Toast Question - Burning to DVD after making a virtual DVD

[ruggerjvd]

I was wondering if someone would have a suggestion for me to streamline disc processing.

When I am creating a DVD with toast, sometimes I will first make a disc image to see that the DVD files function properly. I then use Toast to mount the image and see that DVD player fires up and that the files are all intanct before I burn to disc. I usually unmount the data files to make sure DVD player picks the correct image. Is there a way I can then use the mounted disc image to burn directly to disc?

[Frobozz]

If I understand the question correctly the answer is no. The easiest and fastest way to burn a Toast disc image file is with the disc image setting in the Toast Copy window. It doesn't matter if it is mounted or unmounted.

[pluche]

maybe I understand differently but yes, you can ...
I have used that technique many time, especially when the final file is too big for one DVD - then I made the image and worked first with DVD2OneX -
the image has to be burned with the Data - UDF settings (Toast 6.XX)

[Frobozz]

Is there a way I can then use the mounted disc image to burn directly to disc?

I'm confused by what you mean by "directly." You need to use some kind of burning application that formats UDF. You can't use the Finder burn because dragging the mounted image to trash just dismounts it. You can't use Disk Utility because it doesn't format in UDF.

So you need to use Toast anyway. And if you're using Toast, why burn from the mounted disk image rather than from the disc image file?

I also often make disc images with Toast before burning to DVD. I just don't understand why you want to burn from the mounted image.

[galactica]

if i read this right, you can!
you are simply saving to HD as image and then mounting the image instead of burning directly to the disk

if the playback is acceptable to your standards, there is NOTHING wrong with unmounting the image and then burnign the image

CAUTION: make sure you are making a DVD-ROM UDF image, but selecting that option in toast, otherwise the burned image will NOT play as a dvd

[terryj]

In what Galactica said, yes I can vouch for this.
I have on items where on training DVDs where
there is no copy guard protection, I have saved
that disc to disc image to HD, and then
at a later date, re-mounted the disc images
to consolidate 2 dvds to one using DVD2ONEX.

[Frobozz]

I still don't get it. What are the data files that ruggerjvd unmounts? Why would DVD Player possibly read data files instead of the VIDEO_TS folder in the mounted image?

ruggerjvd wants to burn a mounted disc image directly to disc. One way to do this is drag the VIDEO_TS folder from the mounted image to Toast. But why do that when the disk image can be burned directly from the Toast Copy window?

Please clarify, ruggerjvd, I feel like a complete idiot because the others seem to get what you're asking and it now makes even less sense to me.