WD issues, firmaware updates, resolution etc

[kerosen]

I'm new to this forum and I have the hub for a couple of week now. The installation went ok, I can see the internal hdd from a PC and from a Mac, write and read. My firmware is the 2.03.24 and , after reading all about the new firmware I'm very reluctant to update it.

1. I have a Panasonic DVD recorder and I made many DVD's with documentaries recorded from TV.  The recorder makes by default a simple menu. On a DVD I have 3-4 episodes. I've copied the vob files on the hub and it plays only the first episode, the rest are nowhere.  How can I resolve this?

2. Only for these vobs the format on the TV is smaller with black bars around. If I play the original DVD the screen is full, everything is normal. Avi or mp4 are ok, are filling the screen entirely. I use the video out socket. Is this ok ?

3. I've organised my movies in folders on the internal hdd. But under the video tag I see all of them in the alphabetical order, no folders.  Can I have folders in the Video section ?

Thanks for your help.

[TonyPh12345]

1)  You don't see the menu?  Did you copy everything into a VIDEO_TS folder?

3)  Set your FILTER to FOLDER mode via the green button.

[kerosen]

1. I don't see the menu.... It starts automatically with the first episode. And, yes I copied all the VIDEO_TS folder. Is there a mean to attach pictures to the messages?

2. Is this a general problem ot it's just me?

3. It worked, thanks.

[TonyPh12345]

1)  Are you sure you ripped the whole DVD, and not just "Main Movie"?   

Yes, you can attach pictures using the button on the formatting bar, or you can publish it to like ImageShack and provide a link.

2)  You and one other person have mentioned that issue; I've never seen it happen...  and I have about 400 DVDs on my NAS.  What software did you use to rip the DVDs?  

[kerosen]

1 +2  The DVDs are not ripped. As I said, they are recorded from TV using a DVD recorder Panasonic DMR 55. Then from the Panasonic HDD I copied them on DVDs video format.  I've copied a couple of DVDs on to the WD Hub. When I press Play I get this message: "Unable to play this video menu. Would you like to play video file?" If I press yes then the first episode is played and there is no access to the next episodes from the DVD. The menu is very simple, it is the default menu 

created by the Panasonic.

Attached you will see the files from the WD Hub (browsed from my PC), the image format on the TV as it is send by the WD hub, the menu displayed when I play the DVD on the DVD player.

[kerosen]

The work around I've found (maybe it is obvious for you guys) is to rename the VOB files in MPG and this way I can play all the episodes. But, of course, it is an additional step I need to do before copying my DVD collection (100 or so). I've tried to make the DVD and iso file and then to play the iso from the WD hub. No success, I've got the same mesasage about not being able to play the menu. I don't understand what the Panasonic DVD recorder is doing to this simple menu that WD hub cannot play. I've tried with ripped DVD's with menus and WD hub is playing them ok.

But the problem with the resolution remains. See above how the same movie looks from the DVD player and from the WD hub, without changing any settings on the TV set.

[richUK]

You get the menu on the hub you must copy all the vob and ifo files etc to a folder named exactly VIDEO_TS

I know you said you copied all the files but you did not say that you had created a folder named VIDEO_TS and added all your files to that directory.

I assume that your DVD player is expanding the width of your movie.

[TonyPh12345]

Looking at the folder tree above, it looks like it IS in VIDEO_TS.

One thing that's common is that the Hub seems to dislike DVDs authored on Set-Top Boxes.   

[richUK]

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TonyPh12345 wrote:

Looking at the folder tree above, it looks like it IS in VIDEO_TS.

One thing that's common is that the Hub seems to dislike DVDs authored on Set-Top Boxes.   

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Yes I see that now, my eyes must be going. 

[kerosen]

Thank you guys for your time and input.

Yes, I did copied all the files in the VIDEO_TS folder, I was very carefull on that. You may be right saying that WD hub doesn't like the DVD recorders. As I said, I did try with the iso file and I got the same message about the WD being unable to play the menu. The problem is that the !#$%^&^ recorder makes the menu by default and there is no command to disable this function.

When I'll have some time I'll dig into this much deeper by editing the menu files from the DVD to see where is the incompatibility.