Archive for the 'Problem DVD' Category

DVD Catalyst 3 3.90.x recall, 3.86.2 current latest version.

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

We screwed up.
We were so excited about the new features in DVD Catalyst 3.90 that we took too much on our plates. During development, we added the new file-transfer code recently included in DVD Catalyst Free Plus, and besides inclusion of new device profiles, we modified 2-pass conversions so that the first pass would be [...]

Non-standard DVD protection popup

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Troubleshooting conversion issues

Friday, June 11th, 2010

If you are experiencing complications during the conversion, there are a couple of things you can try.
(This applies to DVD Catalyst as well as most other DVD and video file conversion tools)
* 99 Tracks / Scrambled Scenes. Some newer DVDs feature a non-DVD compliant protection system. This protection system (called ARCOSS) can affect playback on [...]

UP

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Pixar’s UP utilizes a new DVD protection system that makes it not work in DVD Catalyst and many other conversion tools.
Besides the 99 tracks, the DVD itself does not provide the proper information during scanning, which basically makes it show no playlength.
To convert this particular DVD, the best solution is to install a trial version [...]

Star Trek 2009

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

If your DVD of Star Trek appears as “STAR_TREK_XI_DOM” in DVD Catalyst, enable/select track 21. This contains the movie in the correct scene order.

Wolverine and the X-Men Animated Series

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Star Trek, Transformers 2 and a few others have a more severe DVD protection system than others. This protection system (Made by Sony, called ARCCOSS) usually creates fake tracks (up to 99) on the DVD, and in some cases scrambles the scene order to trick DVD conversion tools such as DVD Catalyst. These DVDs also [...]

X-Men Animated Series (The original)

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Star Trek, Transformers 2 and a few others have a more severe DVD protection system than others. This protection system (Made by Sony, called ARCCOSS) usually creates fake tracks (up to 99) on the DVD, and in some cases scrambles the scene order to trick DVD conversion tools such as DVD Catalyst. These DVDs also [...]

G.I. Joe 2009

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Star Trek, Transformers 2 and a few others have a more severe DVD protection system than others. This protection system (Made by Sony, called ARCCOSS) usually creates fake tracks (up to 99) on the DVD, and in some cases scrambles the scene order to trick DVD conversion tools such as DVD Catalyst. These DVDs also [...]

Transformers 2

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Star Trek, Transformers 2 and a few others have a more severe DVD protection system than others. This protection system (Made by Sony, called ARCCOSS) usually creates fake tracks (up to 99) on the DVD, and in some cases scrambles the scene order to trick DVD conversion tools such as DVD Catalyst. These DVDs also [...]

99 Tracks found, restarted scanning etc.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

When DVD Catalyst reports that it has found 99 tracks on a DVD, this is due to a protection system on the DVD. ARCCOS, as it is nicely called, is a non-standard protection system mostly used by Sony for high-profile movies. The protection system generates a lot of “fake” tracks on the DVD, and adjusts [...]

The Proposal

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Picky, but does work with a little fiddling.

What is AnyDVD?

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

One of the most powerful tools that works with DVD Catalyst is AnyDVD.

DVD Catalyst & The Dark Knight DVD

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

The Dark Knight was reported as a problem DVD with DVD Catalyst, however, it converts just fine in DVD Catalyst 3.81 with the booster pack installed.

DVD Catalyst & Zathura DVD

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Zathura was reported as a problem DVD with DVD Catalyst, however, it converts just fine in DVD Catalyst 3.81 with the booster pack installed.