How are you archiving your DVD folders?

craftech wrote on 1/23/2006, 11:02 AM

I want to get rid of some Video TS and Audio TS folders on one of my hard drives. I know it is easy to just keep a burned DVD copy for archiving, but if I want to change the burn speed for example I go to the folder and burn from there.
My question is about archiving the folders themselves. Do you guys just make a data DVD and copy the folders to it or do you do something else? And does anything change if you copy it back onto the hard drive later.
I am using DVDA 1.0 for burning and usually use Record Now Max 4.5 for making data DVD's and CD's.

John

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dand9959 wrote on 1/23/2006, 11:24 AM

I usually just use an external HD. A data DVD isn't a bad idea, either.

kentwolf wrote on 1/23/2006, 11:29 AM

>>Do you guys just make a data DVD and
>>copy the folders to it or do you do something else?

A data DVD with the DVD folder hierarchy is an actual DVD.

Were you to look a at settop-playing DVD, essentially all it is is a data DVD with the folder hierarchy that is recognized by the DVD player.

>>but if I want to change the burn speed...

You could copy the folder hierarchy from the actual DVD, put it in a folder on your hard drive, then re-burn it to another DVD at a different burn speed and all would be fine.

In short, there is nothing "magic" format-wise about a settop-playing DVD. It's simply a data DVD with the appropriate folder hierarchy. A DVD player recognizes this folder hierarchy and plays it.

Personaly, I do archive my source material on removeable hard drives, but the physical DVD backup scheme has worked well for me. I would just be real sure it's good media. :)

Chienworks wrote on 1/23/2006, 12:05 PM

Personally i burn a couple extra copies and store them in different places. I can use a disc-copy function, or copy the folders back to the hard drive when additional copies are needed.

Unfortunately, if you are using DVDA 1 to create the DVDs you may be in some trouble with this method. DVDA 1 and early releases of DVDA 2 created VOB files that were just slightly larger than the standard size. Windows would refuse to read these files back to the hard drive or copy them. In short, they pretty much created a non-copyable disc. So in your case you would probably have to create a data DVD with something like Nero.

winrockpost wrote on 1/23/2006, 1:38 PM

External hd for all my backups, fill them up , put them on the shelf with a written list of whats on them, they work great for me in this respect, but never have been able to edit with them,