How to put files into a 'DVD' playable ISO?

[Gurd99]

I tried putting a TS file & it's .srt file into an ISO with imageburn. But when mounted, PowerDVD doesn't recognize it. In the drive it says 'DVD-ROM'. But PDVD seems to only play iso's that say 'DVD' from dvdshrink for example.


thanks

[manono]

An SRT isn't part of the DVD specs. If you want subs in your DVD and have only the SRT, you can follow Baldrick's guide:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/277950-How-to-add-new-subtitles-to-an-existing-DVD

I believe his second method is the better of the two. And don't forget to burn the DVD to disc using ImgBurn as it prevents a lot of the mistakes beginners are liable to make.

[roma_turok]

You can display SRT when you play DVD in VLC
by Subtitle -> add subtitle file

[Cornucopia]

There can be a world of difference between a generic data DVD (aka DVD-ROM) and a "DVD-Video" disc. Same works for BD-ROM vs. BDMV/BD-J as well as CD-ROM vs. VCD.

The former ones take all kinds of files and file combinations but give you zero guarantee of compatibility or support or consistency of experience.The latter are much more restricted regarding acceptable formats and require an authoring stage to compile them into a standardized structure, but they attempt to guarantee (near) universal compatibility.

It's not clear what you have, but it sounds like you are under the impression that it will automatically fall into the latter category without doing anything special/extra. It won't.

For example, Dvdshrink works ONLY with DVD's (or ISO's of the same) from the latter category.

Tell us more about what you have...

Scott

[Kerry56]

You can author to DVD-video using AVStoDVD. Import your .ts file, and once it shows up right click on it in the main window of AVStoDVD and you'll see a list of options, one of which is Subtitles. Import your srt subtitle file. If the srt file is in the same folder as the .ts file, and has the same name, AVStoDVD may import it automatically.

If the video and audio in the .ts file are already compliant to DVD-video specifications, AVStoDVD will let them pass through without being re-encoded.

You're in Australia? When you set up AVStoDVD you need to choose PAL DVD-video standard. And if you want to output to an ISO, you'll need ImgBurn installed in your system as well as AVStoDVD. Go to Options-->Output Setup-->ISO UDF Image in AVStoDVD to have it output as an ISO.

[_Al_]

You can display SRT when you play DVD in VLC
by Subtitle -> add subtitle file

My 2.1.3 version of VLC can play srt automatically if they have the same name as ISO

cmd line to make ISO from VIDEO_TS:

imgburn.exe /MODE BUILD /BUILDMODE IMAGEFILE /SRC "C:\dvd\Cars\VIDEO_TS\" /DEST "C:\dvd\ISO\Cars.ISO" /OVERWRITE "YES" /FILESYSTEM "ISO9660 + UDF" /UDFREVISION "1.02" /VOLUMELABEL "CARS" /NOIMAGEDETAILS /ROOTFOLDER "YES" /CLOSESUCCESS  /LOG "C:\dvd\LOGS\Cars.log" /START

[Gurd99]

There can be a world of difference between a generic data DVD (aka DVD-ROM) and a "DVD-Video" disc. Same works for BD-ROM vs. BDMV/BD-J as well as CD-ROM vs. VCD.

The former ones take all kinds of files and file combinations but give you zero guarantee of compatibility or support or consistency of experience.The latter are much more restricted regarding acceptable formats and require an authoring stage to compile them into a standardized structure, but they attempt to guarantee (near) universal compatibility.

It's not clear what you have, but it sounds like you are under the impression that it will automatically fall into the latter category without doing anything special/extra. It won't.

For example, Dvdshrink works ONLY with DVD's (or ISO's of the same) from the latter category.

Tell us more about what you have...

Scott

Hi, I can't see why these players don't just play the iso? Its just a folder with a TS & srt. You can play the vid by browsing/explorering the iso.

[manono]

Hi, I can't see why these players don't just play the iso? Its just a folder with a TS & srt. You can play the vid by browsing/explorering the iso.

Geez, a DVD player plays ... DVDs. A DVD is something very specific:

https://www.videohelp.com/dvd

A TS file and an SRT and an ISO no matter what it contains, aren't DVDs. Some software players and maybe a few hardware players might be able to play them but there's no reason at all to expect them to. Why not just make a real DVD from what you have, as Kerry56 suggested, and be done with it?

[usually_quiet]

Hi, I can't see why these players don't just play the iso? Its just a folder with a TS & srt. You can play the vid by browsing/explorering the iso.

What is so hard to understand? For whatever reason, the design team decided to give PowerDVD the ability to recognize and autoplay DVD video discs, and DVD -VR mode discs, and AVCHD discs (depending on the version), but not DVD data discs containing media files. I just stuck a real DVD data disc with a .TS file and an SRT in my DVD drive, and guess what? PowerDVD 12 Ultra popped up an error message saying "This type of disk is not supported". I had to navigate to the media file and manually play it with PowerDVD.

Since you can't change PowerDVD's behavior, you have two choices. You can author your video and subs as a DVD video disc or possibly an AVCHD disc, and PowerDVD will autoplay when you mount the ISO. ...or you can leave things as they are, navigate to the media file, and manually play it

[Cornucopia]

Also, an ISO is NOT the same as a folder. Certain apps may make it look like a folder, and it does have a folder structure, but so does a disc. Is a disc just a folder? No. Neither is a disc image (aka disc-as-file). That is what an ISO is.

Scott