Pioneer DVD-107D and toast 6 with video file of G4Dual??

[rotuts]

I have a new Pioneer DVD-RW 8X DVR-107d. it was 'white box' for $145 its 8x. I put it in my G4 Dual lower bay, and it is recognized by sys profiler ( OS 10.3.2) and Toast 6 with ujpdate recognizes the drive.

I tried to burn an extracted video file, and some of the clips appeared in the toast pane under video, but when I went to burn the 4.3 gb file, toast said that "4.3gb needed, 876.1 MB available"

I ahve not tried to burn data, as I want the video to play in a regular DVD payer. the files themselfs play well on the mac using DVD payer (os version)

whats up? any ideas?

thanks rotut

[deadsierra]

If you have a VIDEO_TS folder, put it in the DATA section of toast, under the UDF format. If you just have video files, you need to create a VIDEO_TS structure, and it sounds like toast isn't the solution you should try.

[galactica]

i thought for sure this was replied to before by me
oh well

short and sweet
1. toast will give that error if the encoding results in files larger than 4.4 gigs
2. you cna still go ahead and process just save to disk image rather than burn
3. mount the image that is made by toast
4. use dvd2one to make it then fit to 4.4 gig dvdr

piece of cake no?

[rotuts]

thanks Galactica

but is there a way to split a dvd VIDEO_TS so that I can make the file on to two DVD's rather than use DVD2One and compress the files more?

also is there a FAQ that explains all the terms on the extractions?

VTS_06_0.ifo, BUP VOB etc?

thanks rotuts

[galactica]

terms on the extraction as in ..............? what do you mean by that?

yes dvd2one can make it into 2 dvd's you would use the Layer function of its MOVIE ONLY aspect

[deadsierra]

terms on the extraction as in ..............? what do you mean by that?

yes dvd2one can make it into 2 dvd's you would use the Layer function of its MOVIE ONLY aspect

I think hes wondering what all the files mean. They mean this.

[rotuts]

Fantastic! through your various links and efforts Im begining to understand the issues.

Many thanks. ive seen now what the various files mean on the 'extracted' video files.

my last ( what a pest, there might be more!) Q is can I see the individual files before I 'burn' them on a DVD? my ultimate goal is to simply archive the movie myself, and split it without further degradation on to to DVD's rather than use a program like DVD2ONE.

I asume the second DVD needs a Video and audio folder as the first?

thanks again for your time and insight!

rotut

[galactica]

[quote="rotuts"]my last ( what a pest, there might be more!) Q is can I see the individual files before I 'burn' them on a DVD? [/quote}
the .vob files yes. they are the video component of a back up. Simply drag them to to VLC icon and you can watch them off your HD.
VLC is Video lan Client and can be gotten here

my ultimate goal is to simply archive the movie myself, and split it without further degradation on to to DVD's rather than use a program like DVD2ONE.

Ok this wont work unless you reauthor the dvd
you cant just take .vob's and pile them into a VIDEO_TS folder and then burn the folder and have it work.
What isnt mentioned on the page linked to above is what each of the files actually do! .ifo are structural components of a dvd and they are involved in processing of the dvd by the dvd player. they enable the player to know where the actual .vob files are located and when to access them at what time.

Dvd2one is great because it preservs the .ifo/.bup files needed for the dvd to be a "spec" dvd and you can change the .vob structure.

make since?

what you want is possible, but it requires more effort than just ripping, merging and burning

I asume the second DVD needs a Video and audio folder as the first?

thanks again for your time and insight!

again read what i just said. dvd2one will make all the proper folders and substructures. You cant just make a new VIDEO_TS folder drop in some .vob's and have it play on a standalone dvd player!