Nero: DVD-Rom (UDF/ISO) vs DVD-Video

[WakeDog]

What is the difference between DVD-Rom (UDF/ISO) and DVD-Video when burning DVDs with Nero? Which one should be used and why?

[Kingnog]

Depends on what you're burning. If you're burning a movie you want to play in your dvd burner, use DVD-video. All it does is add a Video_ts and Audio_ts folder to the disk so the player recognizes it as a movie.

If you're burning random files, go with ISO or UDF.
UDF = Compatible with Macs and PC's.
ISO = Compatible with older computers and OS's (like windows 95) but no mac

[WakeDog]

Burning movies to be played in stand alone DVD players and computer DVD drives. Can one format be used for both computer and players?

[Kingnog]

For movies, just use DVD-Video. It'll work on both standalone players and computer dvd drives. Just make sure you drag the movie files in to the video_ts folder!

[WakeDog]

Thank you for the information. I have been burning using DVD-Rom (UDF/ISO)? What would one use DVD-Rom (UDF/ISO) for?

[Kingnog]

What would one use DVD-Rom (UDF/ISO) for?

For computer data files. Let's say you want to back up a few large files from your hard drive for safekeeping...you'd use udf/iso format. It's for computer-to-computer, whereas DVD-Video is for computer-to-dvd player (or computer)

[WakeDog]

10-4.

[Kingnog]

It's funny how we have no life and we just sit here waiting for a response

Well, no. I get email notifications on my phone But still....

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