No. 2 "I'm a Plank....."

Grazie wrote on 2/11/2012, 11:53 PM

Ok, this is a shocker.....

I compete a 40 minute product, 8 months in the making, for a client. It's Q&A-ed by client on DVD and they're happy. They need, and I've been contracted to, to produce just 10 box sets. Nothing new there. Easy peasy.

I start burning off the DVDs and, into the 3rd and 4th, they have stopped playing the WHOLE video as I designed them to do, but stubbornly start playing from just after the first Chapter point. Eh? I go into the DVDA project, futz about for 3 hours not achieving anything but a well developed distrust of the software, it's parentage, the stupidity of anything IT and anything within reach!!! Arrggh!

Into the 4th hour of angst, and finally speaking to my partner, she says : "Are you doing the exact same process?" Of course, I say. I do A and then B and then C .... And then the penny drops....

Anybody got it yet?.......

To Q&A the DVD I'd been testing on my PC, and I hadn't realised that that would ensure the next DVD would again START from where I'd stopped the last! Arggghhh....

So, after I stopped cursing myself, i reverted to playing the ladt DVD in my "dumb" STB. And yes, it was playing as I'd designed: Start with the Copyright Warning plate, the "once-off" Intro and finally into the first Cpater point. I subsequently went and Q&A the other, "suspect" DVDs and yes, they're fine.....

What ISN'T fine is my ego. What a Plank.

Cheers

G

Comments

farss wrote on 2/12/2012, 2:06 AM

I have been caught out by that several times, even our STB player does that.
Thankfully it asks if you want to resume from where you left off.

Bob.

PeterDuke wrote on 2/12/2012, 2:16 AM

Keep it up and you will have enough planks to build an asylum. Oops I mean mental health care centre.

PeterWright wrote on 2/12/2012, 2:20 AM

That rings a strong bell Grazie - don't worry, you're not the only plank in the village!

Grazie wrote on 2/12/2012, 3:27 AM

Ah so we've inaugurated our very own Village! Name: Plankton, Plankester, Plankville?

How rustic with all those Bells and Planks and so on. ... I feel an advert and then a cartoon series and finally a series of sequels starring all our favourite actors.

"Make my day, Plank!"

"They may take my freedom but they'll never take my plank!"

"In all the towns and all the bars, you walk into my Plank"

"No Mr Bond. I want you to Plank!"

G

farss wrote on 2/12/2012, 4:45 AM

Plank's Constant: There'll always been another plank.

Bob.

rs170a wrote on 2/12/2012, 4:51 AM

So, after I stopped cursing myself, i reverted to playing the ladt DVD in my "dumb" STB.

Grazie, a lot of newer STBs have the "resume from last play" feature too (which I detest with a passion!!) so watch out when you upgrade to a newer model.

Mike

biggles wrote on 2/12/2012, 4:52 AM

Afraid someone did a short comedy about a plank a while ago :o)

ushere wrote on 2/12/2012, 4:53 AM

planks for the memory....

(probably best to hit me over the head with one for the times i've done what grazie described!)

paul_w wrote on 2/12/2012, 5:53 AM

One of the worst 'features' of DVD players, auto resume.!
Same here Graham, done the same, wasted time trying to figure it out. Wiser now but its still a pain.. Should be an option - not a fixed feature!

Not sure if changing the DVD name to a serialised or random number system would help. Forcing the player to always regard your disks as different? Serialising may also help with any batch problems - maybe?

Probably not worth the effort.

So.. Plank you for the interesting post. :)

Paul.

Barry W. Hull wrote on 2/12/2012, 7:09 AM

From my cold dead Plank.

Laurence wrote on 2/12/2012, 11:16 AM

I showed up for a shoot the other day with everything I needed:lights, extra tall tripod, mics, extra batteries, etc....everything that is except for a camera....