HD [MP4] Dual-layer DVD vs USB Playback

[TheEmpathicEar]

I burned a 7.x HD MP4 onto a dual-layer DVD and tried playback on my home theatre Blu-Ray player. The video playback was stop and go. i.e. freeze, continue, freeze, etc.
I transferred the same HD MP4 to a USB flash drive and tried playback on the Blu-Ray player [it has a USB slot] with no trouble. Why the difference in playback between the two mediums?

[john11]

Possible issues:

What was the condition of the dvd you burnt, was it scratched, fingerprints, dirty?

Does your blu ray player actually support that particular type/format of dvd? please check instructions

[TheEmpathicEar]

Possible issues:

What was the condition of the dvd you burnt, was it scratched, fingerprints, dirty?

Does your blu ray player actually support that particular type/format of dvd? please check instructions

Q1: [not sure if you are referring to Blu--Ray disc to be copied or medium used in burning]
Q1a. Original Blu-Ray disc is new, pristine.
Q2b. Dual-layer DVD is new, pristine

Q2: My home theatre Blu-Ray player supports Blu-Ray obviously. It also supports many HD formats which can be accessed via USB drive or data DVD.

I have been using ImgBurn to do the burn the MP4 [HD video] to data DVD. I may have to visit their forum to make sure all the settings are appropriate to what I am doing.

[RobertX]

Could be the Cinavia protection.

Since 2012, every Blu Ray TV player is required to have the Cinavia copyright protection before it goes on sale. Side effects of this "protection" include degradation of audo/video quality after twenty minutes into the movie. It's specified as a "watermark." What makes Cinavia "great" is that the protection is there no matter how many times you rip it or encode it.

However, if there were, you might already know as they'll tell you.

The best ways for circumvention, or so I've heard, are either to use Cinex to HD, a paid program that fixes the audio or to put the video in a USB drive and then stick it to the slot of a TV.

I'm just telling you what I've heard, but I hope it helps, even a little bit.

Good luck.

[TheEmpathicEar]

Could be the Cinavia protection.

Since 2012, every Blu Ray TV player is required to have the Cinavia copyright protection before it goes on sale. Side effects of this "protection" include degradation of audo/video quality after twenty minutes into the movie. It's specified as a "watermark." What makes Cinavia "great" is that the protection is there no matter how many times you rip it or encode it.

However, if there were, you might already know as they'll tell you.

The best ways for circumvention, or so I've heard, are either to use Cinex to HD, a paid program that fixes the audio or to put the video in a USB drive and then stick it to the slot of a TV.

I'm just telling you what I've heard, but I hope it helps, even a little bit.

Good luck.

Thx! I did not know this. But, the video/audio was fine when played from a USB drive [at least for the 5 minutes or so that I checked]. It was the data DVD that I burned the HD MP4 video onto that has video/audio troubles: freezing, starting up again, etc. How does what you mentioned explain this?

[john11]

if the file you are trying to copy was downloaded from a torrent site the protection will have been removed.

It comes down to if your blu ray player supports that particular type of disc, why not google for instructions and double check

or try a different dsc.

Only a player supporting MP4 files will play MP4 files, you may need to convert to the proper DVD Video format. Try ConvertXtoDVD.

The DVD must have a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder which imgburn apparently does not create, also DVD Flick

Put the MP4 into MediaInfo set to tree view and post the results here, then i can fully advise you.

This may well be the case that you have not created a proper dvd structure. You could try nero, which converts just about any file type to dvd and does a good job, in fact nero should be installed on your pc by default

Not all blu ray players support Cinavia

[TheEmpathicEar]

if the file you are trying to copy was downloaded from a torrent site the protection will have been removed.

It comes down to if your blu ray player supports that particular type of disc, why not google for instructions and double check

or try a different dsc.

Only a player supporting MP4 files will play MP4 files, you may need to convert to the proper DVD Video format. Try ConvertXtoDVD.

The DVD must have a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder which imgburn apparently does not create, also DVD Flick

Put the MP4 into MediaInfo set to tree view and post the results here, then i can fully advise you.

This may well be the case that you have not created a proper dvd structure. You could try nero, which converts just about any file type to dvd and does a good job, in fact nero should be installed on your pc by default

Not all blu ray players support Cinavia

What I tried to convey in my first post was that I burned an HD video [MP4] onto a dual-layer disc. It was not my intention to create DVD video which is very different. I also tried creating an MKV as well. But, I had the same playback issues. In each case, I copied the HD video files to a USB drive. When played from a USB drive, playback was normal. That's why I wondered whether there would be a difference between playback between the two mediums and why, if so? I might try to seek advice at the ImgBurn forum.

[john11]

Try nero to burn the file to disc

Also, if you so wish, you could try converting the file via nero which may over come the problem

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Sorry not trying to be funny with you, why are you so determined to use imgburn.

Nero is better, and you can tinker with the settings and options.

I did a google search and others are complaining about imgburn and mp4 files incompatibility

The difference between the disc copy structure and usb seems to be imgburn

I have used imgburn before for video and did not like it.

Try nero, and try converting the file to dvd via nero, this should overcome the problem.