Yes...except the original burn of the DVD5 was on a DVD -R. I only tried a good quality +R (setting the bookmark to DVD-ROM) after the -R had glitched for whatever reason.
Although I marked this as solved, I'm still not entirely sure what the issue was / is.
Cheers adywan!
Update:
Burned the DVD5 NTSC version at 8x onto a Verbatim 16x DVD+R, booktype set to DVD-ROM. Exactly the same problem as the first disc in the same places. Used Nero on Windows this time.
Then burned the DVD9 PAL version onto an Imation DL, also DVD-ROM booktype. This one plays flawlessly (or at least in the spots I've checked it).
So - perhaps this was some weird PAL/NTSC problem, or perhaps two bad burns. Perhaps an unusual combination with my particular player and the DVD5 ISO.
Anyway, great stuff - now I can watch it flaw free!
Thanks for the suggestion, and of course for your work on the Revisited Edition(s)! Much humbleness to have my first post here responded to by Adywan himself :)
I used k3b (linux) to burn the image, using the settings and media as above.
Just tried a couple more things: the ISO plays fine mounted or directly, using VLC. The burned disc plays OK in the drive (perhaps I was imagining the stutter before), and it played through twice on by standalone player without the above symptoms, but then reverted again. It also managed to skip from chapter 43 back to chapter 1, so I'm thinking either bad burn and / or bad DVD player, since it's not the first time it's done some weird stuff like this on other discs.
I suspect the black and white, which is only a momentary flicker along with the vertical rolling, relates more a bad burn / player than to an NTSC/PAL problem.
I'm downloading the DVD9 PAL version at this moment, and will burn that to a high quality (verbatim) DL and report back.
Thanks again, Adywan.
Background:
Just discovered the wonderful world of fan edits! Burned Adywan's STAR_WARS_REVISITED_NTSC_DVD_5.ISO downloaded via info found at fanedit.info (torrent).
Burned to SL Taiyo-Yuden 16x DVD-R at 4x. Plays fine in my Pioneer DVD686A player into multisync PAL/NTSC TV except....
Problem:
Every so often (in repeatable places) I get 1-2 seconds of vertical roll and the picture goes black and white. It seems to be where edits have been made. I've tried tinkering the the NTSC/PAL output settings on the DVD player, to no avail.
Interestingly, the DVD seems to stutter (but not roll) in the same places when played on my PC using the drive which burnt it (Benq DW1640).
Thoughts? A bad burn perhaps?