Burning multiple DVD's

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:52 am

If I need to burn 3 DVD's each for 16 people (48 disc's) I would like to know the most efficient process.

Bkersh1

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:54 am

What I usually do is, from VS, burn to a DVD folder (not to disc), then use Nero to burn as many copies as I want, whenever I want, without having to go thru the entire burn process again, which is what you would have to do if you decide to go back and burn more discs with VS.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:00 am

On the very last page of the burning module, instead of burning to an actual disc, choose instead to create either:

(1) a disc image file (.iso) for each of the 3 DVDs, which contains a full, exact image of what will appear on the final DVDs. You can burn this to the 16 sets of DVD using a third party program like Nero Burning ROM or Roxio Easy Media Creator, or a small program installed as part of the Video Studio installation. It is called VCD DVD Disc Image Recorder and is normally found in your Windows Menu item for Video Studio as one of the subsidiary items. There is no link to it within Video Studio itself, though.

OR

(2) a DVD folder which will appear as Video_TS. And like any commercial video DVD, the Video_TS folder is in effect the video DVD contents. This is the choice I usually make because you can also play back such a folder with a software DVD player and thus check its contents before actually burning to disc. You need a third party program like Nero or Roxio to burn the DVDs, however, as the small module which comes with Video Studio will not burn these folders to disc.

If you intend to do this sort of exercise often, you might want to consider buying a multiple DVD burner, though they are not cheap...

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:33 am

Using VS 11 can you explain how to burn to a DVD Folder?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:49 am

Please view:
Authoring a DVD

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:17 am

I created a folder instead of burning a DVD and now i am trying to burn the dvd's using roxio easy media creator 9. it seemed to start off ok but the process failed. Not quite sure why. Any thoughts?

You mention that you can preview the movie (TS folder) on a software dvd player. I have cyberlink power DVD DX installed on my system. Is this a program that should be able to play the movie file?

bkersh1

2Dogs · Post by **2Dogs** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:29 am

I wonder if you have a Dell pc - they used to have what they called Dell Media Experience, including Power DVD DX. It should be able to play the DVD from folders on your hard drive - you click on "source" and "play DVD from folder" then point it to the appropriate VIDEO_TS folder containing your DVD output.

My preference would be to output to an ISO file - it makes it even simpler to burn to DVD, and you can use a very compact freeware program such as IMG burn, which gives you the option of changing the disc label if you want, or the Ulead Disc Image Recorder.

The downside of output to an ISO file is that it's not as easy to preview the DVD - although you can do so using software that mounts the ISO file in a virtual drive, or just burn the first copy to a DVD RW disc and make sure everything's right before running off another hundred copies!

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:58 am

Sorry, I don't use Roxio and don't have it on any of my computers, so cannot tell you the exact process of burning such a folder and making sure it is a *video* DVD. The danger otherwise is that you might just be using a command which would burn your DVD folder as an ordinary archive file.

In Nero 7 and earlier there was a distinct command which allowed you to burn 'DVD files' (in effect the folder). With Nero 8, that seems to have disappeared, sadly, but you open Burning ROM, choose DVD Video > New then point it to where your DVD folder is stored on your computer. Set a (low) burning speed and give your disc a name, and press Burn.

They also have a similar process for burning disc image .iso files, as does Roxio, or you could use the freeware program recommended by 2Dogs.

I personally always use the DVD folders option precisely because of the preview possibility. 2Dogs has already pointed out generally how to do it with PowerDVD, which I also use. You click on the little 'Select Source' button below the Pause button (to the immediate left of the navigational slider). The choose 'Open movie file on hard disc drive', then navigate to your DVD Folder.

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:34 am

Would you guys have any idea why my dvd would not play once i burned my .ISO file using Roxio Creator? In VS11 in the share mode I selected create disc (that worked) and create an ISO file. Went into Roxio pulled in the ISO file and burned a DVD which would not play on my DVD player ???

2Dogs · Post by **2Dogs** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:05 am

It's hard to tell without more information. You might start by seeing if the DVD plays on your pc, if you've not already done so. If it does play, there is the possibility of a compatibility issue with the set top or standalone DVD Player. Older units would sometimes not be able to play DVD+R discs, unless the "booktype" had been set to DVD-ROM. Many more recent DVD burners will do this automatically, and your system looks fairly new.

It could be a bad burn. You might try burning another copy at a lower speed to see if that makes any difference. If you'd rather not waste another disc, burn to a DVD RW disc. Burn quality to RW discs is usually inferior to single write discs, however, so if it's a burn quality issue, the RW may not play either.

You might try burning the ISO file with ImgBurn, or better still, CD DVD Speed, a freeware utility available for download from the Nero website that is part of the Nero "toolkit". From the "Create Disc" tab in CD DVD Speed, you can select "burn image" and point to the ISO file. You will then see a graph of the actual burn speed strategy your burner uses, and this can help you identify problems with the media.

Can you read the disc in My Computer or Windows Explorer? Does it have the expected structure of an AUDIO_TS and a VIDEO_TS folder - the latter containing all the video files?

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:02 am

in My Computer i right click on the dvd drive and explore and two files are there. the ISO file and a small iso.adp??? It is not set up with an audio and video folder.

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:07 am

Did you just burn the ISO file to the DVD, as in a Data file? If the ISO file was an image of a video dvd, and you used the proper software, it should have produced a video DVD. The DVD would then have the Video_TS, and an empty Audio_TS folder. Just exactly how did you burn the ISO file to your DVD?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:12 am

Ah... it sounds as though you have in fact only burned the disc image file to DVD as an archive, rather than as a video DVD. If it were the latter, you would see two folders on the disc -- Audio_TS and Video_TS. The former would be empty, and the latter would contain a variety of .vob, .bup and .ifo files.

I think, unless you can identify in Roxio the specific module that will recognise and burn an image file, you should take 2Dogs advice and download one of those specialist programs he mentioned.

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:15 am

What would happen in VS11 if i select to burn 10 copies would it take any longer then using IMBurn or roxio (which is not working) ?? Would VS ask to insert new discs?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:26 am

You could certainly do it that way if you are happy that the project will look the way you want it to when burned to disc. I have done so in the past where I only wanted 2 or three copies and didn't think I would be coming back later to burn more copies.

And yes, when one disk is done, it is ejected and the program asks for another blank.