Including jpg files on BR disk

dxdy wrote on 3/23/2015, 5:35 PM
I have searched the forum and found information for DVDs, but I am not sure what to do for BluRays.

I have a 1 hour movie to put on BR, and I want to add a folder with a dozen high quality jpg photos. DVDA informs me that extras folder is not allowed on BR.

I don't want to make a slideshow, because I want people to be able to print the jpgs from their computers.

Any suggestions? Can I just do the BR prepare and add a subdirectory into the structure with the jpgs in it? Will that mess up the BR players?

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PeterDuke wrote on 3/23/2015, 6:53 PM
"Can I just do the BR prepare and add a subdirectory into the structure with the jpgs in it? Will that mess up the BR players?"

If you do something non-standard, there is always the risk that it will come back to bite you.

If you have access to a wide range of BD players you could "suck it and see".
videoITguy wrote on 3/23/2015, 10:30 PM
What you are wanting to create is a BD-ROM /BDR Blu-ray mixed mode disc just as you have experience with mixed mode DVDs. It is perfectly allowable under the Blu-ray spec and is every bit as compatible with most set-top players as DVDs were in their own hardware. This is actually a special subsection of the Blu-ray spec.
Unfortunately DVDAPro by SCS was never updated to allow this from its software.

However, you will have the most success by creating a standard Blu-ray movie disc with alternate menus - can be done in DVDAPro. Then you have to use other software to create an iso image which can be set up for duplication. Nero Ahead or other such tooling. Then you modify the iso image to have a subdirectory containing .jpgs or other files and burn the new modified iso back to BD-R disc. This will play on most set-top hardware as a movie disc. On a computer with Blu-ray reader it can be read as a mixed mode disc.
Chienworks wrote on 3/24/2015, 12:28 PM
I've only made DVDs, haven't made a BD yet, however ... when i do this for DVDs i author without the extras folder in DVDA, then burn the result along with an extras folder in Nero. I always use Nero anyway because it has a verification pass and even with this pass burns faster than DVDA.

It's certainly worth trying this for a BR and see what happens.

The other thing i don't like about DVDA's extras folder is that you have to physically create the folder with the files in it on your hard drive first. This always seemed like a wasted step and wasted space to me. With Nero i can select any files from anywhere and tell Nero to include them on the disc without having to create the folder on my hard drive.