Blu Ray won't move past Menu

Elton1101 wrote on 11/13/2012, 1:42 PM
I created a video in Vegas HD platinum 11 ... my wife got me a blu ray burner for my birthday...


I created the disc in DVDA 5.0 Build 161.... and it plays fine on my 2 different computer's blu ray players, but not on my Sony player hooked up to my tv... it puts the main menu up (which has links to 2 videos... but when I highlight the button and press enter, it loops tight back to the menu instead of playing the video.

Again, same disc operated properly on my computers.

Comments

videoITguy wrote on 11/13/2012, 2:06 PM
The likely reason for difference in set-top vis-a-vis computer drive performance is that settings were not made correctly in the DVDA project for links, etc.

PC perfomance is not a good indicator of true authoring package as it depends primarily on direct mouse cliks whereas set-top players must decode the authoring package instructions fully and hopefully correctly.
mikkie wrote on 11/13/2012, 2:15 PM
It might be a case of there being something wrong with the BD layout DVDA created, but I'd lean to it being a problem with the disc you burned -- just like with DVD players some brands of discs don't work as well in or with some burners or stand-alone players. myce.com has more info, though their trove of data has a lot more about DVDs, & videohelp.com maintains a database of user reported results if that does you any good. Personally I only use Imgburn for burning BD blanks, & have found some brands burn better at different speeds, e.g. 1 batch burned better at 4x than the rated 6x, while another would only burn at 6x.

If you're burning cheap BD blanks the rating already written to the disc may be a copy of something else, so speeds reported in Imgburn for example may not reflect the actual disc. You can & should check for firmware updates for your burner, & optionally you can also check at places like myce to see if there are reports of a better firmware version or mod for your burner.

At any rate, if you wanted to do a check to see if the DVDA BD layout was a problem, burn a test disc using multiAVCHD to create the layout, then Imgburn to burn it. Both apps are free, though donations encouraged, & if you wanted use a re-writable Blu-Ray blank.
Elton1101 wrote on 11/14/2012, 12:25 AM
I used memorex BD-r's Can you recommend a better brand?
videoITguy wrote on 11/14/2012, 4:44 AM
logon onto meritline.com and explore the Blu-ray disc options - you can choose Titan, Ritek, and many others with good prices.
mikkie wrote on 11/14/2012, 6:49 PM
FWIW I've had great luck out of meritline for BD blanks shipped out of their US warehouse -- had one order shipped from Hong Kong or wherever & the bottom disc was damaged/worn. The quality overall has been better than BD blanks ordered out of newegg, where 3 batches from 1 manufacturer worked great, but the 4th batch didn't work at all. OTOH I've had very poor luck with DVDs out of meritline, despite having no problems with the same brands bought locally & from other suppliers.
Arthur.S wrote on 11/15/2012, 1:28 PM
I had the same problems using early version 5 of DVDA to a Sony BD player. Didn't matter what brand of disc I used. I upgraded to latest version of 5 and also upgraded the firmware of my player. All fine after that.
Elton1101 wrote on 11/19/2012, 2:39 PM
Ok... even more interesting... burned the same video usin.g Roxio Creator 11...
worked just fine in my sony blu ray player.

At your suggestions, i ditched the memorex blu rays for verbatim... and rebuilt the project from scratch...

same thing happens.... even though the link on the main menu-- according to dvda 5.0 (build 161) says it's to navigate to the first video.... and the second link to the second... it still loops back to the main menu only... yet it works correctly in the preview mode AND the burned dvd works in both of my computers correctly.

My sony blu ray player has no more firmware upgrades available.