Most Effective Way To Archive DVD Question!

[U87]

Hi,
I've got quite a few DVDs(mostly music-of varying size)on my hard drive that I really need to archive to "back up" discs.

I'm looking to do this in the most "disc effective" way without compromising the file integrity of each DVD.

For example,a few days ago I archived 3 different music DVDs(that haven't been burned out as DVD Video...ie 3 seperate sets of
AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders,Beach Boys 2.2 gig/Tom Waits 1.70 gig/GBV 165 meg..... total size of 4.07 gig)to ONE 4.7 Gig Dvd.

I found with this DVD archive disc,that I was able to play each individual VOB file on my stand alone DVD player(albeit without any form of menu).

This was great for me as I'm now able to watch these files on my TV/DVD,but also have the luxury of being able to wait until I
get(for example...approx another 2.7 gig of Tom Waits files, that I can then use to author a full 4.7 gig disc exclusively of Tom Waits DVDs.)

With this in mind can anyone tell me what/if there is any difference in archiving just the straight AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders as
opposed to creating an .ISO file when archiving as a back up.

I'm kind of thinking along the lines of what happens when mpegs are stored as data files as opposed to being burned out to VCD.

Is there any extra information(eg.error correction) written to/contained within the structure of an .ISO file,that isn't already in the VIDEO_TS/AUDIO_TS folders.

Any information on this would be very gratefully received.
Thanks in anticipation,

Tim(UK)

[borax]

>Is there any extra information(eg.error correction) written to/contained
>within the structure of an .ISO file,that isn't already in the VIDEO_TS/AUDIO_TS folders.

No.
May may use your procedure and just burn the VIDEO_TS folder(s). AUDIO_TS is always empty and therefore not needed for backup purposes.

[underwurlde]

Hi,

ISO file is just an exact image of all files / folder on a DVD - what you see is what you get i.e. nothing added / nothing taken away.

A bit like Shredded Wheat I suppose.

Andy