Topic: How do I burn movies DL'd from Traders Den to DVD???

[mikesalvo]

SSIA. 

Trying to burn DVD's from DL's so I can watch them in my DVD player.

thanks!

[stantheman1976]

Use ImgBurn and Verbatim DVD+R DL.

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=1780

[stevetoney]

If I'm not mistaken, Mike...in your message you mean movies DL from Traders Den, meaning movies Downloaded.  I think Stan might be misunderstanding...DL in DVD lingo typically means Dual Layer so I think he thought you were asking how to burn Dual Layer DVDs.

I'm assuming you just want to know how to burn DVDs downloaded from TTD, so let me give you an really quick answer that's maybe 2 cents worth.  (The procedure is the same for Dual Layer...you just need a Dual Layer burner and Dual Layer DVDs...also known as DVD9.)

1) Make sure your burner will burn DVDs.
2) You usually can burn either DVD+R or DVD-R and they should both work fine in your DVD player.
3) The download from traders den should include all of the DVD contents in a Video_TS folder...that entire folder gets burned onto the DVD.  (don't copy the info files or DVD covers or anything like that onto the DVD)
4) In the same directory as the Video_TS folder, add a new folder named Audio_TS.
5) Leave the Audio_TS folder blank...since this is a blank folder, it's not transmitted as part of the torrent since bittorrent programs automatically exclude blank folders from being part of the torrent...so you always have to add this one manually after the torrent is completed.  (Some burning programs add this automatically for you if you haven't done it yourself manually.
6) Fire up your burning software...choose the option to create a DATA DISC.
7) Drag and drop both the Audio_TS and Video_TS folders for burning.  Note that the entire folder is imported...folder and all. 
The end!

Note that DVD5 are normal DVDs and DVD9 are dual layer DVDs.  Normal DVDs hold about 4.4gigs and dual layers hold double. 

The above procedure is the same whether the DVD is NTSC or PAL.

To play PAL DVDs (the european standard) you simply need a DVD player that will play the PAL video standard...most DVDs sold now will play both PAL and NTSC based videos.

Hope this helps!

[dorrcoq]

For what it's worth, I always throw the text file, artwork if any, and the MD5 into the Audio_TS folder.  I haven't had a problem, but my DVD player plays everything.

[stevetoney]

^ I like!  Now why in the heck, after all these years of burning DVDs, haven't I ever thought of that little trick!!!  Thanks!

[willndmb]

For what it's worth, I always throw the text file, artwork if any, and the MD5 into the Audio_TS folder.  I haven't had a problem, but my DVD player plays everything.

NO NO i used to do this too but some dvd players will not play the disc is there is anything in the audio_ts folder
instead make a 3rd folder named EXTRAS_TS and put the stuff in there

[stantheman1976]

DVD-R DL has a set layer break whereas on a +R you can set the break.  This makes playback a bit smoother when you go from layer 1 to layer 2.  The DL shows you download still need to have the layer break set when you burn them.  That does not affect what you downloaded, only where the DVD player switches layers on the disc.  Some burning applications don't allow you to set the layer break.  ImgBurn can show you where the best spot is to set the layer break for smoothest playback and it creates the AUDIO_TS folder for you.  If you want to put any extra data on the disc you can put it anywhere you want on the disc except the VIDEO_TS or AUDIO_TS folders.  The DVD player only cares about those 2 folders and many don't even care about the AUDIO_TS folder anymore.

[rsimms3]

For what it's worth, I always throw the text file, artwork if any, and the MD5 into the Audio_TS folder.  I haven't had a problem, but my DVD player plays everything.

NO NO i used to do this too but some dvd players will not play the disc is there is anything in the audio_ts folder
instead make a 3rd folder named EXTRAS_TS and put the stuff in there

I used to leave them on the main part of the disc, but then Nero started rejecting this as being noncompliant.  Will this work with Nero?

[stantheman1976]

I've never heard anything good about Nero when it comes to dual layer.  If you use ImgBurn you should be able to put whatever you please on the root of the disc and create an ISO to burn from.

[jonicont]

Just used Nero to burn a DVD+R DL AVCHD disc.  Menus and all looking great in HI-Def.  Playing on a Panny bd55

[willndmb]

I've never heard anything good about Nero when it comes to dual layer.  If you use ImgBurn you should be able to put whatever you please on the root of the disc and create an ISO to burn from.

me too
i have NEVER got a DL disc to burn with nero
it always coasters for me