DVD File Structure AUDIO_TS File

Kimberly wrote on 8/15/2010, 8:54 AM
Hello All:

I have SVMSPP 9.0 and I've been authoring SD DVDs with DVDA 4.5. I've made some test SD DVDs with 10.0 and 5.0.

I've noticed that my DVDs have two folders:

VIDEO_TS contains a bunch of VOB files and a few other files.
AUDIO_TS is empty.

I've been rendering from SVMPP 9.0 using the Main Concept template for SD widescreen. I render the audio using the AC3 template. The audio is added automatically into DVDA 4.5 (and 5.0).

My burned DVDs work fine and the audio sounds fine. So do I need an empty AUDIO_TS file? Should my audio be going into the AUDIO_TS file? Or is this file reserved for the "surround sound" output option?

I've been following the AVCHD discussions in the other posts and I've learned a ton. So I wanted to understand more about the menu structures and the options available.

Thanks for reading!

Kim

Thanks everyone for reading.

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 8/15/2010, 10:02 AM
The AUDIO_TS folder is not used for video DVDs.
Steve Mann wrote on 8/15/2010, 6:45 PM
AUDIO_TS is for the HD Audio that never gained traction. It was supposed to be the next-gen route for audio DV's like DVD was the next-gen route for VHS tapes. (DVD is "Digital Versatile Disk", but since no manufacturers stepped up to make HD Audio gear the medium was only used for video, thus the name "Digital Video Disk" sort of took over).

BUT - to answer the OP's question...

Even though it will be blank, you do need an AUDIO_TS folder because most DVD players expect to find one.
Steve Mann
Kimberly wrote on 8/15/2010, 9:11 PM
Thank you Steve! Now it makes sense.
PeterDuke wrote on 8/16/2010, 7:14 PM
"thus the name "Digital Video Disk" sort of took over"

Not that it matters two hoots anyway, but I had always understood that when DVDs were first introduced that they were pressed discs for video, hence the name "Digital Video Disc". Later when writeable discs became available, they were used for storing data as well, and the name became anomalous, so "Digital Versatile Disc" was coined using the same initials. "Versatile" is a strange word to use but it had to start with V. (What digital disc is not versatile?) More straight forward names they could otherwise have chosen include "Digital Data Disc", "Digital Disc", etc.

PS

I found this quote:

“DVD” was originally an initialism for “Digital Video Disc”. Some members of the DVD Forum believe that it should stand for “Digital Versatile Disc” to reflect its widespread use for non-video applications. Toshiba, which maintains the official DVD Forum site, adheres to the interpretation of “Digital Versatile Disc”. The DVD Forum never reached a consensus on the matter, however, and so today the official name of the format is simply “DVD”; the letters do not officially stand for anything.

on this site:

http://didyouknow.org/dvdhistory/