Different TV episodes Playback issues

[eddie11013]

When I convert 4, 5 or 6 ‘different’ TV shows (episodes) in one process and burn them to a single DVD-RW, an issue arises. During playback, after the ‘third’ episode finishes, I usually press the ‘next’ key on my remote control, to skip the credits and jump to the start of the ‘next’ episode. Instead of the ‘next’ episode starting, I get a screen that wants me to make a selection. There are three choices, chapters, home and “play”. The screen is grayed out and its playing the ‘third’ episode. I usually select ‘play’, but then it starts playing the ‘third’ episode again. I then have to keep pressing “next” till I get to the start of the “4th” episode. And yes I’m using a stand alone DVD player.

To be clear, if I’m converting a “single” TV show with say 5 or 6 episodes, this issue does not occur. Using latest v69

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Sample log attached.

ConvertXtoDVD 7_mainlog.20200217.090849.964.log

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[Maggie]

Hi there,
How many time did it fail with different tv show?
If only once, please retry with another disk/other tv shows. Let me know.
Cheers,

[eddie11013]

Actually it has happen a lot of times. I just kind of ignored it in the past. But I thought I would post this time. It is routine for me to accumlate several TV shows and then make one DVD-RW. The most likely reason for is that I wait to get an episode version that has subtitles.

Thanks for replying.

[eddie11013]

Just wondering if you have any suggestions for this issue.
The attached log file is for a "single" TV series where this issue ocurred. This had 'not' happened for me before. Episodes 1 thru 5 recorded on one DVD+RW played back just fine. However, episodes 6 thru 10 have this issue.

thanks in advance for any suggestions.

ConvertXtoDVD 7_mainlog.20200221.103619.718.log

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[Coral]

Have you tried playing the conversion before burning ?

[Gripweed]

Have you tried using a regular DVD+R rather than a DVD+RW? Rewritables are notorious for playback troubles. RITEK disks aren't really thought of highly either.

[eddie11013]

Thanks for replying. I use the DVD+RW's because they can be reused and since this is just for TV shows, I don't keep them as I might a movie. Being used RW's for maybe 15 years or longer without issue. As they wear out I buy a new batch, some are Sony and some are Verbatim. This is a 'new' problem. Is it my computer, maybe. Is it the latest November Windows 10 update, maybe. Could it be ConvertX, maybe. I have the setting set to automatically erase the RW's, but lately I have taken to erasing them in advance with the ImgBurn program, just in case that's the issue. Could I set it not to automatically burn to my RW and instead use the ImgBurn program later, sure, if that would solve the problem.

Anyway, That's why I posted.

[eddie11013]

Sorry to bring up an 'old' issue for me, but I solved my issue. It's all in the setup. In the past, when adding more 'episodes' I always click on the top ''left' (+) plus sign. This way, it converted 'two' episodes at the same time, therefore the process was faster. Apparently, sometimes, the issue that I had would sometimes happen. To resolve my problem, I, instead, clicked on the 'third' icon from the left, "merge a multimedia file". This causes the video files to be converted one at a time. The issue was resolved.

In case anyone is interested, here is a log and a capture.

Hope this helps.

ConvertXtoDVD 7_mainlog.20201231.230300.219.log

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