PC & Mac Double teaming on DVD burning

[LoH]

Okay, here's my quick question: Will OS X (10.2.6)'s built-in CD/DVD burning capability, with a compliant VIDEO_TS folder, produce a usable DVD, should that folder just be copied over? I've poked around and found one similar thread, but that didn't answer my question.

Here's my situation.

On Computer #1 (PC), I have DVD authoring tools, Nero 6, etc.

On Computer #2 (Mac OS X), I have a DVD-R, but no supplementary programs (nor can I add them).

The method of transfer between the two is a single FireWire hard drive, formatted to correctly work with both.

The only other possibility I can think of is to use Nero to make an image (testable with Daemon Tools -- great freeware Windows app) of a DVD and transfer that over, using Disk Copy to do the burning.

[live4ever]

Just use DVD Imager on the Mac to make a DVD disk image and burn with the Finder.

http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html

[WiseWeasel]

Or, open up Disk Copy in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, and create a new image from folder, choosing DVD Master (UDF) as the format. When you choose your folder to image, make sure you have a folder on the Mac's HD with the DVD's name (i.e. "MOVIE_TITLE"), containing the VIDEO_TS folder, and any other folders that were on the original DVD that you want (though they are not necessary). So you should have a folder named MOVIE_TITLE, containing the VIDEO_TS folder, and so choose the MOVIE_TITLE folder to make an image from with Disk Copy. Then, once the image is made, you can use Disk Copy to burn the image to a blank DVD-R.

[galactica]

WiseWease's method is perhaps the best way to do this...

[LoH]

Thank you, gentlemen. I will attend to it post-haste.

Incidentally, this is new footage done with authoring software, not a rip.