[mythtv-users] Bunch of MythArchive questions / problems

[DM - MythTV]

Brian Wood wrote:
> I agree that since it's an ISO it *should* work, but obviously something
> isn't working correctly, and you just have to start eliminating
> possibilities one by one, and simplifying your burn system so as to
> eliminate as many variables as possible

Alright, I moved the DVD burner over to my MBE last night - burned a RW 
to test and had the same results as with the RW before.  Then I burned a 
disc with the following changes so I could try it in the standalone player:
- burned directly from MythArchive (instead of the copy the ISO and burn 
on windows)
- used a -R media (original was +R)
- only put two episodes on the disk (3 is like 200MB over disc capacity, 
so mythburn.pl requants it to make space - using only 2 episodes leaves 
ample room on the disk)

After those three changes, symptoms are unchanged.  Since they are a few 
days back in the thread, here's a repost:

1>  Probably the worst problem is that during playback, the standalone
DVD player hesitates markedly during fade to and from black parts of the
content.  (For example a .5 second fade will take 10 seconds to actually
display, with resulting audio skips.)  This is not a problem with any of
the software players.

2>  The menu is defined to highlight the selected text item (changing
from light yellow to white for the selected item).  On
the standalone DVD player, this does not work at all.  On Real and WMP,
it will only work after several seconds.

3> The menu does not loop on the standalone DVD player.  That is, it
plays through the background audio and stops.  If you select before it
stops, it works fine.  Otherwise, all options become disabled (arrow
keys, number select, etc.) until you press the appropriate buttons to
restart the title menu again.

4> Menu audio track does not play on Real or WMP.  (Works subject to
other issues noted here on WinDVD and the standalone DVD player.)

5> On WinDVD only, the menu stops when you make a selection, leaving the
menu on the screen but not responding to any other navigation keys.  It
does set the status for play resumption tho, as pressing the "Play"
button will start the item selected.

6> Finally, the menu is defined as a "Title" menu, rather than a root or
main menu.  This is more of an annoyance, as not all DVD player
(software or standalone) have a button to go direct to the title menu.
Is there any way to redefine this in the theme profile?

7> Is there any way to set a gamma / color correction as part of
transcoding for the DVD?  For some reason, all players show the video as
more washed out than if I just watch the source from MythTV (some worse
than others, but all do it).  I suspect that MythArchive is performing a
transform as part of assembling the DVD, but I can't find where.


Any more suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Dan