'Confessions of a Dog' DVD problem

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'Confessions of a Dog' DVD problem

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Slight Sony compatibility problem with 'Confessions of a Dog' dvd

We've just found out there is a very small compatibility problem with our release of 'Confessions of a Dog' on Sony DVD Players and PS3 consoles.

For some reason at the layer change points of 1.26:01, and again at 1.28:26, there is a pause for a few seconds (3-4 seconds approx) which then causes the disc to switch to the next chapter (about a minute along at the first point and about 3 minutes at the second). After the slight freeze you'll need to rewind back to just after the points to finish the scene. The rest of the film has no problems whatsoever.

From what we have figured out, this only seems to happen on Sony machines. We have tested on numerous other players plus computers and all seems to be OK with everything other than Sony. It's very ironic considering that the discs were made by Sony, but troublesome nonetheless.

We're very sorry that there is such a fault, but it was only discovered after all final copies had been pressed and sent out to warehouses so it's impossible to recall all discs (very problematic and massively costly considering the film is a limited edition pressing), especially considering the problem seems to only be related to Sony machines.

Once again we apologise to all Sony users who have bought this disc and hope that this slight problem on the disc doesn't ruin your viewing experience.
http://thirdwindowfilms.com/news/2011/0 ... -a-dog-dvd

I wouldn't call that a 'slight' problem but there you go...
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Re: 'Confessions of a Dog' DVD problem

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They need to call in the Dog-DVD-Whisperer!
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Re: 'Confessions of a Dog' DVD problem

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Ordered this already. Oh well, it's region 2 so my PS3 wouldn't play it anyway. I mean, if my PS3 wasn't broken and shelved already...
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Re: 'Confessions of a Dog' DVD problem

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It's rather amusing how Third Window are trying to play it down:
i have a PS3 and like I said, it's nothing major, just causes the disc to freeze for a few seconds and skips to the next scene, so all that's needed is to rewind and rewatch at both points. It's slightly annoying, but as it's just a Sony problem it's not worth recalling and fixing all
'Nothing major' :lol: