Hi,
I have nearly 60+ ISO’s of family videos that were transferred from Mini-DV tape to DVD-R using a Sony DVD recorder. The ISO’s of those DVD’s don’t play on the LIVE HUB. The menu never shows and it just sits on a blank screen. The DVD’s themselves play without any problem on ALL DVD machines I’ve tried them on, and the ISO’s play flawlessly on ALL OTHER streamers (such as “PlayOn!HD” and “Dune”) :mansurprised:
(FYI I can confirm that the latest Sony DVD Recorder (model # VRD-MC6) created DVD discs DO work via ISO on the Live Hub – it’s just DVD’s made on their older DVD-R recorders that don’t.)
I unpacked one ISO and looked at the VOB and I posted the Media Information below.
I spoke to WD Tech Support about this. One person said “we know about this issue (home-made DVD’s not playing) and in the next 4-6 weeks there should be a fix.” Another rep from teir 2 said they don’t have any imeediate plans for a fix since it might be a varient of a sony DRM that they cannot circumvent (makes little sense as most other streamers play it well) and I shouldnt hold my breath.
I uploaded a sample non-playing ISO to an FTP so they can download and see for themselves and test against it. I hope they look at it and act on it as I belive there are many in the same boat. If anyone here wants to or can take a look at the ISO to see what’s holding the WD LIVE HUB from playing them, please PM me and I’ll send you the link to the ISO.
In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas how to enable the LIVE HUB to play these ISO’s?
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MEDIA INFO TREE
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUP
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Menu
File size : 12.0 KiB
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy
Text
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Bit depth : 2 bits
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Menu
File size : 12.0 KiB
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy
Text
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Bit depth : 2 bits
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 36.0 KiB
Duration : 33ms
Overall bit rate : 8 937 Kbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Simple@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 33ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.946
Stream size : 39.5 KiB
Text
ID : 32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Menu
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.BUP
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Program
File size : 46.0 KiB
Duration : 1h 2mn
Overall bit rate : 100 bps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Duration : 1h 2mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 2mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Menu
Duration : 1h 2mn
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:05:53.000 : Chapter 2
00:11:38.500 : Chapter 3
00:17:46.500 : Chapter 4
00:23:41.000 : Chapter 5
00:29:51.500 : Chapter 6
00:35:38.000 : Chapter 7
00:41:48.500 : Chapter 8
00:47:40.500 : Chapter 9
00:53:42.000 : Chapter 10
00:59:41.500 : Chapter 11
List (Audio) : 0
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Program
File size : 46.0 KiB
Duration : 1h 2mn
Overall bit rate : 100 bps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Duration : 1h 2mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 2mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Menu
Duration : 1h 2mn
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:05:53.000 : Chapter 2
00:11:38.500 : Chapter 3
00:17:46.500 : Chapter 4
00:23:41.000 : Chapter 5
00:29:51.500 : Chapter 6
00:35:38.000 : Chapter 7
00:41:48.500 : Chapter 8
00:47:40.500 : Chapter 9
00:53:42.000 : Chapter 10
00:59:41.500 : Chapter 11
List (Audio) : 0
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 7s 580ms
Overall bit rate : 1 133 Mbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 7s 580ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 110 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 107.206
Stream size : 1 003 MiB (98%)
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 7s 332ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Video delay : -67ms
Stream size : 229 KiB (0%)
Menu
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 6s 627ms
Overall bit rate : 1 296 Mbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 5s 982ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 270 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 122.626
Stream size : 906 MiB (88%)
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 6s 627ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Video delay : -247ms
Stream size : 207 KiB (0%)
Menu
General
Complete name : G:\001 (11-99) Eretz Yisroel with Leah\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 894 MiB
Duration : 14s 681ms
Overall bit rate : 511 Mbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 14s 397ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 501 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 48.322
Stream size : 859 MiB (96%)
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 14s 681ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Video delay : -268ms
Stream size : 459 KiB (0%)
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