Thanks for that Grazie.
Reading the release notes though there's not a lot in it except for one thing, guess I'll need to check see if they've fixed the unreferenced audio stream bug yet.
Bob.

system's getting re-set tonight so i doubt they want to announce it & have a rush before the servers go down. :)

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Reading the release notes though there's not a lot in it except for one thing, guess I'll need to check see if they've fixed the unreferenced audio stream bug yet.
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That does not appear to be fixed; however, one of the 4b bullet items mentions "An issue has been fixed that could cause playback of burned DVDs to fail on some DVD players due to a navigation error."

I wonder if that is supposed to resolve the playback issue on some DVD Recorder/Player units??? (i.e. maybe the problem was unrelated to the invalid audio reference, and the issue was with some other Navigation code...)

Does anyone have one of those DVD Recorder/Player units that would only work after doing the PGCedit fix? If so, will it play a DVD Straight from DVDA 4b now?

I tried preparing a short project in 4b last night. When I checked it in PGCEdit, it still complained of the same redundant stream as in the previous versions so if PGCEdit is correct, it looks as if the problem is not corrected,

am in the middle of a DVD project right now...

haven't upgraded to 4 yet - (paid for but not implemented)

is DVDA 3 more bulletproof? safer for general release?

and what do you GET with 4 -

thanks in advance,
v

i don't have 4, but you can install DVD4 & 3 at the same time, so if I were you, I'd give it a shot.

The GUI is a little different on 4 and prepare seems a little quicker - but that's just subjective. I think the big difference is the ability to use scripts. It's been rock solid for me but then I've never had problems with DVD other than any limitations the various versions might have had.

Vic, 4 will not accept my long MPEG2 files encoded in CCE, whereas 3 would. So personally I'm using 3 still although I've paid for 4. I have raised it with support and they're waiting for me to try the same project encoded in MC/Vegas.

"tried preparing a short project in 4b last night. When I checked it in PGCEdit, it still complained of the same redundant stream as in the previous versions so if PGCEdit is correct, it looks as if the problem is not corrected"

I beta tested DVDA4b (build160) before it was released as (build 166) specifically to check the problem with LG DVD Recorders. It does fix the navigation error problem on my LG Recorder/Player (I don't mean burner) but PGCEdit will still report the redundant stream error.

It appears that the actual problem was more complex than PGCEdit made it appear.

As I was only an end tester I can't tell you what the cure entailed or why PGCEdit still gives the error message but I can say that on an LG DVD Recorder the navigation error no longer exists with DVDs authored in DVDA4b

Regards
Stephen Hope
New Hope Media

PS G'day 'cousin' Nick