Preview a VIDEO_TS without burning a DVD?

[Kained]

Any of you chaps know how I can preview an authored DVD VIDEO_TS folder without having to burn a DVD?

I use DVD-Lab but its preview is rather lacking and doesnt really show me exactly what am going to be compiling.

Is the anyway I can open a compiled VIDEO_TS folder as a DVD and check to see if all my links etc are working correctly?

Cheers,

-kained

[hlse]

The best way to really test to make sure it's working properly is to write to a DVD-RW. If not you can erase it and try again.
If it works OK then proceed and write to a DVDR.
It takes a little time to write twice but you never produce any coasters ...

[redwudz]

I just play the computer file as a DVD in PowerDVD.

[butler1]

I use Media Player Classic. I just drag the IFO files in and it plays them as if it were a dvd, including the menus, and it lets me preview it fullscreen. It will also let you set buttons on your keyboard to be up/down/left/right, but they are not set by default.

Its a great free program to have for playing other media files, too.

[andkiich]

PowerDVD and WinDVD both have functions that allow for viewing of VIDEO_TS folders from the hard drive.

[petar]

Kained, with DVD-Lab you can also do a test compile which will replace the clips with dummy videos. It only takes a minute and it will produce fully functional menus which you can test with any software player from your HD.