Burning a DVD

[BrianCee]

Yes - just copying the "Video_TS" folder to a blank DVD will make a playable DVD.

[Brain Champagne]

Not the audio ts folder too?

And- the folder as well, not just the contents?

[BrianCee]

The audio folder is not used any more - you will find it is completely empty - you can copy it over if you like just for completeness.

You must copy the folder itself complete with contents - all DVD players are programmed to search for a Video_TS folder and know what to do from there on.

[Ken Berry]

I thought a DVD also had to have a special 'lead-in' code to tell the player it was a DVD -- and not just the Video_TS folder copied to it. For example, when Nero, Roxio etc burn a Video_TS folder, the log says, after referring to caching etc, that it is burning a lead-in before it begins burning the folder itself... (and also a lead-out when the main burn is finished and before the disc is ejected)??? Then again, I haven't tried just burning a Video_TS folder using, say, Windows, and then tried playing it on a DVD player.

[BrianCee]

I have done hundreds of DVD's by just copying the Video_TS folder to a DVD - in fact in school we usually give the task to one of the juniors. I produce the first DVD (usually by just copying the folders from my HDD to a disc) and then check on my TV that it plays as expected and then I take the DVD into school and copy the folders to the school server - the staff then use a number of laptops to copy from the server to the blank discs using Windows Explorer.

We then sell them to the pupils parents so they are played on a great variety of different players - sometimes one or two from about 300 are returned because they do not play - the office staff just give out another disc (which apparently works) and put the "faulty" one to the bottom of the pile for future distribution and eventually they all go.

We have repeated this twice a year for the last 8 years and all the parents appear very happy with the result.

[Ken Berry]

That's really good to know. I must try it!! Not sure if it will work with a Blu-Ray, though, as I have tried that -- simply copying a BDMV folder (plus Certificate where relevant) to a Blu-Ray disc. But 3 players refused to recognise it. Could be something to do with the UDF 2.5 setting required, though, rather than with the methodology itself...

[Phil]

Hi,

I'm trying to make a standard DVD from a previous Video_TS folder and Audio_TS folder I have (which came from a VSP project & burn). After researching google, it seems it not just a matter of copying, pasting and then burning.

How can I use VSP x6 Ultimate to do this for me?

Phil

[Ken Berry]

X6 and previous versions cannot be used in that way. If you have the Video_TS folder, and want to burn it to disc, then you can apparently follow Brian's instructions above and simply use Windows to do so.

Personally, I prefer to use a program like Nero or the Roxio suite, or even the freeware ImgBurn program, to do it. I also use Ashampoo's Burning Studio. They all have the capacity to burn an existing folder to a viable video DVD.

You don't have to worry about the Audio_TS folder since it is almost invariably empty, and those programs simply add their own empty Audio_TS folder to the disc.

[Phil]

I tried Brian's method 4 times. When I inserted the DVD into the DVD player, I only got a display of the folder(s). Some other encoding had not taken place and I tried leaving in/out the Audio folder

[lata]

Hi

Do you have the original project to burn another disc, or just the TS Folder?

If so create an Iso would allow you to use Video Studio to burn the disc.

[BrianCee]

I tried Brian's method 4 times. When I inserted the DVD into the DVD player, I only got a display of the folder(s). Some other encoding had not taken place and I tried leaving in/out the Audio folder

Do you mean a standalone DVD player connected to a TV or do you mean the DVD tray on your computer.

I have never come across a standalone DVD player that can show the folders structure of a DVD on a TV screen - if it is not correct every DVD player I have come across will throw up some sort of error like "unsupported format" or "Incompatible disc" - - but in any case there is no "folder structure" - just one single folder called Video_TS with a list of files like this in it :-

click on the image for a clearer view

if you mean in the computer DVD tray then yes of course it shows the folder - you need a software DVD player on your computer - like WinDVD for instance.

I can assure you that whatever you may have found via Google you most definitely can produce playable DVD's by just copying the Video_TS folder onto a blank DVD - I do it all the time and often. I am not sure what your referring to when you talk of copying and pasting then burning - I always just open windows explorer and drag the Video_TS folder onto the blank disc and away it goes.

This is no different from doing "copy disc" in Windows - it just copies the folders from one disc to another.


But if it really does not work for you and you still have the original .vsp then why not just open that in VideoStudio and continue to the burn module then burn a new disc or if you do not have the .vsp then why not just import the contents of the Video_TS folder into VideoStudio timeline using the "Import Digital Media Option" then continue to 'Create disc' in the normal manner


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