DVDFab Decryptor + ImgBurn = Unplayable DVD movie in xbox 360? (Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite)

[MBHockey]

[qanda]This thread is about the Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite. Click here to see full specs[/qanda]I am a Mac user, but the DVD ripping/burning selection is absolutely brutal so I do all of my burning and ripping in Parallels.

I have an external samsung se-204s with a patched TS02 firmware (by Patch Utility). I'm trying to make backups of all my DVDs to Verbatim +R DL discs but the one I ripped and burned today (Transformers) does not work on my xbox 360 (it says 'unplayable disc') but it plays fine on a crappy $20 standalone DVD player (including not skipping at the layer break I chose in ImgBurn -- the firmware patch changed the book-type setting to DVD-ROM for my burned discs, I believe).

I ripped the DVD with DVDFab and then burned with ImgBurn following its accompanying directions to the T.

Can anyone help me out here? Ideally, I'd like my backups to play on the xbox 360 since it is hooked up to the main TV.

[MBHockey]

Hmm…How do you edit posts?

I should mention that the xbox is NOT the Elite, just the regular Premium xbox 360 (white; 20GB hard drive).

Do they have crappy drives? The movies I burned with Toast on the Mac side work on it (except I get the stupid layer-break pause which is what I was trying to avoid by using ImgBurn).

[troy512]

posts can only be edited for 30 mins

i have no idea, lets start by posting a burn log please.

[MBHockey]

[QUOTE=troy512;2151892]posts can only be edited for 30 mins

i have no idea, lets start by posting a burn log please.[/QUOTE]

Sure thing. Here’s the log, thanks!

20:19:25 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!

I 20:19:25 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 20:19:25 Total Physical Memory: 523,828 KB  -  Available: 344,524 KB

I 20:19:25 Initialising SPTI...

I 20:19:25 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

E 20:19:25 Failed to check for ImgBurn update!

I 20:19:25 Found 1 DVD�RW/RAM!

I 20:24:14 Operation Started!

I 20:24:14 Building Image Tree...

I 20:24:27 Checking Directory Depth...

I 20:24:27 Calculating Totals...

I 20:24:27 Preparing Image...

I 20:24:49 Using Layer Break LBA: 1945195 -> 1978336 (VTS_05, PGC: 1, Chapter: 12, Cell: 19, Vob/Cell ID: 2/1, Time: 01:07:19, SPLIP: Yes -> No)

I 20:24:49 Checking Path Length...

I 20:24:49 Contents: 27 Files, 2 Folders

I 20:24:49 Size: 8,034,740,224 bytes

I 20:24:49 Sectors: 3,923,213

I 20:24:49 Image Size: 8,103,264,256 bytes

I 20:24:49 Image Sectors: 3,956,672

I 20:24:52 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:38

I 20:24:52 Operation Started!

I 20:24:52 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 20:24:52 Source File Sectors: 3,956,672 (MODE1/2048)

I 20:24:52 Source File Size: 8,103,264,256 bytes

I 20:24:52 Source File Volume Identifier: TRANSFORMER_VANILLA

I 20:24:52 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.4.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 20:24:52 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 20:24:52 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 20:24:52 Destination Device: [0:1:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SE-S204S TS02 (D:) (ATA)

I 20:24:52 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 20:24:52 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824

I 20:24:52 Write Mode: DVD

I 20:24:52 Write Type: DAO

I 20:24:52 Write Speed: 2.4x

I 20:24:52 Link Size: Auto

I 20:24:52 Test Mode: No

I 20:24:52 OPC: No

I 20:24:52 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 20:24:52 Book Type Setting: N/A

I 20:24:52 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,978,336

I 20:24:52 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: IFO Cell Boundary

I 20:25:32 Filling Buffer... (20 MB)

I 20:25:33 Writing LeadIn...

I 20:25:35 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3956671)

I 20:25:35 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3956671)

I 20:25:35 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1978335)

I 20:46:00 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1978336 - 3956671)

I 21:06:23 Synchronising Cache...

I 21:06:26 Closing Track...

I 21:06:27 Finalising Disc...

I 21:07:21 Exporting Graph Data...

I 21:07:21 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SE-S204S_TS02_WEDNESDAY-NOVEMBER-05-2008_8-24_PM_MKM-001-00_2.4x.ibg

I 21:07:21 Export Successfully Completed!

I 21:07:21 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:42:28

I 21:07:21 Average Write Rate: 3,233 KB/s (2.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,702 KB/s (2.7x)

I 21:07:21 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 21:07:28 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 21:07:48 Device Ready!

I 21:07:49 Operation Started!

I 21:07:49 Source Device: [0:1:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SE-S204S TS02 (D:) (ATA)

I 21:07:49 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 21:07:49 Image File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 21:07:49 Image File Sectors: 3,956,672 (MODE1/2048)

I 21:07:49 Image File Size: 8,103,264,256 bytes

I 21:07:49 Image File Volume Identifier: TRANSFORMER_VANILLA

I 21:07:49 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.4.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 21:07:49 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 21:07:49 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 21:07:49 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 21:07:49 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3956671)

I 21:07:49 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3956671)

I 21:07:49 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1978335)

I 21:13:38 Verifying Layer 1... (LBA: 1978336 - 3956671)

I 21:19:19 Exporting Graph Data...

I 21:19:19 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SE-S204S_TS02_WEDNESDAY-NOVEMBER-05-2008_8-24_PM_MKM-001-00_2.4x.ibg

I 21:19:19 Export Successfully Completed!

I 21:19:19 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:29

I 21:19:19 Average Verify Rate: 11,485 KB/s (8.3x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 16,731 KB/s (12.1x)

[troy512]

by default ImgBurn will bitset dvd-rom

20:24:52 Book Type Setting: N/A

looks like your current drive/firmware does not support booktype bitsetting.

again i dont know, but does the xbox 360 require dvd-rom to play correctly.

seems ripping and burning was good if the disc will play in another stand alone player.

i do know, there are many happy owners of xbox 360 here at cdfreaks. lets hope someone will come around and offer some valuable information.

[MBHockey]

I flashed my drive and the patcher (Patch Utility which i got off these forums) had the option to set that in the hardware, so I did it (set the book-typing to DVD-ROM). It seems to have worked. DVD +R DL burned with the drive now show up as regular DVD-Roms in OS X and in Nero DiscSpeed…do you think that is still the issue?

Besides, the DVD +R DLs i burned in Toast (with a different, non-patched drive – the internal one in my MacBook Pro) were not set with a book-type to DVD-ROM and they played fine on the xbox 360