multipe VIDEO_TS on one dvd

[peacefrog226]

i know this sounds stupid, but can i put like 2 different VIDEO_TS folders on a dvd, and select which one for my standalone dvd player to read?

[TugBoat]

errr....NO....
Don't be silly. That's what Menus and Titles are for 8)

[Loophole]

i know this sounds stupid, but can i put like 2 different VIDEO_TS folders on a dvd, and select which one for my standalone dvd player to read?

I think what you mean is is there a way to put 2 movies on 1 DVD-R and YES there is but you need to compress BOTH MOVIES with the likes of DVD2ONEX and then re-author with something like TFDVDedit (Still UNBELIEVABLY Expensive for a program less than 5 MB in size IMHO) and there are other ways but more complicated.

So in short the answer is YES and a little research goes a long way.

regards

Loophole

[deadsierra]

(Still UNBELIEVABLY Expensive for a program less than 5 MB in size IMHO)

You judge the worth of an application by its size? Thats stupid.

[TugBoat]

You judge the worth of an application by its size? Thats stupid.

No stupider than answering, So in short the answer is YES and a little research goes a long way.
To the question, Can i put like 2 different VIDEO_TS folders on a dvd, and select which one for my standalone dvd player to read?

So, I'm always open to new ideas. Someone please explain to me how this,



Found here: http://www.tfdvdedit.com/

Allows you to place two VIDEO_TS folders on a DVD and choose which one to play at Disk startup.

I'm not going to spend much time on something I'm obviously not going to buy, but, it appears that this uses DVD Studio Pro2, which I already own, to build a DVD in the standard format. Which is something like;
DVD
VIDEO_TS Folder
Menus and Titles

Which kinda, sorta, is implied by the statement, That's what Menus and Titles are for.

I agree, this software is highly expensive for someone who's completely satisfied with DVD Studio Pro 2.

[thoughton]

i know this sounds stupid, but can i put like 2 different VIDEO_TS folders on a dvd, and select which one for my standalone dvd player to read?

I think what you mean is is there a way to put 2 movies on 1 DVD-R and YES there is but you need to compress BOTH MOVIES with the likes of DVD2ONEX and then re-author with something like TFDVDedit (Still UNBELIEVABLY Expensive for a program less than 5 MB in size IMHO) and there are other ways but more complicated.

So in short the answer is YES and a little research goes a long way.

regards

Loophole

If you are going to compress two movies with dvd2onex, it's probably easier to just do movie only and then use something simple like sizzle to put a simple menu to choose which of the two movies you want to watch. I don't think anyone is going to be using a $700 program for something this trivial.