Re: Video DVD mastering problem with menues

[Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se>]

> Seems like I just fell over an old problem again:
>
> mkisofs: Implementation botch. Video pad for file VTS_01_0.IFO is -6
> mkisofs: Either the *.IFO file is bad or you found a mkisofs bug.
>
> Discussed in 2002:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/cdwrite%40other.debian.org/msg03782.html
>
> DVD layout created with some M$ tool (I can find out which if needed).
> DVD plays fine elsewhere. I want to remaster it and copied files to hard
> disk; unless there was an error copying the files (very unlikely)  the
> files on DVD would have to be correct + functional. All files:
>
>          96 2006-06-27 00:35:30 .
>          48 2006-05-30 08:23:58 AUDIO_TS
>         304 2006-05-30 08:23:58 VIDEO_TS
>       65536 2006-05-30 08:23:58 VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP
>       65536 2006-05-30 08:23:58 VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO
>      655360 2006-05-30 08:20:07 VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB
>       65536 2006-05-30 08:23:58 VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.BUP
>       65536 2006-05-30 08:23:58 VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
>  1024198656 2006-05-30 08:23:26 VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB
>  1024434176 2006-05-30 08:23:45 VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB
>   734255104 2006-05-30 08:23:58 VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_3.VOB

If you want help, pack together IFOs and post the archive. Given that 
you've posted VOB sizes it's possible to "reproduce" layout by creating 
empty files in place for VOBs and copying IFOs to BUPs. But no 
guarantees that it will be looked into in timely fashion (rather 
contrary:-) A.