OK, I have installed AnyDVD 6.3.0.1 beta and confirm that AnyDVD (presumably the AI scanner) still butchers the video/audio setup title in Ratatouille, which is contained in the VTS_12_1.VOB file. I've attached the .zip file made by the logging function.
It appears that AnyDVD is truncating this file from 29,284,352 bytes to 6,301,696 bytes. The symptom is that the video tests work fine, but when moving on to the audio portion, only the center channel is available, and when one presses the "enter" button on either at set-top DVD remote or with a software player on the computer, the rest of the routine is missing and the test completes prematurely. I can only guess that the AI scanner is being too agressive on this title set in an effort to get rid of "invalid cell pieces" or some such protection.
Webslinger listed and referenced my previous message on prior betas as a possible problem with those version, but it is no longer listed on the release notes for 6.3.0.1, so I wanted to advise that the bug still exists, and while the main movie and other bonus features are OK, the AnyDVD/CloneDVD combination (which I used) still seems at a loss to make a complete/perfect backup of Ratatouille, region 1. I'll try the competitor's product to see if I fare any better. (UPDATE: DVDFab 4.0.1.6 beta makes a perfect backup of all titles, without truncating any of them to excess, and it chose to disable it's pathplayer technology after analyzing the DVD. Note that I didn't try with earlier DVDFab versions. So, now I have my perfect backup, but I look forward to being able to rely solely on AnyDVD...)
I'll attach the summary screen for the protection and the directories (both on the disc with AnyDVD active, and the directory of the files on my hard drive created by CloneDVD 2.9.1.2 with AnyDVD 6.3.0.1 running in the background with the default thorough AI scanning enabled.
Regards,
fordman
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Summary for drive E: (AnyDVD 6.3.0.1)
PIONEER DVD-RWDVR-111L 8.29 06/08/10PIONEER
Drive (Hardware) Region: free
Media is a DVD.
Booktype: dvd-rom (version 1), Layers: 2 (opposite)
Size of first Layer: 2097520 sectors (4096 MBytes)
Total size: 4070896 sectors (7950 MBytes)
Video DVD (or CD) label: RATATOUILLE
Media is CSS protected!
Video Standard: NTSC
Media is locked to region(s): 1!
Warning: .bup file location is wrong, .bup processing disabled!
RCE protection not found.
Found & removed structural copy protection!
Found & removed invalid cell pieces!
Repaired invalid title search pointer table!
Found & removed bogus title set(s)!
Found & removed invalid VOBUs!
UDF filesystem patched!
Found & removed 27 potential bad sector protections!
Emulating RPC-2 drive with region 1!
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Directory on the DVD:
Volume in drive E is RATATOUILLE Serial number is 8381:516D
Directory of E:\video_ts\*
8/31/2007 1:08 <DIR> .
8/31/2007 1:08 <DIR> ..
8/31/2007 1:08 26,624 VIDEO_TS.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 26,624 VIDEO_TS.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 477,184 VIDEO_TS.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_01_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_01_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_01_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 253,876,224 VTS_01_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 24,576 VTS_02_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 24,576 VTS_02_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_02_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 546,924,544 VTS_02_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 26,624 VTS_03_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 26,624 VTS_03_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_03_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 454,092,800 VTS_03_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 32,768 VTS_04_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 32,768 VTS_04_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_04_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 493,500,416 VTS_04_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_05_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_05_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_05_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 113,006,592 VTS_05_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 90,112 VTS_06_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 90,112 VTS_06_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 180,940,800 VTS_06_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_2.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_3.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_4.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_5.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 392,480,768 VTS_06_6.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 18,432 VTS_07_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 18,432 VTS_07_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_07_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 49,352,704 VTS_07_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 14,336 VTS_08_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 14,336 VTS_08_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_08_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 46,348,288 VTS_08_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_09_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_09_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_09_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 171,513,856 VTS_09_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 18,432 VTS_10_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 18,432 VTS_10_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_10_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 140,005,376 VTS_10_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_11_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 20,480 VTS_11_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_11_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 94,818,304 VTS_11_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 18,432 VTS_12_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 18,432 VTS_12_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 10,240 VTS_12_0.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 29,284,352 VTS_12_1.VOB
8/31/2007 1:08 16,384 VTS_13_0.BUP
8/31/2007 1:08 16,384 VTS_13_0.IFO
8/31/2007 1:08 32,768 VTS_13_1.VOB
8,336,203,776 bytes in 59 files and 2 dirs 8,336,203,776 bytes allocated
0 bytes free
and Directory of files created by CloneDVD/AnyDVD:
Volume in drive C is unlabeled Serial number is 8CB6:9E37
Directory of C:\Images\RAT\burn\video_ts\*
12/05/2007 22:49 <DIR> .
12/05/2007 22:49 <DIR> ..
12/05/2007 22:49 26,624 VIDEO_TS.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 26,624 VIDEO_TS.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 477,184 VIDEO_TS.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_01_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_01_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_01_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 248,469,504 VTS_01_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 24,576 VTS_02_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 24,576 VTS_02_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_02_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 541,517,824 VTS_02_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 26,624 VTS_03_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 26,624 VTS_03_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_03_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 448,718,848 VTS_03_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 32,768 VTS_04_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 32,768 VTS_04_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_04_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 488,126,464 VTS_04_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_05_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_05_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_05_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 107,632,640 VTS_05_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 90,112 VTS_06_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 90,112 VTS_06_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 180,940,800 VTS_06_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_2.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_3.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_4.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 1,073,739,776 VTS_06_5.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 386,936,832 VTS_06_6.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 18,432 VTS_07_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 18,432 VTS_07_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_07_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 43,419,648 VTS_07_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 14,336 VTS_08_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 14,336 VTS_08_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 8,192 VTS_08_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_09_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_09_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_09_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 166,076,416 VTS_09_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 18,432 VTS_10_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 18,432 VTS_10_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_10_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 134,498,304 VTS_10_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_11_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 20,480 VTS_11_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_11_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 94,818,304 VTS_11_1.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 16,384 VTS_12_0.BUP
12/05/2007 22:49 16,384 VTS_12_0.IFO
12/05/2007 22:49 10,240 VTS_12_0.VOB
12/05/2007 22:49 6,301,696 VTS_12_1.VOB
8,217,444,352 bytes in 55 files and 2 dirs 8,217,513,984 bytes allocated
2,512,203,776 bytes free