3 Replies Latest reply: Nov 11, 2014 10:40 AM by Stan Jones RSS

    Combined Video / DVD-ROM only works with output directly to Disc

    Geomarkus Community Member
    Geomarkus Nov 11, 2014 7:47 AM

      Hi all,

       

      I produced a combined Video / DVD-ROM and have severall issues with output:

       

      1. When I write the project directly on a DVD, all is ok

       

      But in my current project, I wanted to write the project on a folder on the harddrive (just to send a master copy online)....

       

      2. When I write the project in a folder on the harddrive, the video_ts is ok, but the data (html with 8 linked videos) won't play correct: On the starting page, there is a video-slider with preview-pictures, that are linked to the videos. The slider doesn't show the preview-pictures...

       

      Question: What did Encore to my data? I thought, Encore only copys the files. But oviously, Encore handeled the data by writing to the harddrive in another way, than by writing to the DVD. Has anyone experience with this situation?

       

      3. Another problem: When I replace the incorrect data section on the harddrive folder with the correct data section from the correct DVD-ROM Output, anything is ok - when I open the files in the harddrive folder. But when I burn a DVD with this mix, my DVD-Player can't read this DVD. I compared this DVD with the correct DVD and recognized no difference. In particular, there is a correct video_ts folder on both DVDs

       

      Again the question is: what does Encore with the data? Respectively, what makes a DVD readable / not readable by DVD-Players.

       

      Has anyone an idea, what is going wrong here?

       

      Best regards

      Markus

        • 1. Re: Combined Video / DVD-ROM only works with output directly to Disc
          Stan Jones CommunityMVP
          Stan Jones Nov 11, 2014 10:08 AM (in response to Geomarkus)

          I first thought that you are not setting up your html correctly. But I don't see why it would not work built to a folder and work built to a DVD. I can't tell, because you are not telling us what you see on the DVD/the DVD folder regarding the ROM content.

           

          In Encore, for the ROM content, you must select a folder. That top level folder is NOT going to appear on the DVD. The ROM the files inside that folder and any folders inside that folder (and their content).

           

          Since you are playing this as a web page, I assume you have a file such as index.htm and it references video files that are in another folder or in the same folder as that file?

          • 2. Re: Combined Video / DVD-ROM only works with output directly to Disc
            SAFEHARBOR11 Community Member
            SAFEHARBOR11 Nov 11, 2014 10:09 AM (in response to Geomarkus)

            Hi Markus,

             

            HOW exactly are you burning the hard drive folder to a DVD disc? If simply burning the VIDEO_TS folder to disc as DATA, that is why it does not work in the DVD player. To be a legal-spec DVD compatible with set-top players, a DVD must be burned as "DVD Video". The files are laid out a certain way on the disc, there is perhaps a flag on the disc indicating that it is "DVD Video", etc.

             

            Add any DVD-Rom content in Encore, then try building an IMAGE (.iso) file from Encore rather than a "Folder" on the hard drive. Use any burning software that can use an .iso as a source and that will create a proper DVD. Or use a free software such as "ImageBurn" and be sure to choose "DVD Video" when burning the folder to disc if you wish to continue using the folder method. But I don't think you can add more data inside the VIDEO_TS folder once it is on the hard drive, only add content in Encore.

             

            I believe that VLC Media Player will play .iso file DVDs if memory serves

             

            Thanks

             

            Jeff Pulera

            Safe Harbor Computers

            • 3. Re: Combined Video / DVD-ROM only works with output directly to Disc
              Stan Jones CommunityMVP
              Stan Jones Nov 11, 2014 10:40 AM (in response to Geomarkus)

              Jeff's response reminded me that I forgot to address another point.

              I wanted to write the project on a folder on the harddrive (just to send a master copy online)....

              For the reasons Jeff described, if a user downloads the DVD folder and burns it to a disk (with most disk burning utilities), it will burn it as a data disk, rather than a DVD video disk, and it will not work.

               

              You say your video_ts is working either way. Are you sure the burned disk works in a DVD player?