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Posted by Netmask on 03/23/06 05:46
"pnguine" <pnguine@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Netmask wrote:
>
>>
>> That's why it won't play on a standalone DVD player. You need to Author
>> the DVD by "adding" the VOB files, creating chapters and menu's if you
>> want them and then let the program process the files - in doing so it
>> will generate the IFO and BUP files. These files "tells" the DVD player
>> what to do. In a computer all you need is basically the right mpeg codec
>> and it will play the VOB files okay (they are mpeg files with a specific
>> header). NeroVisionExpress will do but there are many many other programs
>> you could use.
>>
>> There are some newer DVD players that will play mpeg files burnt as DATA
>> but generally there is a file size limit.
>>
>>
>
> I appreciate your help and understand what you are saying after doing a 3
> day crash course in DVD burning but does it matter that it came with all
> the ancillary files? When it plays on my machine the menus are there and
> working.
>
> Anyway, while we're there, what's a good freeware app for authoring?
>
> Thanks
>
> phil n
Computers are far less demanding than the specifications of DVD players, my
guess is one of the IFO files is corrupted, enough to throw a DVD player
into a "I won't play this!" mode... or it may be a region problem. Is your
DVD player region free?
www.videohelp.com is a good forum for specific technical help without the
wowsers, puritans and what I call "the Christian Taliban" moralising about
their assumptions of everybody's activities except their own! Actually I
think they have a wank after posting one of their "tut tu" comments. (don't
mind me I'm a complete amoral left wing liberal at the best of times)
One of the simplest authoring programs - makes "next" chapters but don't
bother with menu's is DVDAuthorGUI. The downside is you have to demux any
vob or mpeg files you have first - not difficult, basically it splits the
file into 2 files a sound file and a video file. It's very quick around 9 to
20 minutes for a full feature length movie.
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