Putting data files in DVD-video disc
Smarty
Set-top players will ignore virtually all of the extra folders, but
computers with DVD-ROM drives commonly use additional directories / folders
on the DVD for doing computer-only things. There is at least one reserved
directory name for holding pictures / scans of DVD art work which some
set-top players can recognize and use to display the cover and liner
information, but I cannot recall what its' exact name is.
"Juan Cierva" <NotG...@this.time> wrote in message
news:mbmc705855bfhbll2...@4ax.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I have been learning how to author a DVD and am almost done with the
> final compilation of IFO and VOB files. I know that after I add all
> those files to the VIDEO_TS directory, I will still have space left in
> the DVD-R media, and was wondering if I can add some additional data
> files, perhaps to the root directory or to a "Data" directory of that
> disc.
>
> I understand that DVD video discs are specified to contain an
> "AUDIO_TS" and a "VIDEO_TS" directory, and nothing else. If I add an
> extra directory (or files) to the root dir., would that somehow
> violate any spec or make my disc unplayable in stand-alone players?
>
> Are modern stand-alone players smart enough to ignore files and dirs
> that do not contain playable content?
>
> I plan to use Nero 5.5 to burn the disc. It has options to layout a
> DVD-ISO vs. a DVD-video disc compilation. Is there any real difference
> between those two layouts, aside from the fact that in the DVD-video
> layout, Nero already created the two "*_TS" directories for you and
> disallows extraneous files from those directories? In other words, are
> DVD-video files just a particular way of naming and placing files and
> dirs in an ISO layout?
>
> Thanks!
Eric J Fleischer, MD
>Juan,
>
>Set-top players will ignore virtually all of the extra folders, but
>computers with DVD-ROM drives commonly use additional directories / folders
>on the DVD for doing computer-only things. There is at least one reserved
>directory name for holding pictures / scans of DVD art work which some
>set-top players can recognize and use to display the cover and liner
>information, but I cannot recall what its' exact name is.
I have one disk that has a folder called JACKET_P, which holds three
pictures in the form of .mp2 files. Nero burned it with no problem in
DVD-Video mode.
Dr Gandalf - Eric J Fleischer, MD
AlfHeim Imaging
drgandalf @ pobox.com
(remove extra spaces)
Alan Shepherd
folders other than AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS. FWIH You can only put the vob file
set in the VIDEO_TS folder, AND NOTHING ELSE. The rest of the data can go
elsewhere.
Many programs which make DVD slide shows put the original JPG's in alternate
folders on the discs. Otherwise Software DVD players and Web extras are also
placed onto discs.