Posted by Bill's News on 12/18/07 20:38

"janet" <janl_d@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:44:13 -0800, Bill's News wrote:
>> With IFO files, there is no
>> semantic issue regarding DATA or VIDEO.
>
> Hi again Bill's News,
>
> From my practical standpoint, meaning I do what works and that
> doesn't mean
> I understand things - the information (IFO) files are just
> another file
> inside the VIDEO_TS directory (along with the backup (BUP) to
> the
> information files, and the 1GB video (VOB) files themselves).
>
> So, from my practical sense, the VIDEO_TS directory just
> contains "stuff".
>
> When I burn that VIDEO_TS "stuff" to the root of a DVD disc, I
> get a
> playable DVD. With ImgBurn, I just burn the VIDEO_TS directory
> like I would
> any other data.
>
> But with Nero, I apparently had to do hokey pokey and not call
> it data but
> call it a DVD and go through menus and hoops and bells and
> whistles, and
> only then did Nero create a working DVD. It was so much work,
> I scrapped
> Nero and wondered why on earth anyone ever used that crap in
> the first
> place.
>
> Now, I admit I don't understand any of this stuff - so that's
> why I persist
> in asking why Nero needs a special button called "DVD" where
> ImgBurn
> doesn't need anything special to burn DVD data as a DVD.
>
> Are you saying that a VIDEO_TS directory doesn't have to
> contain an IFO
> file? ANd, if it doesn't contain an IFO file, then Nero
> somehow magically
> creates that IFO file?
>
> janet

So sorry, when I went back to read what I'd written, I now see
what lead to your confusion. My typo of IFO for ISO. What my
remark should have said is:

2) ImgBurn, as you noted - a superb burner, works with - or
first creates - ISO files. DVDShrink will produce ISO files
directly, regardless of its feature set employed. DVDFab,
however, does not do this, as the platinum version - and perhaps
the gold - includes a burner. With ISO files, there is no
semantic issue regarding DATA or VIDEO.

And that was without drinking! If this doesn't clarify, I'll
try again.

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