Hi None,

Glad it all worked out for you in the end!

If you ever need to check out a pair of DDP Images in future, you can try performing (In a Windows World...) a binary dos copy:

copy /b layer0.dat, layer1.dat combined.dat.

This would basically join the two layer images together to make a single disc image which you can burn out in IMGBurn (you might need to rename to ISO or IMG first). Don't know the Apple OS specifics of doing that, and it sounds real YeeHa! Cowboy, but it does work.

As you found out, you're probably safe with DDP 2.1 these days, but I'm and old school kind of guy, and I know all replicators accept 2.0.

Glad you found a layer break - that can be a real head scratcher sometimes. I often do the "throw as many chapters in" option when I'm really stuck...

I don't quite follow your point about recordable dimension on normal media vs pressed media. Dual Layers hold less per layer than single layers, I believe because the tracks are laid out a little differently to allow the laser to read through the two layers - it's something like 4GB vs 4.35GB. In terms of capacity I'm pretty sure a DVD+R DL holds the same amount as a DVD-9, certainly if you work to say 90-95% capacity. I think I've only had 1 situation whereby a DVD-R burnt out in Nero was slightly larger than a DVD-5 and the factory couldn't replicate, and even now I don't know how I achieved that.

All the best

DVD-BOY