Need Help burning DVD-R with Toast

[hayworth]

I've been trying to burn a DVD-R with toast, using the information I've read in this forum - but so far nothing's worked! I have a VIDEO_TS file from using DVD Backup (original 4.3GB sized DVD) and then, in toast chose DVD, create New DVD and dragged the VIEDO_TS file over to that new DVD, then clicked burn. When Toast is done burning, the DVD-R has the exact same VIDEO_TS folder in it but neither Apple's DVD player or my Panasonic stand-alone DVD player will open it. Am I missing a step in the process? Any ideas, suggestions, advice on what I did wrong would be greatly appreciated!

[pants]

http://www.recipe4dvd.com/toast.html

did you do it like this?

also i'd add a empty folder called "AUDIO_TS" if you don't already have that. cause dvd's i've burned without that folder won't play in any set tops i've tried, even though they will play the commercially made dvd just fine with no audio ts folder.
hope this helps/works.

pants

[hayworth]

Thank you for the quick reply! Um, I don't have DVD Studio Pro, so I can't follow those directions exactly, BUT I definitely didn't add an audio folder before burning. Will give that a try now and let you know what happens. Thanks again for the help!

[hayworth]

It worked! I added an empty audio file and now it works perfectly - both on my Mac and on my stand alone player! Thans again for the great advice. Dare I ask another question? Any suggestions on how to rip/burn DVDs larger than 4.3GBs? (this is much trickier to do, or so it seems). I've been able to rip via OSex but how do you burn 5-6GB onto a DVD-R? There doesn't seem to be one easy way to do this, or is there?