DVD Burning Problems?

[TheMamba]

Looks like you kinda doubled up.

You want to burn the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders only onto the disc.

It sounds like you had the Audio and Video folders INSIDE another folder and then burned all 3 folders to disc.

It should only be the Audio and Video_TS folders.

[AAR.oner]

tho some feel it might be overkill, i always burn two disc per show--a "data disc" for archiving and trading with, and a DVD-Video disc for watching on the standalone.

DATA DISC--burn a DVD-ROM [UDF/ISO] disc with *EVERYTHING* that came with the show [video files, info txt, checksum, etc]. this can be archived, and then used to copy from for other people when trading thru snail mail.

DVD-Video disc--if you use Nero, select DVD-Video as yer project type, then drag everything from the show's Video_TS folder [.ifo, .bup, and .vob files] to the *red Video_TS folder* in the project window...then burn
if you use another program, you can simply do as Mamba said--create an *empty* Audio_TS folder, and then a Video_TS folder which contains all the .ifo/.bup/.vob files

[ohkeepa]

this problem has stumped every board i have posted it on, even gateway support

here is what happens:
1. I put a dvd into the drive to copy it.
2. I start up dvdx copy
3. I copy the dvd, no problems
4. i put the new copy of the dvd back into the drive to see if it worked and it wont read

but it will play in every other dvd player i have

[ohkeepa]

nobody?

[range_hood]

What system are you on?
What does "every other player" mean? standalone? pc drive?

[TheMamba]

This may sound silly but...

Do you even have a program on your computer that plays DVD's?

Meaning....your DVD burning program may be able to read and write the DVD files but can it "play" them?

[phishy13]

so i figured it out. everything worked with that advice. i simply used the 2 folders and using the 2 inside the main one must have caused a problem. now my problem is the same for the phish show i just downloaded. it burned and played fine on my pc but that playback error on my dvd player. not sure why. at first i thought it was cause i had everything in lower case. went back and put the empty AUDIO_TS folder in then added the VIDEO_TS folder that contained everything. same end result. can anyone tell me now what is wrong. doing the same thing as i just did with the phil and friends show. thanks

[AAR.oner]

what make/model DVD player do you have? it could incompatability issues with the standalone.

other wise, check and see if there are only .ifo, .bup, and .vob files in the VIDEO_TS folder...sometimes, if there is an .md5 checksum *inside* the VIDEO_TS folder, it'll cause problems with a standalone.

[TheMamba]

Originally Posted by AAR.oner

what make/model DVD player do you have? it could incompatability issues with the standalone.

other wise, check and see if there are only .ifo, .bup, and .vob files in the VIDEO_TS folder...sometimes, if there is an .md5 checksum *inside* the VIDEO_TS folder, it'll cause problems with a standalone.

Dang, you beat me to it Aaron.

[TheMamba]

I just did a Phish search in Video BT here. I didn't see any PAL DVD's - all NTSC so there goes what I was thinking on that.

Which show is it that you're talking about phishy? Throw a link out here.

[AAR.oner]

Originally Posted by TheMamba

Dang, you beat me to it Aaron.

Mwahahahahaha...

btw, thanks for helpin out around here Mamba...much appreciated

[TheMamba]

Originally Posted by AAR.oner

Mwahahahahaha...

btw, thanks for helpin out around here Mamba...much appreciated

No problem, man. Glad to help.

[burglecutt]

Due to the fact I have a crappy burning software, i burn all my DVDs as a data disc and they all play on my stand alone.....except for one. and i actually have just handed it out to see if it will play on my buddys player. There is some techspeak about these Dvds being made with higher butrates that are not so easily read by some players. im thinking this might be the case with the JGB93 DVD recently torrented

[AAR.oner]

Originally Posted by burglecutt

Due to the fact I have a crappy burning software, i burn all my DVDs as a data disc and they all play on my stand alone.....except for one. and i actually have just handed it out to see if it will play on my buddys player. There is some techspeak about these Dvds being made with higher butrates that are not so easily read by some players. im thinking this might be the case with the JGB93 DVD recently torrented

good call burglecutt...some older standalones can't handle bitrates higher than 8 Mbps [i think]...a make/model would help in determining if that's yer problem

[phishy13]

i use record now i believe it is called. a burner from my pc. i had you guys help me with the phil and friends show. after the advice with the folders i reburned it and it played well on the pc and my dvd player. so i just got the 4/29/90 phish show and did the 2 folder thing and it didn't play on that same dvd player, but fine on the pc. tried to reburn it cause i had the folders in lower case and thought it needed to be in all caps. same end result. has me stumped. but i now have 2 good data type discs of it. or at least it works on the pc just not on my dvd player.