I'm still using 8.0c, but wasn't the ability to burn a DVD from the timeline added in 9?

I think it was the late 9.e or 9.0d where it was added.

/Ulf

But not the ability to Render to an ISO image....

You could find a 'virtual DVD driver that does that -0 will have a look now myself !

Would be a desirable feature for both Vegas and CDA !

geoff

To clarify - what we need (as a stopgap) is a virtual DVD writer 'device' that you select as the destination writing drive, and instead of burning a disc, writes an ISO file.

geoff

Try this !

http://phantom-burner.software.informer.com/download/

geoff

While we are on this topic, can I just copy the two DVD folders to a DVD disc or is the some render process that take place? Or do I need "burning" software to do this?

Another question, do all DVD players read DVD9 disc's?

You need DVD burning software to transfer an ISO image to a DVD.

You can never say that ALL devices will do such-and-such. You can however say that NOT ALL do so-and-so if you know of at least one that does not do it.

Edit

If you mean by "two DVD folders" the video_ts and audio_ts folders, then they should be burnt as a video disc. Nero, for instance, can create both video and data discs. I don't know what the physical difference is, but a video burnt as a data disc will usually play in a computer but not in most standalone DVD players.

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What I'm asking is ..... If I right click each folder (video_ts and audio_ts) and select "Send to" and then select DVD RW is that the same as what Nero or Imageburn will do? I dont' think there is any further rendering needed.

DVD was added to the late edition Pro 9e which I have. Vegas recognized the DVD burner on my other computer with Vista 32bits. But when I click Burn Disc/ and any of these DVD/VCD/CD on the new computer with Vista 64 bits, Vegas shows "detecting Devices" and freezes up.


"Use DVDA to make the DVD image then any DVD burn package will work with it."

Do you mean not to use Vegas at all? I used vegas to edit the videos and 'Render As' works with vegas. It just freezes up on BURN DISC and I want to know which format to render the videos for burning on other programs especially IMGBURN.

Right now, i am downloading Phantom burner to work with as suggested. Thanks for your further help everyone.

I'd be interested in hearing chapter and verse on this - I've often just copied the DVD folders onto a disc as data, and they have never behaved any differently to a so-called "video" DVD.
To check, I just tried burning a video DVD this way with Nero - deliberately ignoring the warning about not being a DVD Video Compliant disc, and the resultant DVD played fine both from PC and from a standalone set-top video DVD player
Comparing the contents of the two "types" of approaches, the data appears to be identical, but there may be some fine difference I'm not aware of. Anyone with the full story?

Somewhere in the past, I did come across some information that indicated there was a particular order the files needed to be on the DVD disk, not just put the folders there (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS). Nero (at least version 5) does seem to do something along those lines when you create a video DVD - those two folders are a different color than normal, and it seems to me I have seen a brief message go past about "ordering" the files or something. That said, I suspect that these days, most players ignore that requirement and as long as the files are in the correct folders, will play.

Here is one site that talks about the physical file order on the disk: http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/dvd-creation.jspx I have seen other references too.

mikey

Mine's a Sony - don't know if that makes it fussy or not.

Sony's are usually very fussy.

Dave T2

I did a job for a couple who complained that I gave them a "bad" copy of the disc. It turns out that their "expensive" DVD player was choking on 8000 bps DVD that I made but the cheapy from fong kong played it perfectly. The "expensive" player seemed to be fussy in that regard.

TLF,

which FORMAT should I RENDER AS my video in Vegas Pro 9 to be recognized and burn with Imgbunr?

"I've often just copied the DVD folders onto a disc as data, and they have never behaved any differently to a so-called "video" DVD."

As I recall, Data DVDs can't burn files larger than about 2GB each, whereas Video DVDs can accept files as large as the space on the DVD permits (around 4.7 GB for single-sided disks).

Video DVD's also limit the size of the .VOB files to 1 gig or less. If the movie is larger than 1 gig, then multiple .VOB segments are created. See http://www.videohelp.com/dvd and others for the file structure and specifications for a video DVD.

As for the "format to render" to create an ISO for imgburn, you do it just like you would a regular DVD, except where you select which burner to use, you select the option to create an ISO instead. That is how I do it in DVDA when I create my DVD's - leaves me with a master ISO on my hard drive so I can create exact copies of the original any time I want. ( I have not installed Vegas on my new machine yet so I can't verify the exact wording ... but we are getting things installed again !! )

mikey

Thanks a lot, Mikey and everyone for the suggestions and opinions. I really appreciate you all

while we're talking burning.....

anyone know of software that'll handle multiple burners at once?

i'm still using nero 7 since it seems later versions became bloated with stuff i didn't need. it handles my three dvd drives at once with no problem, but i was wondering if there's any other programs out there that'll do the same thing?

Thanks - good to know about those limitations.

But - If a program such as DVDArchitect is used to build the DVD in the first place, then all those limits are already observed, and if the resultant folders are burned to disc as data, is this any different to burning as a "Video DVD" ?

@ PeterWright said "DVDArchitect is used to build the DVD in the first place, then all those limits are already observed"

No. In the first place you use Vegas Pro to make an MPG. I'm not sure what you mean when you say "all those limits are already observed". For instance, you may have rendered an HD 1280x720 MPG which will have to be re-rendered to 720x576 (PAL) in order to be written to a DVD disc because DVD players can only read 720x576. DVD-A will re-render it for you. DVD-A is great for making DVD menu's that respond to the DVD player's remote control.