Making DVD with toast 5.1 and only getting data!

[Rogue3]

This is the first time i've done this, but I created a title set and ended up with a Video and audio folder like I was supposed to.

I want to use toast to now create my dvd. However, I chose DVD and all I got was data burned to the dvd, not an actual readable playable dvd.

Can someone tell me the exact options to select in order to burn this correctly?

Thanks!

[Macnewbie]

What did you use the author the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders? You need to make those folders using a proper DVD authoring program like DVD Studio Pro or a ripper program like DVDBackup. There are alot of .ifo and .bup files in addition to the video files that go on a DVD. A authoring program creates these files for you. Assuming you authored it correctly, did you put the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders at the root of the DVD and select "DVD" from the other menu in Toast?

[Rogue3]

I used Spruceup on a PC machine to make the titleset and then moved the files over to a mac. I assume I didnt set the settings correctly in toast and only burned a data dvd. what are the exact steps to make this a movie dvd?

[jchansen]

Could you list the files that ended up in the folder as a result? Its the contents of the folder that make it readable or not. In Toast, a DVD is a DVD. I don't know anything about Spruceup. What was the output?

[Rogue3]

When spruceup made the title set, it created an Audio_VS folder and a Video_VS folder (where all the files were located).

I think in toast (my friend is doing this for me) he burned it like a data dvd and not as a video-dvd. Just a guess. I was just trying to pin down the exact settings that I could relay to him.

[Eug]

It should be VIDEO_TS, not Video_VS.

In Toast you have to first hit the New DVD button and name the DVD, and then drag the directory over.

If you drag a VIDEO_TS folder to Toast, you'll get a disc named VIDEO_TS and a bunch of data files, not a DVD. Is this what he did? Did he actually set it up in Toast as a DVD?

If you do have a proper VIDEO_TS folder on your disc, what's in it? Can you play the files normally with a software DVD player?

[bilestyle]

before you have any DVD made in toast work as a video in a DVD player (providing your AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS were generated properly) you MUST use the "make dvd" button first, and title the disc and THEN drop in the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder, if you just drop in the folders without making a new DVD first it wont work.

[Rogue3]

It should be VIDEO_TS, not Video_VS.

In Toast you have to first hit the New DVD button and name the DVD, and then drag the directory over.

If you drag a VIDEO_TS folder to Toast, you'll get a disc named VIDEO_TS and a bunch of data files, not a DVD. Is this what he did? Did he actually set it up in Toast as a DVD?

If you do have a proper VIDEO_TS folder on your disc, what's in it? Can you play the files normally with a software DVD player?

Yes, you are right, I was just guessing from memory (Video_TS).

I believe that is exactly what happened to create the data disc.

And yes, I can play the dvd properly when I lauch it from ifoedit or my software dvd player.