PROBLEMS BURNING WITH RECORDNOW DX

[GOVINDER]

CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE. OBVIOUSLY I'M NEW TO THIS.
I AM USING A PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-105, DVD DECRYPTER, DVD2ONE, RECORDNOW DX AND PRINCO DVD-R RECORDABLE DISCS.

I CAN DO ALL THE RIPPING, COMPRESSING ETC, BUT THE BURNING IS A PROBLEM.

I END UP WITH A FOLDER (AFTER DVD2ONE) WHICH CONTAINS 9 FILES
VTS_01_1
VTS_01_2
VTS_01_3
VTS_01_4
VTS_01_5
VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO

WHICH OF THESE FILES DO I NEED TO BURN TO DISC?

IN RECORDNOW DX - IN THE OPTIONS FOR RECORDING A DATA/DVD DISC, IT ASKS DVD OPTIONS, WHICH I ASSUME NEEDS TO BE "TRACK AT ONE, CLOSED" (FOR IT TO WORK IN A NORMAL DVD PLAYER).
HOWEVER THE OTHER OPTION IS FILE SYSTEM TYPE WITH THESE TWO OPTIONS -

UDF with joliet - up to 106 in length, any char.,plus joliet plus 8+3 tree (bridge)

OR

UDF up to 128 in filename length, any char plus joliet plus 8+3 tree (bridge)

WHICH OF THOSE DO I NEED, AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN ? ALL I WANT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO PLAY THEM ON A STANDALONE / NORMAL DVD PLAYER !!

HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED - CHEERS

[Bob W]

Burn all the files.
You want to close the disc for it to play in a stand alone.
I believe you want to burn "UDF with joliet"

Now not all stand alone players will play DVD-R or DVD+R media so if you will list your DVD player make and model I will look it up for you and see what media it supports. Also until you are sure of your results I suggest you do your burns with DVD-RW or DVD+RW media so you don't make a table full of coasters.

Hmm I should add you need to put all the files into a VIDEO_TS folder (just create the folder on your hard drive) and then burn that folder.

[GOVINDER]

CHEERS.

I'M NOT EXPECTING MY DVD PLAYER TO PLAY MY DISCS BECAUSE IT IS PROBABLY THE CHEAPEST, CRAPPEST ONE ON THE MARKET (GRUNDIG GDV 620 HT) - I AM USING A FRIENDS STANDALONE PLAYER AS MY CONTROL (LG) AND MY OTHER COMPUTER WHICH HAS A PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD 113.

I ALREADY HAVE A VIDEO_TS FILE WHICH I CREATED BUT I HAVE BEEN PUTTING THE FILES IN INDIVIDUALLY AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING THE FILE INTO BURN WHOLE.

I HAVE DEFINITELY PUT WHAT I WANT ONTO THE DISCS BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH POWER DVD ON MY PC BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY PLAY.

AS FAR AS A TABLE FULL OF COASTERS GOES - THE WORDS "HORSE" AND "STABLE DOOR" SPRING TO MIND !!

[Bob W]

Well it doesn't look good for your stand alone player as you can see and read here.
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=GRUNDIG+GDV+620+HT&Search=Search&Submit2=Search

[GOVINDER]

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

I SHALL TRY AGAIN BURNING THE FOLDER.

MAYBE I'LL TRAWL THE NET FOR A NEW DVD PLAYER WHILE I'M WAITING FOR IT TO COOK !!

[Bob W]

You will need to burn all the files at once and close the disc if your burner is a DVD-R. I think DVD+R media doesn't need to be closed by design.

[dcsos]

In making backups I have had the same problem you have.

AND I USED TO SHOUT ABOUT IT TOO!

my solution..Using NERO in DVD VIDEO Mode instead of the UDF options that nero also offers

Everytime I would author a new disc. Record Now would burn it to play in settops no probs...
but with commercial rips-like your prob-..RNDx didn't perform so that the resultant disc played in the settop -it was good in pc only- repeated use of NERO shows it performs an extra and necessary function when burning -it sorts the files better than record now- if you didn't make 'em yourself. That is, for your own authored projects. RECORD NOW always makes a settop player..but NERO sorts those commercial assets for maximum playability (and gives you an error message when it finds non-compliant files-nice!)

Do not use NERO below 5.5.17

[GOVINDER]

Thanks again i'm learning so much.

So i need to get NERO then.

Is it available free ?

[dcsos]

Not free but here are some possible options:
Check, you may have gotten an older version with a burner last year..it would still have been an updateable version 5.0 or such software and update it free
Purchase a new CD/DVD burner that it comes bundled with
Use the DEMO (full working) and re format every thirty days to get a new working DEMO!