Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Thursday 28.8.2025 / 09:25
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > digital video > video to dvd > having trouble backing up my dvd episodes to a dvd-r! please help!
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Having trouble backing up my DVD episodes to a DVD-R! Please help!
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
Folken81
Newbie
_ 		18. October 2005 @ 20:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Forgive my newbieness, but I have been working on this for some time now. I am trying to back up a few episodes of a tv show to a DVD-R. I have them in multiple VIDEO_TS folders, and renamed them so that they would go in some kind of numerated order. Then, I burnt them onto the blank DVD-R. However, when I played the DVD-R, only the first episode played. What can I do so that all the episodes will play?

Again, sorry if I sound like a total newb, 'cause I am. But I want to finish this so badly...Any help would be greatly appreciated.

(I'm using a MAC OSX for this, by the way).

(p.s. I've already posted this in another forum, but what can I say? I'm impatient.)
[ + quote]
All these moments will be lost in time...like tears...in rain...
Advertisement
_ 		__
Folken81
Newbie
_ 		18. October 2005 @ 23:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've hosted an image to show you guys what the inside of the dvd looks like. This is one of the many dvd-r's that I've used up for this project. Originally, all the episodes had their own VIDEO_TS folders, and were all titled VTS_01_1.VOB. I changed the titles as you can see, so I could create an order, but maybe I shouldn't have done so. Or maybe they should all have their VIDEO_TS folders back... or maybe there are some missing files... I don't know. All I know is, I'm going nuts trying to figure this one out! Please, does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Here's the link:

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2504/untitled6yv.png

Thanks all.
[ + quote]
All these moments will be lost in time...like tears...in rain...
ematrix
Junior Member
_ 		19. October 2005 @ 00:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Your problem is that you placed all the episodes in the compiled dvd for the first episode, that's why only plays the first one, because you compiled a dvd for each episode with its own VIDEO_TS folder, and were all titled VTS_01_1.VOB. (therefore chanching the VOB name will make no difference)

The solution is to reauthor all the dvd, which means to compile a new dvd with all the episodes, into one VIDEO_TS folder, don't worry, just use all the VOB files you made (regardless if you changed the name) and compile them into making and compiling a new dvd.

To put it in simple words... if you make a dvd for Episode 1, one for Episode 2, one for Episode 3, etc. you made 3 separate dvd, and if you take the VOB file for Episode 2 and 3, changed the VOB name and put them in Episode 1 dvd folder, they will not work... what you need to do, is make one dvd for all 3 Episodes, that way the dvd will work and play all.
[ + quote]

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. October 2005 @ 00:55
Folken81
Newbie
_ 		19. October 2005 @ 01:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So you're saying that I need to create multiple DVDs to play the episodes? Or am I not understanding completely? If this is the case, is there an easy way to compile all the VOB's on one disk? Can you show me step-by-step, if it's not too much trouble?

Thanks so much.
[ + quote]
All these moments will be lost in time...like tears...in rain...
ematrix
Junior Member
_ 		19. October 2005 @ 01:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What you need to do is make 1 dvd with all the episodes, not one for each one.

Which program do you use for make your dvds? I recommend you DVD Lab Pro, where you can use your current VOB files, and create 1 new dvd with all the episodes. (the program includes a guide to assist you in making the dvd)
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
Folken81
Newbie
_ 		19. October 2005 @ 02:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I would use a Windows XP program, but for some reason, neither of my dvd drives sense the blank dvd-r's...Is there a MAC program that does the same thing? Or do you know a solution to my DVD drive problem that will enable me to use DVD Lab Pro?

Sorry to bug you with so many problems. Thanks so much for your help!
[ + quote]
All these moments will be lost in time...like tears...in rain...
afterdawn.com > forums > digital video > video to dvd > having trouble backing up my dvd episodes to a dvd-r! please help!
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork