Converting Video/Audio TS folders to DivX etc.

[supermac]

Hi

Have been using Mac the Ripper and Roxio Popcorn successfully for ages for ripping and burning DVDs.

Is there any way I can get more than one movie on to a DVD disk. At the moment I'm stuck on one rip to one DVD.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Frobozz]

I'm a little confused by your heading which seems different from your question. To put videos from multiple VIDEO_TS folders on a single video DVD you need to extract the MPEG videos from the VIDEO_TS folders and then use Toast or ffmpegx to author a new VIDEO_TS folder containing those videos.

As for a DivX DVD you just add multiple DivX movies to burn as a data DVD. Not all DivX-capable players will play DivX DVDs. Some only accept DivX on CD-R according to my understanding. I may be wrong about that.

[supermac]

Thanks Frobozz for the info.

My original train of thought was to compress the files into Divx format and mount these on a DVD.

How do I extract the mpeg file from a video ts folder though? I have Toast Titanium that I can use to burn the DVD.

As you can tell I don't really know an awful lot. Have stuck with what I do know for ages, but could do with using less DVDs!

[Frobozz]

If you have Toast 7 or 8, place the VIDEO_TS folder on the Desktop or inside your Movies folder (not inside any other folder). Select DVD with the top button of the Toast Media Browser. Drag what appears in the browser window to the Toast Video window with DVD video selected as the format. Toast will extract every MPEG title in the VIDEO_TS folder. If you only want specific titles (or chapters within a title) use the browser's second button to go down to the title or chapter level and select what you want to add to the Video window.

Toast writes the MPEG file to the Roxio Converted Items folder. Note that Toast defaults to emptying this folder whenever you quit Toast unless you change that setting in Toast preferences.

After you extract the MPEG from one VIDEO_TS folder do the same thing with another.

Set up the menu information in the Video window the way you want. If you want to use a single-layer DVD and the content requires a dual-layer disc choose Save as Disc Image from the File menu. When that is done, change to the Image File setting in the Copy window. Select the disc image you saved. With Fit-to-DVD checked click the burn button (or choose Save as Disc Image again). Toast will do additional compression to fit the single-layer disc, if possible.

[albloom]

In Toast 8, select the DVD Video option (Not VIDEO_TS),
and drag your VIDEO_TS folders into the Toast window.
Drag as many as your DVD-R can hold.

I think.

[Frobozz]

In Toast 8, select the DVD Video option (Not VIDEO_TS),
and drag your VIDEO_TS folders into the Toast window.
Drag as many as your DVD-R can hold.

I think.

That approach usually does not work with Toast 7 or 8. Use the Media Browser instead.

[supermac]

Many thanks both of you for your advice.

I'm currently on Toast 5 at the moment and am trying to upgrade to Toast 6, I've seen on a write-up that 6 has a DVD/MP3 function, unfortunately though I've lost my CD key for version 5 and am currently trying to get it from Roxio.

Frobozz not sure what you mean by the browser window but hopefully all will become clear if I get upgraded.

[terryj]

Another suggestion:

If you just want to take the two ripped movies in their
VIDEO_TS folders, and combine them to make one DVD,
you could use DVD2ONEX to combine the two folders
into one new VIDEO_TS folder, and then burn that
with your current version of Toast, without having to
upgrade.

I know for some this is splitting hairs, as the cost of
your Toast upgrade will be the same as getting DVD2ONEX,
but hey, it's the thought that counts.....