Possible to create a hybrid AVCHD disc with DVD-Video on DVD-R for PS3?

[siegeknife]

hey guys,

wondering if it's possible to mount both an AVCHD (BDMV+Certification folders) disc with a DVD-Video (Video_ts and Audio_ts folders) on the same single-layer DVD-R that are both recognizable and playable on a Sony PS3?

I would want the PS3 to recognize the AVCHD files foremost (recognizing the DVD-Video files is secondary).

Tried burning the AVCHD files as a UDF Physical partition 2.50 multisession disc, then burned the DVD-Video folders on the same root directory as a UDF/ISO 1.02 closed session disc. Tested it on a DVD-RW so far, have yet to try it on a DVD-R.

Let me know how it's doable. Thanks.

[jman98]

The BluRay format doesn't support this type of disc. It's highly non-standard. I would not expect it to work, but you'd have to test it. Multi-session burns are always risky as non-PC playback devices, like DVD players, almost always only recognize one session in the burn. Usually it's the first, but some only recognize the last session.

[siegeknife]

hi jman98,

Yep so far whichever session I burn first (AVCHD first, then DVD-Video) or the other way around (DVD-Video first, then AVCHD), both are recognized as DVD-Video by the PS3 but the Disc cannot be played.

But when burned individually (AVCHD disc, same files, and DVD-Video disc, sames files), the PS3 is able to recognize them both separately.

I figure there must be a way to layer the structures in a way that the PS3 recognizes the AVCHD portion. I'm fine if the DVD-Video remains invisible to the PS3 (it has to be on the root directory though).

Any help would be great. thanks.

[yoda313]

If you can have your computer relatively nearby you would be better off streaming the video to the ps3. Tversity is one that works very well - though it can be a bit finicky at times.

EDIT - another option is to get a upnp enabled network harddrive that you could transfer the original video files to. I think dlink had one with two drive bays for under 200.00. I forgot the full name but check the web and you'll find similar devices.

[jman98]

I said before:

The BluRay format doesn't support this type of disc.

There's NOTHING in the standard that allows you to do this. Making this kind of disc and getting it to work would be lucky. If the BluRay standard allowed for this type of disc, the manufacturers would probably do it already. Even HD-DVD had to do this kind of thing by putting HD-DVD and DVD content on separate sides of the same disc, but HD-DVD's standard was written to allow that. BluRay does not support dual sided discs.

I have one idea for you if you must do this. They are incredibly expensive and quite difficult to find, but if you can find dual sided, single layer DVD-R discs, you can burn one side as AVCHD and the other as DVD and just flip to the correct side. Again, technically the BluRay spec doesn't support this, but such discs will probably work in a PS3. But if you are trying to find a clever way to make a hybrid AVCHD/DVD disc so you can mail it to friends no matter what kind of player they have, nobody has made one yet.

[siegeknife]

all jman98, thanks for the explanation.

guess my dream of a hybrid disc will have to wait a little while longer. thanks.