[Joe Bowden]

An AUDIO_TS folder is not necessary for DVD-Video playback, although some are convinced that very old players will have problems without one. You’ll notice if you check the file structure of the latest Hollywood DVD titles, they have only the required VIDEO_TS folder, and not the AUDIO_TS.

However, if it gives you peace of mind, you can add an AUDIO_TS folder within a ROM folder and add that ROM folder to the ROM section of the Encore project, and then there will be an AUDIO_TS folder at the root level of the disc.

[Joe Bowden]

Now it makes sense why you are trying to do this as you are. Sorry for the impatient tone in my last post- part of it was due to not understanding why you were going about it the long way. I only have a limited amount of time in the day to reply to user questions, so I like to keep it brief and move things along. Also, correcting misassumptions about the capabilities of Encore can take up lots of time I don’t have, so thanks to Jeff for clarifying what he meant in that particular passage.

I think there is something that I have so far failed to communicate, so I will say it now: Encore produces completely compatible DVD folders (VIDEO_TS). Whatever the application you use to burn this folder to DVD-Video disc from, if used correctly and it is DVD-Video spec-compliant, will produce a compatible, playable DVD. In other words, if you take an Encore-produced VIDEO_TS folder and burn it using the DVD-Video wizard in Nero, it will be as compatible as any other VIDEO_TS folder from any other DVD authoring app fed into Nero. Which may not be saying a lot due to some issues in Nero! But then again, you may not see this. The point is, using an image file eliminates the need for Nero to parse the VIDEO_TS folder, and thus doesn’t add any of their file ordering idiosyncracies into the picture.

Now- it just came back to me: ReStream is the app I was referring to in the previous topic you asked about. It will allow you to change the dimensions reported in the MPEG header file. If you have built a DVD folder in Encore, then you have already re-transcoded the video, and DVDPatcher isn’t really going to help you as you were trying to avoid that in the first place.

[Joe Bowden]

moxiecat, I don’t know the passage you’re quoting from, but I think you’re misinterpreting what Jeff wrote. What I believe he meant if your paraphrasing is correct is you can’t just burn a straight data DVD from a VIDEO_TS folder and have it play in a DVD player (it won’t), but that is true of any VIDEO_TS folder created in any DVD authoring app, not just those created by Encore. But Encore-built VIDEO_TS folders are as compatible as they come for DVD authoring- it’s whatever application you are burning them from that.

It’s fairly well known that Nero can have trouble with BUP and IFO files in the VIDEO_TS folder, which can cause playback trouble in some DVD players. Best to avoid it unless you are willing to take your chances. Better is to burn from an image file- then Nero does no parsing of the VIDEO_TS folder, and just burns a copy of what’s in the image.

But the main point I’m trying to make, is why build a DVD folder at all? You’re adding an unnecessary step by doing this. You can burn your project directly from Encore and all should be well. If you like making more work for yourself, you can even build a DVD folder, and then use this as your source in Encore to burn a DVD, or take your chances on a non-compliant application a burn from there.

It’s your time and money to burn, not mine.

[Joe Bowden]

You heard wrong- it’s Nero that can’t be trusted to burn a VIDEO_TS folder correctly.

Burn your DVD directly in Encore, and you should be fine. If you have any burning problems from Encore, export a DVD image from Encore, then burn from the image from Nero or ImgBurn.

[Joe Bowden]

This is how Loop Point is supposed to work- play the motion menu, activate the button highlights at the Loop Point timecode, then loop back to the Loop Point timecode.

If you only want to delay the subpictures and have the menu play back repeatedly in its entirety, then set Loop # to None and set the end action of the menu to Link Back to Here.

[Joe Bowden]

Have you got motion menus?

[Joe Bowden]

In the SaveAs project, you’re still getting the error?

[Joe Bowden]

Did you try doing a SaveAs, as I advised in my last post?

[Joe Bowden]

You’d best burn to DVD+R DL if you have the burner and media, as that much won’t fit onto a single layer DVD.

Try doing a SaveAs on the project, and see how that goes.

[Joe Bowden]

The compression from 3ivX is very high, so it makes for very small file sizes. But when you burn video on a DVD for the DVD-Video format, it has to be MPEG-2; so your video assets total duration is the important thing.

What’s the total duration of the video assets you have in the Encore project?