Making a DVD ROM with Image Folder

Sidecar2 wrote on 12/14/2005, 2:30 PM
I want to make a DVD that plays its three menu-driven shows (two videos and a picture compilation) normally in a DVD player but allows the user to put it in a computer's DVD player and open a folder full of 108, 5MB JPEG images.

Are there any tricks to doing this? My engineer said to name the folder of images "DATA" (all caps) then burn the TS_audio, TS_video and DATA folders as I normally do, using Sonic Record Now.

Can DVDA allow me to make a DVD/DVD-ROM directly?

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johnmeyer wrote on 12/14/2005, 3:44 PM
Can DVDA allow me to make a DVD/DVD-ROM directly?

In version 3, yes.

In any other burn program, just create a folder of any name and put your files there. For complete compatibility with older file systems, keep the file name 8 characters or less. Also NEVER put any folder or file in either the VIDEO_TS or AUDIO_TS folders.
rs170a wrote on 12/14/2005, 3:45 PM
If you have DVDA 3, it has the option to add an "Extras" folder.
If not, just do as your engineer told you.
BTW, the folder doesn't have to be named "DATA". Any name you choose will work just fine. And yes, I've done this successfully numerous times with no complaints.

Mike


edit: Thanks to johnmeyer for mentioning the filename length issue.
Sidecar2 wrote on 12/14/2005, 4:52 PM
I initially named the folder "SEBD Images 12-7-05."

When I played that DVD in a desktop Pioneer DVD player, it played fine.

When I made a dupe of the DVD in a Microboards 1-to-8 duping tower, the copy would not play properly. It studdered but played the first video, then going back to the menu, the DVD froze.

I made another copy using another duper and it did exactly the same in the same way--it hung in the player.

I renamed the folder of images "DATA," reburned the Master, then copied that DVD. Those copies works perfectly.

Perhaps the DVD player can't handle more than the 8 character name, hence the safer "DATA" folder name?
rs170a wrote on 12/14/2005, 5:12 PM



Exactly!! :-)
As johnmeyer said earlier in this thread (and also discussed in the Which UDF format for DVDs? thread), it's best to stick to 8 characters max for folder names (just like the standard names of VIDEO_TS & AUDIO_TS, both of which are conveniently 8 characters long).

Mike