Layer Break Issues with Encore 2.0

I have a dual-layer project that is doing something strange:
When authoring the project I left the layer break to automatic. After writing an image for review, a few people complained that the layer break was in a bad location and some players were having trouble with it (high motion area of the film). So I re-wrote an image and this time told it to do the layer break manually. I chose a specific time to place the layer break.
These new DVDs now act as if there are 2 layer breaks in the video. The new location where I told it to place the layer break has a slight pause in playback, like the player is switching layers, but then at the original layer break location playback is pausing just like it did before.
I have checked the video file and it is fine and has no glitches in it. Is it possible there are two layers switches in the project (it doesn't make sense to me, but I have to ask).
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
Mike

Mike.
What is happening here does seem to be a bug to me too.
There is - happily - a solution to the problem. A couple of them, actually. What one to use is going to depend on the final output your project needs to be.
You must reset the break yourself as well as remove the existing one. The problem is that once Encore sets an automatic break, this will remain set - whatever you may reset later on down the line. So you're going to need a copy of PGCEdit. This is freeware, and is available from http://download.videohelp.com/r0lZ/pgcedit/
To use this, export from Encore as a DVD Folder - and then load this folder into PGCEdit. Follow the internal instructions for changing/Previewing the Layer Break. It will allow you to remove the incorrect one & reset the new one. You'll need to use the CFH file though as I cannot remember off the top of my head the precise instructions. It's not too hard to do though. PGCEdit will automatically back up your unmodified files too - just in case. Then to create your replication masters, simply reload the modified folder into Encore "Build DVD" dialogue & write the DLT tapes.
If you're going to burn discs instead of replicating them, you can use the much simpler IMGBurn method.
Download this wonderful piece of freeware, and set it up so that the layer break is "Calculate Optimal".
Load your Encore folder. It will ask you where you want the break, and it will also allow you to preview the exact cell location too.
Set to where you want, burn the disc.

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Encore CS4 has been giving me issues with manually setting the layer break on dual-layer disks. I'd like to hear from everyone out there who is using CS4 to create DL disks with a manual layer break. Does Encore always ask where to set the break when you tell it to?

Hi Jim.
Cannot remember back to version 1, and never did a DL disc in 1.5 that I can remember, but certainly CS2/3/4 for me have never worked properly with Layer Break dialogues. One of the problems I faced that cost me a lot of lost face was when I was using version 2 on a live concert DVD for Porcupine Tree.
I worked all the data rates locations of chapter points out manually, and knew that according to the manuals, Encore should use a chapter point if one is available within the range allowed. There were 3 in that range, so I left it as automatic.
Burned a DVD+R DL disc, and on my Denon players the break is often not even noticeable. Client approved, and we created the DLT tapes.
Back came the test moulds, and to my horror the break was not on a chapter point at all but on a GOP header around 31 seconds after the chapter it was supposed to be placed on automatically. Drat. Call the factory, tell them not to press, and I will deliver a new set of tapes in 6 hours time.
Power up DLT, Boot Encore, set break point manually. (Incidentally, Version 2 was the only version that has ever worked on manual mode for me. CS4/CS3 never do. I click on manual, and suddenly nothing happens) and set it to Chapter 17 (it could also have gone on 16 or 18 according to the dialogue)
Rewrite DLT tapes, deliver to factory, get next test mould - same freaking problem. The darn break has not moved.
Turned out that when we analyzed the tapes, the original break point had been left. A long call to Adobe support ended up with the "best guess" option that once the break poiint had been set, it remained set. The Abstraction Layer had a nasty bug and would not allow subsequent editing, it seemed.
Since then, all DL discs have been exported from Encore with no break point set at all to straight folders, and pre mastered in GEAR Pro Mastering Edition.
PGCEdit takes a bit of getting used to, but my lord, what power is there under the hood! It is seriously well worth learning as you can change so much without needing to recompile from Encore. You can even edit the entire CLUT maps change button highlighting, edit links, set cells to seamless/non seamless, alter userops, all manner of wonderful things. ALso - After Effects definitely requires rocket science. It's beyond me. My partner thinks it is great she loves it though.
AFAIK ( and I will check) -R DL is now supported in CS4, not sure about CS3.
Anyway - all that aside, how are you doing Jim? Long time no talk to
Neil
Message from mailto:[email protected] Jim Simon [email protected] at 26-10-2009 08:47:52

DL DVD layer break issue

I have a .img file I would like to burn to a DL disc. I did so with Disc Utility and it came out fine except at the layer break, where I lose a few seconds of footage (right at a vital point in the film, no less).
I tried opening the file in iDVD6 but it won't let me, and when I try to import the file to iDVD, it says "Unsupported File Type: Unknown Format."
This is my first Mac, and I've had it all of two weeks, so I'm just learning the ins and outs. I've searched in the forums, but haven't found anything to address my question, so if someone could explain how to open the file in iDVD or how to burn using Disc Utility and fix the layer break issue, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
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I have a .img file I would like to burn to a DL disc. I did so with Disc Utility and it came out fine except at the layer break, where I lose a few seconds of footage (right at a vital point in the film, no less).
I tried opening the file in iDVD6 but it won't let me, and when I try to import the file to iDVD, it says "Unsupported File Type: Unknown Format."
This is my first Mac, and I've had it all of two weeks, so I'm just learning the ins and outs. I've searched in the forums, but haven't found anything to address my question, so if someone could explain how to open the file in iDVD or how to burn using Disc Utility and fix the layer break issue, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
MacBook 2 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Another Dual Layer Break Issue

Encore CS5.1
After about 12 hours, I am no further forward... Having trawled through a number of posts on this and similar subjects I am really up against the buffers.
The requirement is simple - getting Abobe Encore CS5.1 to "see" my request to use a Chapter Marker it gives me as one of three in the Manual Option section during the build process.
I had no issues with DL authoring in CS4, but CS5 is giving me a lot of grief.
The outline:
I have a timeline of 67 minutes with 6 Chapter Markers. The first two are within the first 10 minutes, CH3 at 36 minutes, CH4 at 38 minutes, CH5 at 41 minutes and CH6 at 61 minutes.
I am using Verbatum DL +R DVDs (I have used no other these last three years) with a write speed of x4 or x2.4.
Once I have built the NEW project, imported the video and placed the Chapters as above (all except CH3 at fade-to-black points) I select 8.54 GB dual layer, Side one, Manual and proceed.
At the invitation to select the manual point Encore offers me CH3, CH4 and CH5. No matter what I select, it places the break point at about 33 minutes (about half way) and in doing so screws up my own Chapters by placing it's own (invisible in the timeline) chapter thereby shuffling all mine. As a result I lose sections or get repeated sections.
I tried building to Folders and using ImgBurn. This confirms the insistance on using a halfway point - same too building to an Image the chapter and cell are never my selected, always a cell at about the halway point.
Adobe Encore is not recognising my selection (at its own invitation).
I have deleted the project and cache - rebooted and built the project from scratch importing the video - creating the timeline and adding the Chapters - always the same.
I have followed some of the points given using Folders in ImgBurn - it simply is not working for me. It's almost like Encore is screwing the build and the build is the same as though the settings are held in cache.
As mentioned, I have cleared all previous builds and their files and deleted the media cache with no joy.
I'm getting to the point whereby the only choice left to me is to split the project timeline and build the project as two separate DVDs (as the timeline is only just over the capacity for a single sided DVD (3 minutes).
As for PCG Edit - doesn't seem to want to run on my workstation (PC i7 24GB RAM - 3 separate drives in RAID combo and separate OS SSD).
Can someone help me find out what has happened to Encore as it does appear that after every "upgrade" somthing gets a little worse judging by my CS4 experience.
Many Thanks

Hi Stan,
Many thanks...
Yes, running "as admin"
Not quite with you "...too much material for a layer."
I often run to about 65 mins to just fit a single layer - perfect, but this project ran over - and I can't take anything out.
I am loath to change the sample rate as my SD quality (from a combo of AVCHD and MPEG2) Sony NX5 and Z5 really hit the spot for max res in SD (9.4 Mb/s). The Encoded spec for Encore is legal (or so it would seem) for Encore in a single layer (no issues or errored DVDs), and as I said in the OP I had no issues like this in CS4 (yes, apart from the known buggy stuff).
But why would Encore offer me a number of break points in placed chapters only to ignore them consistantly?
Another point:
My first build went through and honoured the chapters, but put the layer change halfway - but didn't screw the build. There was a production reason I had to change the timeline content - one shot change of the same duration. I would certainly settle for that at this stage. Interestingly, I built to Image and did an IMGBurn (as I do do for all DLs). But as you say, IMGBurn is choking on what's been passed to it from Encore. I am trying to replicate that first build.
By the way, all my Chapters in the timeline preview perfectly in Encore - it's just when I ask for the build it all goes wrong (seemingly).
Many thanks again Stan. Appreciate your reply.

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Setting a Layer Break for GEAR Pro Mastering Edition with EncoreDVD & IFOEdit

Setting Layer Breaks Manually for Encore/GEAR Projects
Although we can write straight to a DVD+R DL disc directly out of EncoreDVD 2.0 and we can also create our Master DLT tapes directly out of EncoreDVD 2.0 also, there are times when these options simply are not sufficient.
For example - we wish to Verify the successful writing of a DLT Tape, or we wish to create a QC disc for our clients in DVD-R DL format.
Either way, the "option" of using a +R DL disc is often unacceptable.
Another very good reason for +R DL discs to be NFG is that they are NOT DVD-Video format, and as such tend to expect the layers 0 and 1 to be of equal size.
Yet another reason could simply be we are using EncoreDVD 1.01, which does not support direct writing of any DL discs at all.
The solution is to use GEAR Pro Mastering Edition to create your DLT or DVD-R DL disc directly from your Encore project instead.
And here's how you do it.
You are going to need copies of both GEAR Pro Mastering Edition, EncoreDVD (any version) and finally a copy of the freeware application IFOEdit http://www.ifoedit.com/. Additionally, we will also need the GEAR Layer Break Calcuulator, provided for free on their excellent support site at http://www.gearsoftware.com/support/documentation/layerbreakcalculator.xls
Now we are ready - lets look at how it is all done. Don't be put off by what looks like a lot of math here either - this gets easier every time you do it and all it takes is a little common sense and practise.
The best way to proceed is to use EncoreDVD to build your project to a folder. This will not make any Layer Break settings at all, and will allow us to create a new DL Project in GEAR and also allows GR+EAR to build the UDF/ISO structure for us.
So once we have written our tested and checked project to a folder, the next step is to close out of EncoreDVD and launch GPME. By the way - if you're not certain that you need the expense of GPME for a one-off project you can simply download their 30 day trial version and use this as it is 100% fully functional in every way - there are no limitations at all.
When GEAR loads, select to create a new DVD-Video project and be certain you tick the DVD9 box in this screen too. Another window will appear now asking you to locate the folder where the Video_TS files are stored. Point this at the Video_TS folder and GEAR will create a basic DVD9 project for you.
Next we need to load up the Excel Spreadsheet with the Layer Break Calculator we downloaded earlier. I always use a different machine for this as I don't have Office installed and any open source application that can read an XLS file will do the job. If you don't have one, I recommend either OpenOffice or Star Office to do this. There are a lot of helpful calculators in XLS mode, and you won't regret it. Just try to keep all this stuff well clear of your authoring system though. But I am rambling, and I'm sorry. Back to buiness.
Once we have loaded up our Layer Break Calculator, we need to enter in some numbers.
Back over in GPME, where we have our shiny new DVD9 project sat there waiting for instructions, there is a file structure on the lower left hand side of the project screen. Att the top of the list we should see something very much like "VOLUME (projectname) (DVD-Video ISO/UDF)"
Right-click on this, and select "Properties". A screen will appear with all sorts of numbers in it, and we ignore the lot of them except for the "Total Volume Size in Sectors" - which we need to write down, nip across the room to our spreadsheet, and type the number in right at the top where it says "Total Volume (project) Size"
Another set of (probably) meaningless numbers appears - and the 2 we are interested in here are the ones where it says "RULES" and specifically "Layer Break Point must be Greater than .....
And Less than.....
Write these 2 numbers down, and hop smartly back across to where we have our GEAR project open on our authoring machine. Or simply minimize the spreadsheet if we are doing all this on the same system.
We now need to click on the folder marked "Video_TS" in the bottom left of the GEAR screen, and on the lower right we need to click once on the bar in the middle above all the VOB files marked "start sector" to arrange all the files in the sequence they will be on the disc. This makes finding our VTS file so much easier.
Somewhere in that list there will be a file that has that range of numbers in it. If we are really lucky, there will be more than one, which means that one of these will soon become our Layer Break.
When we have identified the correct file, take a note of it's name - it will be VTS_01_4.VOB or something with a similar structure name wise.
Next, we need to write down and enter into the Layer Break Calculator the start sector number of the VTS_xx_1.VOB file that holds our values.
I will try to explain why. If our Sector range is to be found in the example we gave earlier, say VTS_01_4.VOB, we need to note the start sector of the file VTS_01_1.VOB. This is because all these VTS_xx_x.VOB files are all extensions of the same file. They are just in handy blocks so that the Computer can keep track of them without breaking any rules about file sizes. Anyway, we write down the Start Sector of the file VTS_xx_1.VOB where xx is the file where the Layer Break range is to be found.
Just to try & make the concept clear, if the range were found in the file VTS_05_5.VOB, our start sector we need to write down is VTS_05_1.VOB
Enter this into the Calculator/Spreadsheet in the place where it says "Chosen Video Object VTS_xx_1.VOB Start Sector.
Now this will tell us exactly where we need to look next, and tell us we now need to hunt for a cell start sector between a range of sectors.
It might be something like "1,148,678 and 2,051,052" sectors.
This is where IFOEdit comes in.
Launch IFOEdit - and you may as well go back to GEAR, and close the project - but not the application. Go to the "File" menu, and from the drop dow select "Delete GEAR Project" and delete the one we just created, as we will need to change it anyway. Why you will find out later on.
From IFOEdit, you will see 2 halves of a screen. Down the bottom left there is an "Open" button. Click on this and locate the Video_TS folder, and specifically the file VTS_xx_1.IFO, where xx is the file we know from earlier the Layer Break will be placed.
Immediately your head will start to ache, your eyes will glaze over & your brain will wave a little white flag, as some serious mathematics suddenly appears (Well, that's what happened to me the first time. I was too fascinated to be confused - sheer bewilderment is perhaps the best expression. And I still don't know what most of it is for.
The one we are interested in can be found in the upper half, and is called "VTS_PGCITI".
Click on this, and a lot of little others will appear immediately below it.
You will see VTS_PGC_1 and so on until you run out of blocks.
The odds are high our layer break will be in the longest file - but this does not always hold true, so we start at the top & work our way rapidly down. What we are looking for is twofold.
1 - A Cell Start Sector within our range defined earlier.
2 - A cell Start Sector flagged as "NON Seamless playback.
If we can fill both these criteria, we have our layer break.
Write this number down, and enter it into our spreadsheet - and close down IFOEdit as we are done with it for today.
Back in the Spreadsheet we are almost done. Once we enter this number in, it will helpfully calculate exactly where in our Virtual image from earlier that sector lies, and will check to see if it is divisible by 16. Don't worry for now why, just know that it has to do this.
The chances are high it will not be, so the spreadsheet will tell you how many sectors the whole image has to be shifted forwards by, and what the new Cell Start Sector is in this revised image. This is automatic, and you get 2 figures.
1 - Offset. This number will be between 0 and 15.
2 - Layer Break Sector.
Time to go back to GEAR, and in our "Options" drop-down menu we will have another one called "Preferences". In this, we need to tell GEAR to ask us for the start sector to be entered for each file.
Now we create our project again - but this time GEAR will ask us for the start sector of VIDEO_TS_IFO, and the figure 640 will be highlighted.
Add our offset figure we were given earlier to this so if our offset was 11, enter in 651.
GEAR will do all the rest automatically for you.
One more job to do now.
Go Back to "Options/Preferences", and under DVD we need to tell GEAR we are changing the Layer Break. Click on the "Change" button, and use the up/down arrows to arrive at our newly discovered Layer Break Value.
Save the project - we're done. And write down that offset & Layer Break whatever you do.
You can now write to DVD-R DL, DLT tapes (and if you right-click on your DLT drive in the lower "Devices" screen, and choose "Properties", you can tell GEAR to verify the tape after writing too. It will write both layers first, then verify each one.
There is, however, a minor "GOTCHA" in GPME when writing DLT tapes.
It is allowed to set the IDENT.TXT file to be included on the DLT tape by means of a tick box. However, as this file is not actually required for replication in DVD-Video, but only in DVD-ROM - GEAR will not include the file
i even if the box is ticked
but it
i does
add a pointer to the file in the DDPID file instead. The upshot of this is that a DLT tape where IDENT.TXT has been selected to be included will be
i rejected by the factory as unusable.
This is because when they try to verify the DDP image on the tape it will fail as IDENT.TXT is NOT on the tape.
You must ensure this box is NEVER TICKED - I fell for this one recently, and had to rework 7 DLT tapes.
There is yet another way to get a DL project to the factory if you do not have a DLT machine, and do not have access to DL discs in the correct format.
Write the DDP images to 2 single layer discs instead!
This requires the use of GEAR Pro Mastering Edition again, and is incredibly easy to do.
What you need to do here is follow the original guides in the FAQ sections for setting the Layer Break manually, but instead of writing the project to DLT tapes or to DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL media, what we do next is write the project to a DDP file on the HDD instead.
This will result in 2 folders appearing - Layer 0 and Layer 1.
Each of these has the necessary information for the replication plant to manufacture the discs - all we need to do is get them onto 2 discs instead of 2 DLT tapes.
This is simplicity itself.
Launch your burning application.
Create a new DVD-ROM project.
Name it (Project)_Layer_1
Broswe to the 2 folders with the DDP files in them, and add the contents in this exact order
DDPID
CONTROL.DAT
IMAGE.DAT
(Checksum.txt - optional)
(Log file - optional)
Burn the disc.
Repeat for Layer 1.
That is all there is to it.
What will happen at the factory is the Eclipse verification system will look for the DDPID file at the root level of the disc. If it cannot find it, it will assume it is dealing with a standard DVD-ROM disc instead, but if it is there it will know what is going on, load the files, and ask for Layer 1 after it has finished in the normal manner.
I hope this helps out - if not, please post in the main forums, and I'll try to help out.

Hi Ryan,
Yes, you'll only get the LB sector number when you format with one of the "tape images" (go with DDP 2.0). And unfortunately, Gear doesn't allow transfer of DDP or CMF Images to DLT.
Gear is working on a version that will incorporate DVD-9 making within the program.
Meanwhile, If you go with the instructions on their site to create a DVD-9, be sure to add: "correct VTS sectors" in the VIDEO_TS folder with IFOEdit, and set the region info in the VMGM_MAT to "0"; and be sure to flag all instances of a cell properly for the layer break, in the case they reside in any Stories that span the Layers.
But if I may; It's highly recommended that you hire out tests on the resulting DDP image to make sure the layer break did indeed fall where you expected, and that there are no other issues (Same goes with any DDP image destined for replication, created by any other program).
Or better yet, consider hiring someone to premaster for you (I wonder who? , who also includes navigation proofing, spec compliance testing (MEI and sometimes with a player bank) and verifying the finished Image (EclipseSuite); all for one low fixed price, i.e. no charge in the event a resubmission to me is required (pre consultation, also included, nips lots of common mistakes in the buds). This insures that only a bullet-proof Image is finally sent in to the replicator.
There I go with commercials again! But for sure, Gear's current DVD-9 method is not for the faint of head; and premastering in general, is not the innocuous activity it appears to be. Real trouble eventually awaits (unless measures are taken), due to the nature of the critter.
Take care,
Trai

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Just saw that Adam's original post was an older one. Will keep this here anyway to maybe help the most recent poster.
Sharon
Adam, did you try what David said about pointing to the root folder? Did that work?
When I copy the SD card, I name a new folder on my hard drive something specific, like Smith Wedding. Then I copy everything inside the SD card to that new folder. The first level inside my new folder now has folders for
AVF_INFO
PRIVATE
and on down from there. When you open Log and Transfer, point it to the Smith Wedding folder (of course whatever you have named yours).
ClipWrap2 also works great to convert the files beforehand if you want.
What camera are you using? I have the Sony NX30 and it was giving me fits because the .mts files don't ingest if the clips are longer than 11 min. My problem is that I'm still on FCP 6.0.6. I think 7.0.3 fixed that. But I did find enough work-arounds to keep the camera.
This is a link to the full discussion if you are interested.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19085158#19085158
Sharon
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I've had a few deal-breaking issues with the released version of LR5 for Windows and read about several others. There seems to be some consistency with the types of issues people are having with, at least, the Windows version of the software. I think that Adobe is splitting the code stream with LR5 since it is offered as both a stand-alone product and as part of the Creative Cloud.
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I'm going to look for a new LR CC thread but posting here for now.
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Issues with Playlists in Encore 2.0 - Wisdom required!

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So. I figured what I'll do is create a playlist for each exercise, all the exercise timelines now having had the "black clips" removed. Now each exercise button on the menu links to a playlist of "BLACK TIMELINE, EXERCISE TIMELINE, BLACK TIMELINE". This enables me to create the "play all" playlist to hit all of the exercises without all the "black clips" inbetween (just at the start and end). Brilliant.
This all works perfectly in the preview window.
When I burn this onto disc and play it I start to encounter problems. Each playlist (individual exercise or "play all") simply plays the first "BLACK TIMELINE" and then goes to the last menu. This seemingly makes no sense as I believe I've set my playlists correctly. I have also endeavoured to not use any overrides as I've read about the issues there.
I'm burning onto high quality Taiyo Yuden discs on the lowest possible speed I can (6x). I'm using Encore 2.0 and would be prepared to upgrade if that would solve the problem. That said, I'd really want to drop my project into a new version (not rebuild) and I suspect that is fairyland stuff.
I'm really keen to fix this and any thoughts or advice would be extremely gratefully received.
Many thanks for reading! There are some screenshots of a few aspects of my project below.
Andy Wilton
^ Screengrab of a "play all" playlist. If we were to scroll down the "Timelines" we'd see more exercises and finally a repeat of the "Black Matte".
^ This is a screengrab of an exercise Playlist. All of the exercise playlists are the same.
^ This is a screengrab of an exercise timeline - they are all the same.
^ This is a screengrab of the "Black Matte" timeline (2 seconds of Black filler).

Hi Andy,
Making a training or trivia DVD is much like writing a software program, yet the authoring applications (not just Encore, but even the $50k ones) don't have a debugger. As a software engineer, this seems crazy to me. The DVD navigation commands are like a simple assembler, once you get down to what is underneath the "abstraction layer" created by a program like Encore or DVD Studio Pro.
We have a free demo of DVDAfterEdit which includes "Tracer", which is a debugger that we created.
http://www.dvdafteredit.com/node/1262
Our software is Macintosh only, it will run on any older Macintosh that can run OS X.
The concept behind DVDAfterEdit is that you can create all your assets with Encore or similar programs, then modify and expand on the navigation using the tools built-in to DVDAE. Others have used this to created titles such as "Scene It", and I created the navigation for "The Quick and Dirty Guide to Pilates" by Digifilm, available on Amazon. This title lets you create a playlist "on the fly", though unfortunately all DVD players discard such information when you eject a disc.
If you are willing to invest the time to learn what is going on underneath the drag and drop interface of Encore, DVDAE can be a very powerful tool. If you are interested, please take a look and try it out, and I will try to answer any questions you might have.
Regards.
Larry

Encore CS3 Error: Disc requires a layer break

Hi,
So I'm trying to build a DVD with DVD Video and ROM content (3.92GB for DVD video and 4.61GB for ROM content) on a dual layer DVD. When preparing the disc layout encore stops and comes up with a warning: DualLayer - This disc requires a layer break.
I've set Encore to make the layer break automatically, and changing it to manual doesn't make any difference... can you help?? I've tried exporting the project to disc, image and folder but it makes no difference!!!
Tim

You have a mixture of problems at play here, and whilst this may seem like a pain in the rear, there is a way out for you.
Problem #1 is that Encore cannot set a layer break in the ROM content, as it cannot hook into it and therefore has no way of knowing what it contains.
Problem #2 is that when creating DVD9 discs, there are 2 ways to master them - OTP (Opposite Track Path) and PTP (Parallel Track Path).
All DVD Writers are incapable of writing in PTP mode. This has caused me problems on more occasions than you can possibly know. It's a real PITA.
You can however
i replicate
to PTP mode.
Why is this the case? Well, because DVD is usually used for DVD-Video, and the Layer Break needs to be as unobtrusive as possible - so the disc mastering uses OTP so that for Layer 0, the laser starts at the middle of the disc, travels to the outside, refocusses to Layer 1 and then travels back towards the middle again. The idea is to minimize the time taken to refocus, giving if anything just a small pause at worst, should the break point need to be placed in the middle of a film (Do not confuse this with "Seamless" layer break in apps like IMGBurn, as that ONLY applies to Multiple Angle discs. NEVER add a "seamless" flag on a single angle film)
Trouble with OTP is that you cannot have more information on Layer 1 than on Layer 0 - for obvious reasons.
The solution is PTP - and this has to be done in a PreMastering application. GEAR Pro Mastering Edition is one for PC, and DVD AfterEdit is one for Mac. The masters cannot be burned. They need to be written to DLT tapes.
One possible workaround is to tell Encore to create a Folder with just your DVD-Video material. Do not - at this point - add the ROM content.
Launch IMGBurn (freeware/Donationware, www.imgburn.com)
Go into BUILD mode.
Make sure it is set to "Calculate Optimal" for Layer Breaks.
Add your Video_TS folder.
Add your ROM folder.
Hit "Write" - it will tell you it cannot find a suitable location for a Layer Break to spec, and ask you if you want to proceed anyway.
Tell it "YES" and it will make your disc.
Where the layer break will be is anybody's guess, but it will load your Video_TS and try to split the data equally between the layers. It should put it between files.
It's your only shot at getting a written disc - this will not be suitable for replication unless you master it in PTP mode though.
Good Luck.

Issue With Page Break When Sorting is also applied on group

Hi
I am facing an issue with Page break only when I have sorting applied on the grouping that I have in the template.
The following is the sample XML
<ROWSET>
<ROW>
<GRE>org1</GRE>
<ORGANIZATION>Accounts</ORGANIZATION>
<FULL_NAME>test1,</FULL_NAME>
<ELEMENT_NAME>TEST BONUS</ELEMENT_NAME>
<CLASSIFICATION>Supplemental Earnings</CLASSIFICATION>
<RUN_VALUE>250</RUN_VALUE>
<MONTH_VALUE>500</MONTH_VALUE>
<QUARTER_VALUE>500</QUARTER_VALUE>
<YEAR_VALUE>500</YEAR_VALUE>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<GRE>org1</GRE>
<ORGANIZATION>Finance</ORGANIZATION>
<FULL_NAME>test2</FULL_NAME>
<ELEMENT_NAME>VOLUNTARY AD AND D</ELEMENT_NAME>
<CLASSIFICATION>Voluntary Deductions</CLASSIFICATION>
<RUN_VALUE>5.19</RUN_VALUE>
<MONTH_VALUE>10.38</MONTH_VALUE>
<QUARTER_VALUE>10.38</QUARTER_VALUE>
<YEAR_VALUE>10.38</YEAR_VALUE>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<GRE>org1</GRE>
<ORGANIZATION>Finance</ORGANIZATION>
<FULL_NAME>test3</FULL_NAME>
<ELEMENT_NAME>HMO MEDICAL</ELEMENT_NAME>
<CLASSIFICATION>Pre-Tax Deductions</CLASSIFICATION>
<RUN_VALUE>19.67</RUN_VALUE>
<MONTH_VALUE>39.34</MONTH_VALUE>
<QUARTER_VALUE>39.34</QUARTER_VALUE>
<YEAR_VALUE>39.34</YEAR_VALUE>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<GRE>org1</GRE>
<ORGANIZATION>Finance</ORGANIZATION>
<FULL_NAME>test4</FULL_NAME>
<ELEMENT_NAME>PENSION NR DC</ELEMENT_NAME>
<CLASSIFICATION>Pre-Tax Deductions</CLASSIFICATION>
<RUN_VALUE>0</RUN_VALUE>
<MONTH_VALUE>360</MONTH_VALUE>
<QUARTER_VALUE>360</QUARTER_VALUE>
<YEAR_VALUE>360</YEAR_VALUE>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
In the template I group the data based on CLASSIFICATION and then sort on the same column CLASSIFICATION. I have a page-break applied for every group.
When I generate the PDF, I am not getting the page-breaks for every group. Instead some of them are displayed in the same page.
But when I remove the sorting that I had in the template on the column CLASSIFICATION, I am getting the output in the desired way but not in a sorted order.
kumar

Hi All,
I am using MS-WORD 2007 and BI Publisher desktop 10.1.3.3.3.
When I use split-by-page-break, splitting is performed for every line .. but not for group of lines.
Can anybody throw some light on this?
FYI...
I am using this code:
?if: position() mod 6= 0?
?split-by-page-break:?
?end if?
(Of course with in tags)
in G_LINES loop.
Can anybody help me out :-(
--Saritha

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Hi All,
I have an unusual issue with page break. Here is my scenario, I have a group of items in my table main area and for each group there is sort of header that prints. Similarly there are multiple groups needing a header whenever there is a new group printing. So far it prints fine. But whenever there is a page break and when items from the same group also print on the next page the same header needs to print on the top of next page similar to how the header area repeats on each page. Unfortunately I did not see any page break event for table main area.
Here is an alternative I have tried but having issues: I have created two rows for this group header one printing from header and another printing from main area. Whenever there is a page break the same group header prints as part of the header and on the rest of the page it prints from the main area. But in a particular scenario, there is a new group starting at almost bottom of the page but as there is not enough space left on the same page (page protection) jumps to next page. In this case there are two group headers printed one coming from the preivous page main area and another coming from the next page header. I hope my explanation is clear enough to understand.
Please suggest if there is any basic feature of smartform that I have missed out can solve this issue or if there is another alternative you can think of. I appreciate your responses.
Thanks..

I was able to solve this issue on my own.
Instead of checking for a page break on header line I am using a flag that is prepopulated in the table. I set this flag whenver a new group of items starts. If the flag is set I print it from the main area and if it is not set I print it from the header. This helped in avoiding the multiple header lines..

New Issues with Flash builder - Second time you do search from imported Tutorial file it breaks with AS error

Okay, so I had an issue with the Design View that was broke because of the <s:text> tag inside of the <s:RichText> tag. Adobe fiexed that in one of the next released builds (discussion here in fourms). So I took the tutorial file (again) and started to work on it and all went okay, except that the 'tracking' method on the ricktext tag was taken out. Forums mentioned that. So on import of the 'tutorial' fxp from FC to Flex builder, you get several errors because FC still builds the fxp file with 'tracking' property being used in the RichText tag. No biggie, i just remapped to trackingLeft property in the effected files. Now mind you in the older build that I had this project, worked fine, with the exception of the 'design view' issue with the <s:text> file borking the design view. Bug on it said it was fixed with the next build. which it was but this now when you take the EXACT same code and compile and run it the seach will break each and everytime. Think it has or may have something to do with Adobe taking out the 'tracking' property on the richtext tag.
anyone else having this issue?
attaching the fxp file
btw, posted as a bug FB-21116
https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FB-21116
Craig

I can recreate the problem but I haven't seen it reported
before. WebHelp has an option that would let you avoid the input
box in the Index but not FlashHelp.
There is information in Snippet 1 on my site about TOC
synchronisation but I don't know if it will help with FlashHelp.
Please report this bug via the Adobe site.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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