neil wilkes
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Thanks for your response Neil.
To clarify what I meant. If you look at the top of the Insurgentes discs #2 it says this:
1 - For DVD-Audio players only
Advanced Resolution 5.1 of Insurgentes (24/48 resolution)
Advanced Resolution stereo of Insurgentes (24/48 resolution)
2 - For DVD - Audio & DVD Video players
DTS 5.1 of Insurgentes
24 bit stereo LPCM
So I'm assuming they are referring to the Disc numbers when they say 1 and 2 right? But when I place Disc 1 into my Oppo DV-970HD, it immediately goes to CD and plays the disc as a normal CD, no menu nothing.
When I place Disc 2 in I get the menu which allows me to select Audio settings. In there if I choose Advanced Resolution 5.1 it will not start, freezes on the playlist screen.
When you say setting "compiled" to 4:3 do you mean switching the resolution in the Oppo's settings menu? If so I tried that and it did not do anything.
As a side note, when I load Disc 2 and the main menu fades in the fourth option is labelled as "Extras" and then switches to "Credits" when fully loaded. Is there Extras on this disc that these problems may be preventing me from seeing/ hearing?
I'm trying to narrow down whether this is an issue with my player of perhaps that I have a bad disc and need to exchange it.
Thanks for any suggestions....
Dennis
Hi Dennis.
I've not actually got the retail edition myself - all I have is the limited one & the test moulds I checked.
However - I am seriously confused about anything playing as a CD when it is actually a DVD-A/V disc.
This is what *should* happen:
Load disc, get intro sequence.
Go to main menu - you should see "PLAY" with a little up arrow next to it.
Hit that - disc will play the Advanced Resolution stream your player is set up for as both 5.1 & 2.0 streams are in Group 1.
There are so far 5 players identified that freeze up here:
Pioneer 578
Yamaha DVD S657
Oppo OPDV 971H
Onkyo DV-SP502E
Integra DTR - 6.5 (made by Onkyo)
There is a firmware update for the Pioneers, and I have the ISO image if anyone needs it (just send PM). Usual Caveats with this thing apply.
If you have a DVD-V player, it will not load the AUDIO_TS.IFO file, but only the VIDEO_TS.IFO file giving you the option of either LPCM stereo or 5.1 DTS. This should simply not autoplay at all.
I think that disc 1 is the CD-DA, and disc 2 is the DVD-A/V. The description is misleading, and it should say this:
For DVD-Audio players only
Advanced Resolution 5.1 of Insurgentes (24/48 resolution)
Advanced Resolution stereo of Insurgentes (24/48 resolution)
For DVD - Audio & DVD Video players
Advanced Resolution 5.1 of Insurgentes (24/48 resolution)
Advanced Resolution stereo of Insurgentes (24/48 resolution)
DTS 5.1 of Insurgentes
24 bit stereo LPCM
"Insurgentes" documentary extract*
"Insurgentes" documentary trailers*
(* = Where available, depending on edition owned)
The "EXTRAS" tag in the intro is a mistake - it didn't get picked up in QC (Sorry about that - my fault). It looks like you have the edition with no documentary extracts. I thought I had altered the intro, but apparently not. oops?
When I say "compiled to 4:3" that is exactly what I mean. The disc is formatted as 16:9 widescreen, with letterboxing for 4:3 screens. There is no Pan & Scan option, and as such what you have to do here (authoring) is create the following track screens:
Background Image
16:9 SPHL image
4:3 Letterbox SPHL image
Button image
These are all there.
However - the 5 players above refuse to play the MLP streams formatted as 16:9, and we found a workaround is to recompile the disc out of Sonic by setting the TV aspect ratio to 4:3 instead of 16:9. This has worked on all 3 of the people that have so far had this disc (I have shipped another 3 of these as well, and that is all we have had trouble with. 6 discs in total)
It's definitely a player fault, and not a bad disc.
I will add the Oppo 970D to the list, but so far Oppo will not even return my calls. Their attitude is that this player is obsolete, and no longer supported at all.
I can do a written disc for you if you will send me proof of purchase and a return address, as it seems that Oppo will not help you out.
It's not my fault - but it's not your fault either so it seems that it is down to me to provide a fix solution purely to keep everyone happy.
There will be no more 16:9 discs from me as a result of this fiasco.
Shame, as things look a hell of a lot better in 16:9. Ah well.