Posted by Ken Maltby on 08/02/07 19:12

"Stuart" <stuart?@whodunnit8.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike Kujbida" <kXuXjXfXaXm@xplornet.com> wrote in message
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>> 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

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