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Posted by Netmask on 08/03/07 04:12
"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Stuart" <stuart?@whodunnit8.com> wrote in message
> news:Afksi.15243$4A1.10840@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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>> "Mike Kujbida" <kXuXjXfXaXm@xplornet.com> wrote in message
>> news:5hdludF3ka17gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>> "Stuart" <stuart?@whodunnit8.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:p%csi.15059$4A1.13726@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>> "Mike Kujbida" <kXuXjXfXaXm@xplornet.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:5hctkiF3k9l3dU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> kelly32@mailinator.com wrote:
>>>>>>> I need some software to copy my home movies. I have a camcorder that
>>>>>>> write's to DVD-RW. I sent several of them to a compay to make a DVD
>>>>>>> movie. It has menus when you play it on TV, like a regular movie
>>>>>>> DVD.
>>>>>>> The compay said there is no copy protection or region restrictions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have Sonic MyDVD 4.5. When I try to use the Direct-to-DVD wizard
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> copy the DVD to the harddrive (so I can copy it to a blank DVD
>>>>>>> next -
>>>>>>> I only have one drive...) I get the error "No valid DVD capture
>>>>>>> devices were present." Then is says to make sure it's NTCS format.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> tried setting the preference to both NTCS and PAL. So Sonic MyDVD
>>>>>>> apparently doesn't come with what it needs to do what's in it's own
>>>>>>> menus.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can play that DVD on my computer with RealPlayer, Windows Media
>>>>>>> Player, and PowerDVD, and on TV with a regular DVD player. It's a
>>>>>>> bit
>>>>>>> dark with WMP, and the brightness setting doesn't work (WMP), but
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> other programs are okay.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have Windows XP Pro SP2.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If someone can recommend a simple free program that is just for
>>>>>>> copying non-encrypted DVD's I would really appreciate it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As long as you have some kind of DVD burning software (Roxio, Nero,
>>>>>> RecordNow, etc.), you have everything you need.
>>>>>> Stick the DVD into the computer's drive and browse to it.
>>>>>> There should be a VIDEO_TS folder and possibly an AUDIO_TS folder on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> DVD.
>>>>>> Copy this/these folder(s) to your desktop.
>>>>>> Insert a blank DVD and use your burning software to copy these
>>>>>> folders to
>>>>>> the blank DVD.
>>>>>> Burn them as a data disc, not a DVD disc.
>>>>>> That's all you have to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>> You have to burn as DVD Video in NeroExpress as long as the folders
>>>>> VIDEO_TS
>>>>> contain VOB, IFO and BUP files. Also I would copy the files to a
>>>>> folder not
>>>>> on the desktop, say in My Documents or better still if you have
>>>>> another
>>>>> drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> IF you burn conforming DVD files (folder VIDEO_TS contain VOB, IFO and
>>>>> BUP
>>>>> files) whilst you will be able to play on a computer many stand alone
>>>>> players
>>>>> won't recognise the disc.
>>>>>
>>>> addendum correction:
>>>> IF you burn conforming DVD files (folder VIDEO_TS contain VOB, IFO and
>>>> BUP
>>>> files) as DATA whilst you will be able to play on a computer many
>>>> stand alone
>>>> players
>>>> won't recognise the disc.
>>>
>>>
>>> I beg to differ. I use RecordNow Max to do this (burn as DATA disc) all
>>> the time and, over the years have burned hundreds of DVDs and have NEVER
>>> had any problems.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> In the case of NeroExpress it is the case , the typical error message
>> " You have added DVD-video content to a compilation type that will not
>> result in a DVD-video compliant disc. To create disc playable in
>> standalone DVD-video players please use the DVD-video compilation type",
>> there is a lengthy technical explanation over on videohelp.com
>>
>> So clearly RecordNowMax doesn't have this requirement. Most burning
>> packages I've used over the last 5 years or so have been quite definite
>> about using "DVD Video Files" over"DATA" for DVD compliant compilations
>> to be fully compatible with normal domestic DVD players.
>>
>
> It doesn't surprise me that "Stuart" would not understand how
> this works, he seems to be an advocate for "one button" brain
> dead approaches to video processing. If it isn't "Nero Express"
> it's his beloved "ConvertXtoDVD". (It's a good enough program
> for the stoned slacker crowd, but it's not the answer to every post.)
>
> If he would open "Nero Burning ROM", change from CD to
> DVD in the upper left corner, of the "New Compilation" window.
> He would have the Data DVD option highlighted "DVD-ROM
> (ISO)". Now, if he would click on the "ISO" tab, and notice
> what he sees.
>
> Then click on the "DVD-Video" option (Even Stuart can find it
> because it has a picture of a piece of film in the Icon.). Now he
> will be looking at the "ISO" tab for the "DVD-Video" option, he
> should see that they are the same.
>
> I could go into what ISO and UDF mean and how they could
> be causing the results he is seeing, but that would require that he
> actually bother to understand, what the program he uses, is doing,
> that would be way too much trouble for him, he can't be bothered.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
Many thanks for the charitable critique - you have nailed the problem! I do
indeed generally supply an answer based on the KISS principle as it doesn't
take a leap of Jesuit logic to realise that the majority of people asking
for advice are either unsure of the software or are new to the process. I
have to admit I'm a closet user of DVDLabPro, PGCEdit, IFOEdit, DVDAuthorGUI
and even a few ancient DOS programs as well as a range of high end audio
editing packages etc.. sorry about that.
In regard to Nero well yes if I simply want to burn a disc it's a lot easier
to open Express and away you go however there are some difference between
DATA and Video files.
If you open the complete Nero package as you suggested and select the icon
called DVD-ROM (ISO) in other words the icon NeroExpress invokes when you
select DATA, under the ISO tab you will observe that there is a menu item
accessible as a drop down menu called File System and the default is ISO
9660 + Joliet and further down there is a box ticked 'allow more than 60
characters etc.." In addition there is a tab item called 'multisession'
more of this later....
If you now select the icon in the full package called DVD-Video you will
note some significant changes to the above. Firstly the drop down menu file
system is no longer accessible, it is greyed out and the item preselected as
"ISO9660 only". Strange to say the tab called 'multisession' is missing.
So there are differences that I thought and assumed you, Ken, knew about
or were you being deceptive by omission?
My personal philosophy is that one should always try to help people with the
simplest straight forward solution to a problem. ie so that it works and
then with time and confidence they can grow their experience and knowledge.
Problem solving doesn't have to follow the typical puritan model that
dictates all learning should be accompanied by a level of suffering and hard
work. Simplicity is elegance in science.
So thank you Ken for putting me in my place - I will endeavour to spell out
in future my solutions are simple solutions that work for me and if others
would like to try them out and experiment then I'm cool with that.
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