/Some/Rip/Dir"
TITLE=2
FIRST_CHAPTER=1
LAST_CHAPTER=13
CHAPTER=$FIRST_CHAPTER
AUDIO_ID=128
echo "Ripping Audio..."
while [ $CHAPTER -le $LAST_CHAPTER ]; do
let NO=$CHAPTER
mplayer -dvd-device /dev/dvd1 dvd://$TITLE -vo null -vc null -ao pcm:waveheader:file=$OUTPUTDIR/track$NO.wav -af lavcresample=44100 -aid $AUDIO_ID -chapter $CHAPTER-$CHAPTER
let CHAPTER=CHAPTER+1
done
Resampling to 44100 is important since most mp3 players cannot handle 48000.
Then I have another little script that converts it to flac, sets the correct tags, and finally converts the flac to oggs as well..
Last edited by GogglesGuy (2008-07-19 01:45:06)

Burned DVD glitches in some DVD players

Any answers to this one. I burn my 45 minute program to DVD using idvd. It plays fine on computers, also in some DVD players(Sony) but glitches out and stops playing on many lower end DVD players. Why?

Well that is the first time I have heard all that (not saying it isn't true, just that I have never heard that). My reading suggests that DVD-R are more compatible. In any case, here are my tips for a more reliable burn:
Remember that the DVD is the final product. The last step in a long series of steps. Keep this in mind when taping and editing. Use SP mode, not LP mode on the camcorder. Use 16-bit/48KHz audio. I have read that some image stabilizers offered on camcorders can cause editing problems. The best image stabilizer is a tripod. Keep in mind that MPEG2 compression does not like fast motion, so keep your pans & zooms slow and steady... use that tripod.
Note any problems you had capturing or editing. Double-check the material in the timeline. Gaps in audio or video are bad- fill with slugs if nothing else.
Use good quality blank media. The flavor of choice right now are Verbatims but in the end, you need to find one that works best for you.
NEVER put a label on a DVD. Kiss of Death. Enocurage your competition to label their DVDs!!!! As mentioned, DVDs have alot of information on them, labeling them will throw them off balance in many DVD players. Not good.
Use something like an Epson R200 if you want to put a pretty face on the DVD.
Also mentioned was using a slower burn. Your computer will cache information better than a tabletop DVD player. If the tabletop doesn't have what it needs when it needs it... it will choke.
Try to keep all content under 90-minutes. The longer the content, the lower the bit-rate used to encode and the more chances for problems.
Finally, if you have examined all your options and you still aren't happy- move on to a new tool for Authoring your DVDs. iDVD is part of iLife for for $79. DVDSP is $499.
Good Luck,
Mike

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Can anyone help? I shot and edited a video in actual 16:9 format (canon xl2 & FCP). When I exported to a quicktime file I changed the video properties to 853 x 420 as stated in an earlier post to make FCP widescreen work with iDVD widescreen. And that works! When i burned to DVD using iDVD I tried playing it back on my Panasonic DVD player and it played back in 4:3, cropping off the sides. But when I played the same DVD on my Playstation 2 on the same TV it played back in 16:9 perfectly fine. I tried it on two other DVD players and one worked (JVC player) and the other didn't (another Panasonci)? So I am confused what is going on. On the first DVD Panosonic player that didn't work I stuck in a 16:9 format DVD that was burned using Adobe Encore and it worked fine, so I don't believe it is a settings issue with the actual player (I think anyways). Does anybody know what is going on? Thank you.

+so I don't believe it is a settings issue with the actual player (I think anyways).+
I've found that you have to go into Setup on some DVD players and make changes. Something like Letterbox or just 16:9 setting. Try it.

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I have a new MacBook Pro with a super drive and the latest version of iDVD. I work doing video editing but I never burned anything to DVDs before. So I used iDVD and I burned a few on the Taiyo Yuden DVD-Rs. We have a DVD production system that prints right onto the surface so I use no paper labels. After making a few DVDs, I played it with iDVD. I put it into a PC and played it with CyberLink's PowerDVD. They both played fine. But when I play in Windows Media Player, it doesn't work. My boss has grabbed a couple and played them on his PC and he just gets a few seconds of menu music, then it goes black. I am not sure what he used to play it. Also, some clients have taken them home and are unable to play them in a DVD player and their computers. The clients are old, and they could have old dvd players but that shouldn't matter. Before I did the edited we had them as just a video file and would play on insertion (also on dvd-r) and would work fine. So we didn't switch anything except doing the editing. We mass produce these DVDs and distribute them to clients so these need to be compatible with more. Why don't these work with everything? Is there a way to make them more generic to play in more places? I used final cut pro to edit, exported as a .mov file, then dragged to iDVD. I used just the standard revolution menu layout. Nothing fancy. Any ideas?

Once you have the disk image, you would either need to burn a disc or in some way copy that to your duplicator hard drive for duplication. Most duplicators I am aware of let you control the burn speed. I wouldn't choose the slowest or the fastest. 4x is my sweet spot right now.
I won't to go back to why has the ability to play changed question. Are you saying you had a DVD NOT made with iDVD that plays but using iDVD it doesn't play? If so, that has already been answered: could be the menu, could be uncompressed audio, could be just that particular compression.
Are you saying you have the same video made with iDVD that plays in some players but not others? Same answer! Could be the menu the player doesn't like, could be uncompressed audio the player doesn't like. Could be the compression the player doesn't like. I have seen some players that will only playback a CBR (not VBR) disc- the under 60-minute version of iDVDs encoding.
Are you saying you have a disc made on iDVD that played once on a DVD player but that same disc now won't play again? I would say something about the disk integrity has changed. Could be scratched. Could be an "invisible" defect. The only thing you now is that this one disc doesn't work anymore. If this is systematic of all your discs, I would have to say it's a compression issue.
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Subtitles activate themselves automatically in some DVD players...

Hello All,
I've created a DVD w/ two subtitle streams: Stream 1 = ENG, Stream 2 = ESP. I've been testing my DVD on different players and I've encountered one odd behavior. In two DVD players out of six total, when I play my movie it plays with ENG subtitles without the user ever activating them. So, Stream 1 seems to get fired up automatically with the launching of the movie.
I know we can't account for every DVD player out there. But, any suggestions I may try to correct this?
Thanks!

Basically what you would need is a "blank" subtitle stream (if you want the option to not have any show at all.)
This is usging stories for selections
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Here is an example for setting audio preferences
Audio and the same applies to subtitles.
Here is an example which shows how to set angles for bass, drums, guitar project (including scripts) and a download
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What you would do is point to one of three subtitle streams, a blank one that is the "off", the English and the Spanish. When you want the subtitles off, point to the off and set that as the default to catch the players that are turning one on.
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What is with that?Also I still do not get audio in any games, Resistance (Blu-ray)?or any game demo but I do get the audio from the game display screen (XMB). Please if anyone has?any?useful advise or information it would be greatly appreciated.
?Thank you!

IDVD created DVD plays on some DVD players and not others, HELP!

Hi everyone,
I just finished a huge wedding photo montage and burned it using iDVD to a standard DVD-R. I popped it into a Sony home DVD player and all went well, and looked great. Next I tried the DVD in a Mintek portable DVD player (so it's easier to take to the wedding and connect to the LCD projector) and the DVD is not recognized. I tested another computer burned DVD (from a wedding video that was burned on a PC) in the mintek and it does work. I also tested the mintek using a standard store bought DVD movie and it worked fine.
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The wedding is Saturday so I'm really hoping to get this sorted out quickly.
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Your problem is the Mintek portable DVD player.
Some older DVD players will not play the newer burned media.
This is by design to force conusmers to always upgrade and update there equipment to stay a head of the technology curve.
I had the same problem with a 2 year old stand alone player wouldn't play anything I burned. It would play on other computers and on newer stand alone players but not on a 2 year old player. (VERY FRUSTRATING) I bought a new cheap stand alone and quess what , All was good it played.
There are different codes that are on these players that distingish the players capability.
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DVD created in iDVD don't run well in some DVD players

I recently edited a two hour wedding in Final Cut Pro 5.11 then made the DVD on iDVD using a Memorex DVD-R, after burning I tested in my DVD player and iMac and it ran well, then I took it to a TV/DVD combo and it freezed in several parts of the movie?
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Burned DVD plays on some DVD players and not others

Hello all,
First, please forgive my ignorance because I do not work with video much and have no idea what I'm doing. Someone created a video that I need to burn so the DVD can play on any DVD player. The folder is titled "VIDEO_TS" and then the files within it have the following extensions: .BUP, .IFO, .VOB. with VIDEO and VTS as the prefixes. the largest file has a .VOB extension. The master disk is a DVD-R and I burned the video on a Verbatim DVD-R which played fine on my MAc, a PC and two DVD players. However, I tried it on two other DVD players and it could not be played. So now I'm trying to figure out how I can created a DVD that will be compatible with any DVD player or create an alternate version that can be played on the machines that currently can't play the DVD.
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Hi
This is a question very familiar in iDVD forum. I use to answer like this.
• Brand of DVD used matters - I only use Verbatim (more organic dye in these) - but there are other GOOD Brands
• DVD-R - plays on more DVD-players than DVD+R as it plays on even older DVD-players (DVD+/-RW - don't even think of it)
• BURN SPEED - is a major contributor to this problem - I never go faster than x4 - I use as standard x2
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• DATA-DVD - Files from DeskTop just stored on a blank DVD - few DVD-players can play this (only very very new ones and they are rare - if I'm rightly informed)
• Video-DVD - a DVD-authoring program is a MUST. iDVD, DVD-Studio Pro, Burn, Roxio Toast etc etc
I'm told that Compressor can do this - I never got it to deliver a Playable-DVD - BUT THIS IS DUE TO MY NEGLECT !
So when iDVD or Toast creates this very special structured DVD - You find the two (must be there) folders VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS (empty) - and if the DVD-player don't find this = it will not play.
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Is this just a matter of the unpredictability of older DVD players?
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I have made several DVD movies over the years and sometimes when i go from imovie> idvd> finished DVD
1. it does not play in ALL dvd players? why?
2. or sometimes plays in some DVD players?
3. sometimes plays in computer( apple) dvd but not always?
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Hi
*I do put paper labes on discs --*
NEVER DO THAT - The ability to get them perfectly centered is near to impossibly
DVDs are many tims more sencitive to missaligmement by 1/100 or 1/1000 of a millimeter.
CDs often can handle this - but still not advicably.
I do.
• Use only Verbatim (Taiyo Yuden - also recommended by many - no own experience)
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or Apple Disk Util tool
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• I use a Cleaning-DVD from time to time
• I burn max 3 DVD at a time then cool for 20min
• I use the Cleaning DVD on my other players as well
On Quality.
*DVD quality*
1. iDVD 8 has three levels of qualities.
iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality (movies up to 120 min.) - BEST
• Best Performances (movies less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD
• High Quality (in iDVD08) / Best Quality (in iDVD6) (movies up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
2. From
• FCE/P - Export out as full quality QuickTime.mov (not selfcontaining, no conversion)
• iMovie x-6 - Don't use ”Share/Export to iDVD” = destructive even to movie project and especially so
when the movie includes photos. Instead just drop or import the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
• iMovie’08 not meant to go to iDVD. Go via Media Browser or rather use iMovie HD 6 from start.
3. I use Roxio Toast™ to make an as slow burn as possibly eg x1 (in iDVD’08 this can also be set)
This can also be done with (Apple) Disk Util tool.
4. There has to be about or more than 25Gb free space on internal (start-up) hard disk. iDVD can't
use an external one as scratch disk (if it is not start-up disc).
5. Verbatim ( also recommended by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
6. DVD-R (no +R or +/-RW)
7. Keep NTSC to NTSC - or - PAL to PAL when going from iMovie to iDVD
8. Don’t burn more than three DVD at a time - but let the laser cool off for a while befor next batch.
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• HOW much free space is there on Your internal (start-up) hard disk. Go for approx 25Gb.
less than 5Gb and Your result will most probably not play.
• What kind of movie project You drop into it. MPEG4 seems to be a bad choice.
other strange formats are .avi, .wmv, .flash etc. Convert to streamingDV first
Also audio formats matters. I use only .aiff or from miniDV tape Camera 16-bit
strange formats often problematic are .avi, .wmv, audio from iTunes, .mp3 etc
Convert to .aiff first and use this in movie project
• What kind of standard - NTSC movie and NTSC DVD or PAL to PAL - no mix.
(If You need to change to do a NTSC DVD from PAL material let JESDeinterlacer3.2.2 do the conversion)
(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
(US) NTSC DVDs most often are playable in EU
(EU) PAL DVDs most often needs to be converted to play in US
UNLESS: They are plabacked by a Mac - then You need not to care
• What kind of DVDs You are using. I use Verbatim DVD-R (this brand AND no +R or +/-RW)
• How You encode and burn it. Two settings prior iDVD08
Pro Quality (only in iDVD08)
Best / High Quality (not always - most often not)
Best / High Performances (most often my choise)
1. go to iDVD pref. menu and select tab far right and set burn speed to x1 (less errors = plays better) - only in iDVD08
2. Project info: Select Professional Encoding - only in iDVD08.
Region codes:
iDVD - only burn Region = 0 - meaning - DVDs are playable everywhere
DVD Studio pro can set Region codes:
1 = US
2 = EU
Yours Bengt W

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