Video Studio pro X2- methods of burning

olsonju · Post by **olsonju** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:04 am

I have questions about burning a disc outside of the Video Studio program. I have read through these blogs: "RE -RENDER OR BURN ISO FILE?" and also "PROBLEM IN RENDERING OR BURNING". I also read through Trevor Andrew's guide. I always burn my video in Video Studio, but not all of them play well. I saw a suggestion by Ken Berry to burn with a different program. I bought NERO 9. I found my mpeg file (I hope this is the same as an ISO file that was discussed in the blogs I read). I followed the steps (SHARE/CREATE DISC/DVD). Then I created my menu/chapters. Once completed, the next screen is the BURN box. I can't figure out how to save the file with menu/chapters, and then find it again to burn in the NERO 9 program. Could you help me with this?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:17 am

First, an mpeg-2 file is NOT the same as an ISO file. The latter is what you are aiming to make from the mpeg-2. It is an exact mirror of what will be on the final, burned DVD, including menus and chapters. And it is the ISO file you burn in Nero...

But from the workflow you describe, when you have inserted the mpeg file in the VS burning module, and built the menu and added your chapter points, then on that last page, the burning page, you don't actually insert a blank disc in the burner, but instead tick either the Create ISO or Create DVD Folder boxes. If they are not visible on the page, then see if there is a big downward pointing arrow over to the right of the Create Disc (or DVD?) box. Click on that and the ISO and DVD Folder choices should become visible. (Sorry, still away from home so can't recall the exact wording on the VS screen, even after all these years!!

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olsonju · Post by **olsonju** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:49 pm

Hi Ken,

I went back into the burn screen. I do see the large arrows to the right. Yes , a box opens and I have more choices. Do I choose CREATE DVD FOLDERS, or CREATE DISC IMAGE?

After the folder or image burns, I go to Nero and locate the file through that program?

I thank you.
JO

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:50 pm

FWIW, I also have Nero and I always use the DVD Folders option.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:41 am

I choose DVD Folder as well, and Nero can burn that ... though it can also burn an ISO File. I choose the DVD Folder option because I can play it directly on a software DVD player to make sure it is all OK before I burn it to an actual disc.

FYI, a DVD Folder appears as Video_TS which is what appears on all video DVDs. An ISO file is slightly more complex but is essentially the same thing -- the full, final DVD. But if you want to check everything is OK with it before burning it to disc, you have to 'mount' the file on a virtual drive using third party software before it can be seen by a software player...

metmot · Post by **metmot** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:34 am

Ken Berry wrote:I choose DVD Folder as well, and Nero can burn that ... though it can also burn an ISO File. I choose the DVD Folder option because I can play it directly on a software DVD player to make sure it is all OK before I burn it to an actual disc.

FYI, a DVD Folder appears as Video_TS which is what appears on all video DVDs. An ISO file is slightly more complex but is essentially the same thing -- the full, final DVD. But if you want to check everything is OK with it before burning it to disc, you have to 'mount' the file on a virtual drive using third party software before it can be seen by a software player...

I always burn to an ISO file only. Even the VS2 burn module has given me trouble from time to time (burn fails and ruins my DVD). This never seems to happen when simply creating an ISO file. I use a program called Power ISO to burn, mount, extract from image files etc. It's a really nice program. Power ISO costs 30 dollars USA which may turn some off but you can download a trial version which has some limitations to try it out. It's the best Image manager I have tried. It never crashes and always does what it's supposed to.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:56 am

There is another program which does what PowerISO does and it's called WinISO. It's even cheaper, though I don't think it's free.

But my point is that if you go the DVD Folder route, you don't have to bother about mounting it to play it back on a software player...

metmot · Post by **metmot** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:01 pm

Ken Berry wrote:There is another program which does what PowerISO does and it's called WinISO. It's even cheaper, though I don't think it's free.

But my point is that if you go the DVD Folder route, you don't have to bother about mounting it to play it back on a software player...

I have to be honest I have never tried the DVD folder route. Didn't even know what it was for prior to this discussion. Thanks for the info.

BTW one of the things I like about Power ISO is you can mount the image file on your virtual drive with a right click action on the ISO file within file manger which is pretty handy. Here is one IMPORTANT thing I wasn't clear on. The trial version of Power ISO will do everything within the scope of what we would need to use along with VS. The limitations are for creating a new ISO from files, not in burning or mounting existing ones. And the trial has no time out, so in essence it's free to use for the purposes within the scope of this discussion. It can be downloaded here if anyone would like to check it out.
http://www.poweriso.com/

And of course since Corel doesn't want guys like us debating this topic they just made is simple and omitted all that confusing stuff from the X3 burn module

olsonju · Post by **olsonju** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:44 am

Thank you Ken, I located the DVD by following your descriptions. The other suggestions were interesting but seemed complicated for me. I haven't burned by video out of NERO 9 yet.

Do I go to RIP AND BURN, then to NERO BURNING ROM? Once in that screen I not certain whether to go to the ISO tab or the BURN tab. Also, there are multiple DVD formats that I am unfamiliar with; they are DVD ROM ISO/DVD COPY/ DVD VIDEO/ DVD-ROM (BOOT), DVD-ROM (UDF), DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO). Ekk, I'm not sure which to choose. I started to read through Nero but got a little lost.

I am on another learning curve, if you can advise, I would appreciate.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:00 am

This is getting off-topic for Video Studio, but briefly, you simply open Nero StartSmart, and choose BurningROM. On the next screen, click on DVD-Video, then on the New button down at the bottom right of that same screen.

A new screen will appear divided into 4 uneven columns. In the first (far left), it will only have Audio_TS and Video_TS written in it. There will be nothing in the second column, and in the third you navigate to wherever your new DVD Folder created in VS is located. It should say Video_TS. Then you drag that and drop it in the second (empty) column It will expand out to a variety of IFO, BUP and VOB files. That is your DVD structure.

Make sure Nero is showing your burner drive up top roughly mid-screen, then click on the Burn button to the left of that. A new screen will appear. I usually first click on the Label tab and give my new DVD a name. Then I go back to the Burn tab and choose a burning speed which is roughly half the rated speed for the blank disc. For instance, I use 8x Ritek blanks, so set the burning speed at 4x.

Then click the main Burn button down in the bottom right, and the burning will commence. For a single layer DVD at 4x, it will take roughly 14 minutes to burn the DVD.

olsonju · Post by **olsonju** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:23 am

Thank YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!