What Burn Option To Chose For Nero 6

[johnharlin]

Nero has six burn options to chose from and I'm not sure which one you need to use for burning a DVD backup or what special circumstances you should use the other options. Obviously DVD copy is out because that is probably backing up directly from a DVD to a Blank DVD.

dvd-ROM (iso)
dvd COPY
dvd-VIDEO
dvd-ROM (BOOT)
dvd-ROM (udf)
dvd-ROM (udf/iso)

[bazooka]

Dvd-video - It is self-explanatory

[Poppa_Meth]

Use DVD Video.
ISO is a data structured disk using the old ISO format.
Copy is just what it says but won't work for copying DVD movies directly due to encryptions.
Boot makes a DVD that can boot at the system startup without using a diskette.
UDF is the standard data format for DVD Data disks.
UDF/ISO contains the old ISO file structure and the newer UDF file structure for optimal compatibility. DVD-Video is actually a form of this template with specific options already preset.

[cosmin]

I personally see no reason to use UDF+ISO besides UDF-only (for data DVDs, that is). Any DVD reader hardware and software should be able to recognize UDF, so there's no need for the ISO compatibility layer. Joliet (optionally present on UDF+ISO) is even more useless. And ISO only (with or without Joliet) is by far the worst.

[jimmalenko]

DVD-Video.

Further instructions can be found at:
http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/40/59/
http://www.dvdshrink.info/nero-video.php
http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/NeroExpress.htm
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