DVD & Blu-ray Disc Verification, QC, & Production Support

Blu-ray Disc QC and Testing - Ultra high-end' lineup of standard BD testing capability, including EclipseSuite Blu-ray®, the Sony BD-ROM Verifier® and a large Blu-ray player bank (at 40% less cost than in Burbank - with twice the services performed!).

DVD DLT Pre-mastering - Avoid problems with DVD-R Image submission. Exclusive, Eclipse ImageAnalysis® & MEI DVD-Video Verifier testing, and Trai's DVD Emulation, assures your DVD Image File systems are truly ready for market. No other service like this exists.

DVD Studio Pro Project Proofing - Trai is the world's recognized leading authority on DVD Studio Pro®. Transform your DVD to be more compatible with players, and navigate more quickly, with Trai's proprietary (utterly unique) proven techniques and authoring strategies.

DVD Project Coordination - Bring us on early in the job; from asset creation, all the way through replication.

Emergency DVD & Blu-ray Project Help HOTLINE 610-924-9204

Entering 12 Years of Full-time Support of DVD Production Studios, Worldwide

International Service Through FTP (or Courier)

No matter where you are, it's worth every effort to get your DVD Image into Trai and his staff. Using FTP - Trai can start work verifying / proofing / pre-mastering / advising on, etc., your DVD Image on the same day you send. Please contact Trai right away to discuss your DVD project.

NCT's Advanced Blu-ray Verification, Testing and Quality Control

Check out the line-up here

New Constellation Technologies' DVD Check Disc Proofing

New Constellation Technologies' standard Check Disc verification
 procedures are superior to those in use at Hollywood and Burbank
 "Check Disc Proofing"facilities..

DVDAfterEdit (originally named TFDVDEdit for the first 3 years) began with the interest generated by Trai's successful work-around (TFDVD-9 Maker) for DVD Studio Pro's DVD-9 replication problems back in early 2002. Through the efforts of dozens of TFDVD.com members (Trai's DVD Studio Pro support site) TFDVDEdit Mastering Edition was born, transforming DVD Studio Pro and all DVD authoring systems, by allowing advanced editing, re-authoring and pre-mastering directly from their VIDEO_TS folders.

DVDAfterEdit is used by DVD Production Studios worldwide - including by many Hollywood Studios. For instance, Casino Royale (James Bond film) was pre-mastered for replication with DVDAfterEdit ME.

"We have used DVDAfterEdit to produce several hundred DVD projects to replication successfully. We trust this system. The system is in use daily without fail or issue since the first test projects were produced on it."

Randolph Hudson, CEO Broadness, LLC. IDMA Treasurer, 
IDMA New York City Chapter President 

NCT verified and cleared for release MPI's 'Baraka', the highest resolution DVD and Blu-ray disc ever made (scanned in at 8K from 70mm Film).

MPI has over  2,000 film, Documentary and TV - DVD titles on the market
New Constellation Technologies is MPI's 
Exclusive DVD & Blu-ray Testing Facility
Regular services performed for MPI: 
DVD-R Release Candidate Proofing, Blu-ray Verification
DVD Check Disc Proofing, Consulting/troubleshooting

"Now, after switching to Trai's services 3 years ago, we can really see that customer complaints have dropped drastically. We are pleased with the attention we receive and faster turnaround time. After several hundred DVD projects with NCT, we feel Trai is a member of our production team."

Dan Wood -
Senior DVD Author / Project Coordinator - MPI Media Group

"Trai... The DVD Verification lab is a brilliant idea. I know a lot of people were looking for something like this to appear. Incidentally, you are probably the best person anybody could hope for to engage in that area.”

-Roman Voska, Owner and Principle of MediaChance and DVD-lab Pro 2.

"I've been working with Trai for many years now and he is extremely passionate about his work. He strives to make sure every project that leaves his hands is technically sound and will have no problems once in distribution. I have the utmost confidence in TFDVD Research Labs and the service that they provide."

Casey Mershon - Nuclear DVD Inc., near Chicago

"Trai saved our bacon. We had a 'job from hell' and even 4000km of ocean didn't stop him from delivering the goods against all the odds. Thanks again for all your help and positive attitude."  

James Ward - Underdog Ltd, London, UK

History: Hundreds of MEI DVD-Video Verifier errors brought down to zero, during the course of several days: "1800 single menu pages, subtitle-links, index-programming, and lots of other "specials" - I guess this project really was complex, and Trai got it verified. No matter what day, no matter what time, even across "the pond", and beside the time-zone-shift - Trai was always there with answers, recommendations, hope and support - within minutes. thanx again Trai - we're looking forward to our next collaboration."

Trai Forrester is a brilliant DVD-problem-solving hero. He saved the day, the DVD, and my skin. Please let me tell you about it.

Three years into post-production on a small-budget, multi-language, heavily graphic, interactive, 2-disc instructional DVD, our far-flung testers reported that, despite the authoring team’s repeated best efforts, the DVD continued to play very badly or not at all on some older-model and off-brand DVD players and computers in Poland and Mexico, making the DVD impossible to use in these instances.

This DVD had played perfectly in the USA from early on.  But since users of older and grey-market equipment in Poland and Mexico represented at least half of our anticipated market for the DVD, these test results were devastating.

We were pretty sure from prior testing that the reported problems were not specifically PAL versus NTSC, nor region-encoding, issues.  So what was wrong?

Our Studio Pro authoring specialist gave up at that point:  “There’s nothing more I can do, “ he said.  “Either you find somebody who knows a lot more than I do – and I’ve been doing this work full-time for over 20 years – or you scrap the project.”

We hunted around and discovered Trai Forrester and TFDVD on the opposite side of the country.  Trai found and solved all of the DVD’s play problems.  Then TFDVD tested it on the company’s large bank of players, including known problematic machines that Trai collects for this purpose. At last the DVD worked perfectly both at TFDVD and then on our Polish and Mexican testers’ old and off-market machines.  

... Trai made a DLT tape for each of the DVD’s two discs (under the objection of the replicator, but I’m glad we did it); and he verified the glass masters prior to replication. Since early 2009 the DVD has sold in Mexico, Poland, and the USA without report of a single play problem. 

Next time I plan a DVD of such complexity I’ll consult Trai from the start."

Elisabeth DesMarais, producer of Chöd: Practice Demonstration
for Chamma Ling Productions
21 June 2009

"DVD replication is still not a foolproof, guaranteed process without some sort of third party verification. I have seen failed replication jobs that cost thousands, with client, author and replicator all fighting over who is responsible for taking the hit. Whenever I have a high-pressure job, I take it to TFDVD because I know it will be done right with the highest level of accuracy, professionalism and turn around time.

Trai is as relentless as we are in achieving the absolute best quality of end product, and I strongly recommend including his services in any replication workflow.”  

Carrie Keller, Owner / Lead Creative - Studiospace

"I highly recommend Trai for his services because when I was just clueless as to what was going on with a problem we had on a replicated title, Trai helped us out tremendously. He found out that our replicator was the one with the mistake and not my authoring. We ended up getting our money back from the replicator and the problem was solved. He has helped us out on more than one occasion. Thanks Trai."

Brian Stokes, Creative Services - Video Action Sports Entertainment - California

"On my first authored DVD several years ago, I tried for many frustrating weeks to test and verify the project myself. Though I came close, I never had total confidence that this project would play as designed in all the various configurations of computers, software and players. Finally I found Trai and have come to appreciate the piece of mind he offers through his services. He is a joy to work with and over the years has designed in many nice features on my DVDs that make navigation easier for the end user, and my clients very happy.”  

Steve Zehentner, Producer: 'Making Their Mark', Zehentner Productions, New York, NY

"We were in the final stages of a video project involving three different client organizations across two countries. When one of the clients could not get the near-final DVD to work consistently on a variety of DVD players, we were in a panic trying to figure out what was wrong.

In searching some of the DVD authoring forums online, I saw a number of posts from Trai Forrester, and positive recommendations from people who had used his company. I checked out his web site, and it seemed like the perfect solution to make sure our product would work on as many players as possible!

I talked with Trai on the phone, and he was wonderfully helpful and informative. I convinced my clients to let us go for TFDVD Research Lab's Premium Package to make absolutely sure we'd covered all bases for reliability and usability of the discs, particularly since we were using a replication company out of Mexico that we had not used before.

Trai was extremely professional and helpful throughout the entire process, taking the time to explain what he was doing and what the results of the tests meant. His service was quick, and he was careful to maintain clear communication on testing status so that I could keep my clients informed of the process. My clients were thrilled with the results.

By using TFDVD Research Lab's services, I felt absolutely confident in telling my clients that the master disc and the replicated products were thoroughly tested and reliable. TFDVD Research Labs gave us the ability to implement much more thorough quality control than our small production facility could manage on our own. We are incorporating the Premium Package costs into every DVD project bid from now on. Very worthwhile, and absolutely worth the cost and peace of mind!”  

Dr. Wendy Kohn - President - Kwamba Productions - Gaston, Oregon

"Our no-budget indie film project, DIVINE MANIPULATION OF THE THREADS, was a project that had gone through the hellish gauntlet of DVD production gone horribly awry...We authored the Dual-Layer Project on a DVD-R DL, and sent it off to the replicators. The disc came back, with a glitch -- a one second skip that broke the video and audio in playback. No one could tell us why the glitch was happening.  After three weeks of waiting for answers, the project was run through a different replicating facility after putting the project on two DDP discs. The project also came back with a similar glitch, in a different location. Still, no one could give us an answer as to the cause of the problem.

Someone around the digital grapevine had mentioned Trai's name.  I looked it up and contacted him through e-mail.  Trai called me within 30 minutes of sending the e-mail.  I was simply shocked.

Trai took in our project and dug in deep.  Within a matter of hours after receiving the two DVDs, Trai called me with the answer. The various project problems that Trai found were of the scope that should have never allowed us to master the disc in that manner.

One of the most important things I can say about Trai is that his work speaks for itself.  This man knows more about DVDs than the people that are creating them. He set my worried mind at ease with several updates during the week. He took it upon himself to find better ways to make the disc work. He found a method of transferring our Dual Layer project to a single DVD-5... completely eliminating the need for a layer break.  Trai is a consummate professional... He even called the representative dealing with our replication and made certain that we wouldn't have to shell out another penny."  

Bevan B. Bell - Principle - Rusted Sun Films

"You know those moments in life when someone goes above and beyond to help you?  It might have been someone that helped when your car broke down in the middle of the night during a snowstorm.  Maybe someone loaned you money when you were down and out.  You probably have a handful of these times that you remember for years.

Working with Trai Forrester was one of those times for us.  Trai's seemingly unlimited and immediate attention to our needs was astounding, and he saved the day.  Thanks Trai!"

Justin Bomberg, Owner - Story Me This Productions, Inc. Video producer for the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, National Geographic Channel, ABC News, and others.

"Trai applies a wealth of invaluable experience to his service offerings.  He helped me work through the many nuances of building a well authored DVD. Trai then provided a perfect DLT of the project, with documentation, for a 150,000 piece run for a major record label client. He provided extremely fast turnaround - FTP in the evening, project sent to my clients replicator the next day. We’re already working together on my next big project.”  

Duncan L. Hoffman - President - Dream Video Inc. Dallas, Texas

“We had a very complex dual-layer project, and Trai optimized it, laid off our DLTs and ensured that working with our replicator would be a smooth process (which it was).  He was also able to do this on a very quick turnaround, ensuring that we’ll be coming back to him on every one of our projects.”

Jim Butterworth, Incite Productions - Producer/Director of “Seoul Train” - Colorado

History: 7 rejections at the replicator's: " We worked our way up the food chain of every technical support center in the DVD kingdom–Studio Pro, Eclipse, etc–until they all said we’d stumped them. We’ve also received a lot of helpful suggestions from various online user forums. We chased down every lead, but still no joy....Less than 24 hours after shipping off my hard drive, I get a call from our newfound hero/expert saying that he’s fixed the problem. Yay!... Huge thanks to Trai Forrester, the professional troubleshooter who rescued us from DVD hell."

Todd Peterson - Tinywhale Productions - Producer 'Made In Secret'

"We had less than a week to author the job, and submit a 100,000 piece replication run for a client's magazine DVD insertion. The deadline to get the discs to the publisher had arrived. Success meant an important new monthly revenue stream. Trai worked with us on authoring settings, and then downloaded our DVD-9 Image by FTP from our company's server in the UK, ran through all his checks, wrote the DLTs, verified them and overnighted the tapes to our replicator in Germany; turning around our job in 18 hours (he stayed up all night). Amazing. The project was a success! Thank you Trai!"

Dan Brazil, New Media Manager - Digital Media Services, London, UK

"As I neared the end of the development phase, I knew that it made sense to speak with Trai about insuring that I could deliver the project to market.  I had created the interactive prototype on the DVD Studio Pro system, but due to the abstraction layer I knew I would suffer some compatibility and efficiency tradeoffs. 

Trai agreed to "re-author" the project using my assets from the DVDSP project using his Scenarist Pro system (to make cleaner Pan and Scan Menu wide version button highlights. Ed) and DVDAfterEdit program (post authoring from scratch. Ed.), to gain better compatibility and efficiency. Through last minute edits and changes, cascading problems, merging data, etc. (we were really pushing the envelope on this one), Trai, was incredibly patient and helpful.  In an art project, everything matters.  There really isn't an option for even subtle oversights.  This amazing project would not have happened were it not for Trai’s generosity, understanding and perseverance. I strongly recommend him for any project that really matters."

Ben Dowling, President Visionsound - Producer of 'the path of peace' - Sherman Oaks, California

History: The replicator would not initially redo the run even though CATS testing showed manufacturing error. Trai proved the error, and negotiated (two week saga) a full refund including the shipping costs. Trai also re-pre-mastered the final Image resubmission onto DLT. “Hi, Trai... Is it REALLY almost over?!  It seems impossible.  I bet you'll be glad, too.  But ya know something?  Out of all of this, something really great emerged.  I have my faith in mankind back, thanks to you.  But it's not just me.  I told one of my best friends the story today, and all about you... Do you know she actually cried when I told her?  You've restored faith for a lot of people, and you don't even realize it. You're the one really bright, shining star in all of this.  Scott certainly has earned his respect, too, and he shines as well.  But none shines brighter than you do. ”

Lori Sheffield , Owner - 'LoriKnits'