Do i need to use ISO LEVEL 1,OR 2 to burn DVDS?

[breakingorbit]

I have been trying to burn a football game that was in divx mode to play in my stand alone dvd player.I have to be missing a step but can't figure out what it is.I have been reading the forums and learned that I needed DivxtoDVD to convert my files before I burn the disk,which I did.My files were to big after converting for me to burn ,so i used DVDShrink to reduce it, per the forums,then I burned my dvd.It still will not play.
My dvd player is a Lasonic 1100,on the hack forums it shows it will play DVD-R(I am using Memorex dvds)I have a Phillips DVD+-RW DVD8631.It came with Sonic installed but Dell couldn't get it to work,they had me download CDBurner Plus.Its freeware.It burns Cds fine but my burn DVDs wont wotk in anything other than my computer.I burn it as a ISO LEVEL 1.I have a ISO level 2 setting should I use that?Or do I need to get different software such as Nero?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated,
breakingorbit

[redwudz]

I haven't ran into that, but from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660 ;

Levels and restrictions
There are different levels to this standard.

Level 1 : File names are restricted to eight characters with a three-character extension, upper case letters, numbers and underscore; maximum depth of directories is eight.
Level 2 : File names may be up to 31 characters.
Level 3 : Files allowed to be fragmented (mainly to allow packet writing, or incremental CD recording).

Depends on the file, but probably Level 1 or 2 should be fine.

And welcome to our forums.

[rumplestiltskin]

DVD for a stand-alone player is UDF, not ISO. The ISO will play on your computer but not in the stand-alone.

You want to burn a UDF disc with the VIDEO_TS folder (from DVD Shrink) at the root level. If you want to be paranoid, also create a folder named AUDIO_TS at the root level but leave it empty.

[breakingorbit]

Hey rumpelstiltskin,
when dvdshrink was done the file read as VIDEO_TS AND AUDIO_TS I dragged both down to burn. I also have a JOLIET option I tried that but it didn't work either. I don't know what a UDF disk
is?Could you help a newbie who is tecnologically impaired?
thanks,
orbit

[BJ_M]

CDBurner Plus says on their website that they burn data disk only - not udf or iso/udf bridge... and the free version doesnt even burn dvd's - only cd's

use a different burning application like prassi ones or nero

[CrayonEater]

There are actually quite a number of criteria that must be met for a Video DVD to play in a standalone, including file placement on disk, file system, IFO structure, media type/quality, etc. Whatever software you've been using to burn specifically needs a DVD-Video mode, otherwise you're likely do have compatibility problems on most standalones. As somebody else pointed out, you need to write in UDF (actually, UDF/ISO Bridge, v1.05), you need a VIDEO_TS folder (in caps), the appropriate IFO, BUP, and VOBs, then proper location on-disk. Nero is probably the easiest route to go; it has a built-in template mode (DVD Video) so you just select that from the Wizard, and then you drag your DVD files into the VIDEO_TS folder and click Burn. It figures out everything else.

Other considerations:
DVD media - use quality, like Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. Preferably DVD-R. DVD+R should work IF it can be bitset to DVD-ROM; if not, it usually won't. Nero will automatically attempt this, but some drives do not actually allow bitsetting, so this may not work. With DVD-R, you don't have to worry about bitsetting.

Burn speed - controversial, but a few people think 4X is the max speed you can burn without risking compatibility problems. I have never had any problems at faster burn speeds, and I have a lot of different DVD players. If you're paranoid try burns at 4X, see if they work, then go faster. Don't bother with 1X or 2.4X burns.

[rumplestiltskin]

Hey rumpelstiltskin,
when dvdshrink was done the file read as VIDEO_TS AND AUDIO_TS I dragged both down to burn. I also have a JOLIET option I tried that but it didn't work either. I don't know what a UDF disk
is?Could you help a newbie who is tecnologically impaired?
thanks,
orbit

DVD Decrypter and burnatonce should both be able to burn as UDF. UDF = "Universal Disc Format". ISO, Joliet, HFS, HFS+ (these latter two are Mac) are simply formats of how the disc is laid out and the directory written where to find files. UDF is the same concept but that's what is used for video DVDs. As another poster has written, both the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders need to be in caps and, of course, whatever DVD Shrink put into the VIDEO_TS folder needs to be there in the same-named folder on the DVD. Then it should play.

Some authoring apps will do "video DVD" but this may possibly mean that it will take a video file (mpeg1, mpeg2, AVI, etc.) and convert it before doing the authoring and burning to the proper DVD format. Because you already have the "authored" VIDEO_TS folder, all you need is an app that will permit you to burn the data (the two folders we've mentioned) to a UDF disc (which the burning app will format on the fly as it burns your data).

[TJohns]

Since you've already got DVDShrink, you can use it to create an ISO file in UDF format instead of just files into a new folder. Change the output selection to save an ISO file on your hard drive, and then use DVDDecrypter or ImgBurn to burn this file to a blank DVD

Trev

[rumplestiltskin]

Since you've already got DVDShrink, you can use it to create an ISO file in UDF format instead of just files into a new folder. Change the output selection to save an ISO file on your hard drive, and then use DVDDecrypter or ImgBurn to burn this file to a blank DVD

Trev

*Bingo*

[RLT69]

. If you're paranoid try burns at 4X, see if they work, then go faster. Don't bother with 1X or 2.4X burns.

Not so fast. My finance was having problems playing DVDs she burned in her DVD player. She was using 8x Sony DVD-Rs [media code SONY]. She was using the same process as before, which worked, the only thing that change was the media. I told her to drop down the burn speed. Had to go to 2x before it would work.

Bottom line. Depends on your unit. If the max speed for your media doesn't work, start dropping the rate.

[breakingorbit]

thanks one and all. I'll get a different burn program and follow all advice given.Hopefully I'll soon get this all straight.
Thanks Again
orbit