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jamesd3rd · 13-03-2008

I did a search of the forum and found that this has been an existing issue but has anyone resolved the problem?

I used DVDFab Platinum 4.1.0.2 to split a movie over two Tayo-Yuden DVD-R blanks but the copy will not play on my Sony set top box. When put in the player, it spins for a bit then display some cryptic code on the screen. Basically it doesn't work.

It does however play on the PC dvd player. I first split the source DVD (keeping menus on disc 1) and wrote the content to the hard drive where folders were created for both discs under the movie title. I then used the 'Write' feature to write the respective discs to blanks using the created Disc 1 & 2 folders as sources.

I also tried using DVD Shrink to write the same split folders to blanks but neither method produced a disc that could be played on my set top box. They can only be played on the PC DVD player.

If DL media was affordable this would be a non-issue.

Is there an explanation for this? Has anyone found a resolution? This is my first time using Fab Platinum. Ripping the main movie works with no problems. Something is definitely wrong with the split feature. What's the point of preserving menus and spanning DVD-Rs to maintain quality if they don't play?

13-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
jamesd3rd CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 33	Split DVD with DVDFab Platinum 4.1.0.2 doesn't play on set top box I did a search of the forum and found that this has been an existing issue but has anyone resolved the problem? I used DVDFab Platinum 4.1.0.2 to split a movie over two Tayo-Yuden DVD-R blanks but the copy will not play on my Sony set top box. When put in the player, it spins for a bit then display some cryptic code on the screen. Basically it doesn't work. It does however play on the PC dvd player. I first split the source DVD (keeping menus on disc 1) and wrote the content to the hard drive where folders were created for both discs under the movie title. I then used the 'Write' feature to write the respective discs to blanks using the created Disc 1 & 2 folders as sources. I also tried using DVD Shrink to write the same split folders to blanks but neither method produced a disc that could be played on my set top box. They can only be played on the PC DVD player. If DL media was affordable this would be a non-issue. Is there an explanation for this? Has anyone found a resolution? This is my first time using Fab Platinum. Ripping the main movie works with no problems. Something is definitely wrong with the split feature. What's the point of preserving menus and spanning DVD-Rs to maintain quality if they don't play?