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Hello,

On a couple of DVD's I burn I get a little camera in the upper right of the screen on the movie when I play and about 20 minutes in on one of them the directors commentary displays in the bottom of the screen with no audio and I am not able to shut either of these distractions off with any of my DVD players options. Not sure if this is some type of encryption that the software I use misses, or if the DVD does something to my player when I put it in. I have burned 100's of movies before and I only have this issue with these 2 titles: "Without a Paddle" and "Lost Highway".

My OS is XP pro, and the burning softwares that I use are DVDShrink V , DVD helper, CloneDVD, FabDVD and DVDdecrytor. I have tried every combination of the above to shrink and burn but can't get the 2 issues to go away. DVD helper is normally just for Sony encryption removal, but the others I have listed work for every other movie I have tried.

Any ideas?

If you need more specific info, I am more than glad to get.

Thanks, :p

crobgin

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Two short possibilities are most likely: the on‑screen camera icon and the line of text are not "poisoning" your player but artifacts of how those two retail DVDs were authored (extra subtitle/subpicture streams, picture‑in‑picture commentary or a secondary angle) — or they were introduced during the rip/burn process when an auxiliary stream was retained or the disc session was not finalized. Given already tried multiple rip/burn combinations, this points toward an authored feature on the original discs, but it still pays to isolate the source before changing workflow.

Quick, practical checks and notes:

  • Confirm the original retail discs: play each original copy in the same hardware player you used for the burned disc and also in a different player or PC software player. If the icon/text appears on the originals, it is an intentional authoring element and will be present on any faithful copy.
  • If the originals are clean but the burned discs show the overlays, try reburning one with a different brand of blank media, a slower write speed, and make sure the session is finalized/closed. Those simple changes fix many playback glitches caused by renegade disc sessions or marginal burns.
  • When diagnosing, inspect the VIDEO_TS folder on the ripped files: extra .IFO/.SUB/.VOB streams usually indicate subtitle/PIP/angle content. If only the burned disc shows those streams, the rip setting retained auxiliary streams that some players render as on‑screen overlays.
  • Because these are rented/borrowed copies, note that copying them may be illegal; that legal issues aside, troubleshooting should start with the original disc and the burned disc side‑by‑side.

This explains why the behavior shows up on just a couple of titles: some DVDs ship with unusual secondary streams that most players handle gracefully on the retail disc but can become visible or "stuck" if the backup includes those streams or if the burn/session handling is imperfect. Refer to s warning about legality and proceed only for discs you legally own.

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Are these rented or borrowed dvd's?

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2 rented copies of lost from 2 different places, and 1 borrowed, 1 rented paddle

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I would love to help, but you have just proven your intent is illegal copying of these dvd's, so i nor anyone here can help you. Sorry, but we gotta stay good :)

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