Posted by Netmask on 08/03/07 06:16

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Netmask" <netmask56NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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....
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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> OK, so is your full name "Stuart Netmask" then?
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> The point is that playable DVDs are simple ISO Data DVDs
> with a certain file structure. (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS
> folders) You can make more complex ISO data DVDs, but
> that is beside the point. You don't need a special preset with
> a name "Video DVD" to create a playable anywhere DVD.
> In fact a "Video" DVD is just a simplified "Data" DVD.
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> But you were telling everyone that your DVD won't play
> anywhere except your PC, unless it were burned using a
> "special" "Video DVD" option.
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> Simple is a good target, correct can be a more useful one.
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> Luck;
> Ken
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>
My friends in the music industry call me Stu

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