35 replies to this topic

[Mr. Pickle]

First off, I'm hoping this is the right place for this, because I don't know if Easy Media Creator 9 and Creator Basic v9 are the same thing.  

Basically, when burning ISO's to a DVD+R, I have the option of switching between (ISO+Joliet), (ISO+Joliet+UDF), and (ISO Level 2). I've been trying to read up, but have been getting some mixed answers.

Which should I be using? I'm basically interested in what are the big differences, and which will provide the best compatibility with most DVD players.



While, I'm at it, I have these options, too:

TYPE:
Track at Once (TAO), Open
Track at Once (TAO), Closed
Disc at Once (DAO), Closed

MODE:
Mode 1
Mode 2 XA



This is all in Roxio Creator Basic v9


Care to help?

Thanks!

Edited by Mr. Pickle, 21 December 2007 - 10:08 PM.

[james_hardin]

It is very hard to find in the Help Files but look under Search – "mode 2" – Data Options…

TAO Open is Session writing, allowing you to add files to the disc later (assumes room)

Mode 1 is for all writing except Enhanced CDs. (if you don't know what they are, you aren't using them)

ISO + Joliet (106 Characters) covers most situations although I switched to ISO Level 2 (212 characters) many years ago and never looked back!

[cdanteek]

First off, I'm hoping this is the right place for this, because I don't know if Easy Media Creator 9 and Creator Basic v9 are the same thing.  

Basically, when burning ISO's to a DVD+R, I have the option of switching between (ISO+Joliet), (ISO+Joliet+UDF), and (ISO Level 2). I've been trying to read up, but have been getting some mixed answers.

Which should I be using? I'm basically interested in what are the big differences, and which will provide the best compatibility with most DVD players.
While, I'm at it, I have these options, too:

TYPE:
Track at Once (TAO), Open
Track at Once (TAO), Closed
Disc at Once (DAO), Closed

MODE:
Mode 1
Mode 2 XA
This is all in Roxio Creator Basic v9


Care to help?

Thanks!

Compliant DVD Video for use in settop player is UDF/ISO 9660 (mode1), Disc at Once (DAO), Closed. Creator Classic V 9 Retail won't do it either.  

The copy ISO app your showing is a Sonic copy module not designed to burn DVD Video, you have no option in options for DVD Video settings. Does your version have Disc Copier to burn a compliant DVD Video? Start, all programs, Easy Media Creator 9, Copy, Disc Copier?

If not download this excellent free tool 'ImgBurn' is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application,  Current version: 2.3.2.0 Released: 12th April 2007, download here.   ImgBurn Support Forum > General > Guides.

It will burn your ISO or Video_ts folders, DVD Video compliant for use in settop DVD players!  

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[tbrewst]

I don't think it matters because those options are for burning not copying.You're going to get a disc that has the properties of the original.If you watched,when you hit Burn Image to disc and then went to the bottom and hit Options it took you to the Copy section,not the Data section.
Now,if you were going to make the original and not a copy then those options would matter.

[Mr. Pickle]

Just to be clear, I'm downloading a ton of ISO's and am burning them to DVD+R's. The settings above work (I tested them with two different ISO's and everything plays and all menus work and whatnot), but I want the setting that will make the disc most compatible with most DVD players before I go through and burn all of them (about 30 in all).

I have recently been told that switching (Type to DAO) and (File System to ISO+Joliet+UDF) would be my best option. Can anyone back this?

[Mr. Pickle]

Regardless, I just downloaded ImgBurn. (Thanks for that, btw) And now I'm pretty lost, because it has been made apparent that I'm pretty terrible with this stuff. :\



What in the world do I all choose (assuming these are the only options that affect my current situation)?

Thanks

Edited by Mr. Pickle, 22 December 2007 - 09:48 AM.

[grandpabruce]

Just to be clear, I'm downloading a ton of ISO's and am burning them to DVD+R's. The settings above work (I tested them with two different ISO's and everything plays and all menus work and whatnot), but I want the setting that will make the disc most compatible with most DVD players before I go through and burn all of them (about 30 in all).

There is no such animal.  It is totally up to the set top DVD player on whether or not it likes the brand/type of media you are using.

If your DVD burner can book type +R media, then you set it to burn a DVD movie as DVD-ROM, which is how a -R disc burns.

If your DVD burner can't book type, most set top players, made in the past 4 years, will recognize the +R media, anyway.  You can look for hacked firmware to make your burner book type, but IMHO, it isn't worth it.

Edited by grandpabruce, 22 December 2007 - 11:33 AM.

[tbrewst]

I still say the settings you are going to get are the ones the ISO was made with.All you're doing is making a copy of that image.
I've never used ImgBurn but would that tab you're showing be used for creating an image,not copying one?

[grandpabruce]

Regardless, I just downloaded ImgBurn. (Thanks for that, btw) And now I'm pretty lost, because it has been made apparent that I'm pretty terrible with this stuff. :\

What in the world do I all choose (assuming these are the only options that affect my current situation)?

Thanks

cdanteek posted the users guide for ImgBurn.  Read the bottom one, in the following link, and follow the steps.  I would change the burn speed to X8, instead of the maximum.

It is easy to burn to Disc, after your first time burning with ImgBurn.

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showforum=4

Edited by grandpabruce, 22 December 2007 - 11:39 AM.

[Mr. Pickle]

Well, yes, I did look at that/those guides, but all I basically saw was

Put disc in

find file

click burn


essentially. I didn't see anything that really covered the different options. Should I just leave them alone?

Edited by Mr. Pickle, 22 December 2007 - 01:35 PM.

[grandpabruce]

Well, yes, I did look at that/those guides, but all I basically saw was

Put disc in

find file

click burn
essentially. I didn't see anything that really covered the different options. Should I just leave them alone?

Leave the options alone.  All you are doing is burning an .iso file, to a DVD, as a DVD compliant movie.  All of your settings were already made, when you made the .iso file.

Also, as I said before, burn at 8X, instead of maximum speed.

Edited by grandpabruce, 22 December 2007 - 01:51 PM.

[tbrewst]

Isn't that what I said about 7 posts ago?

[grandpabruce]

Isn't that what I said about 7 posts ago?

Yes, it is, sort of.

[Mr. Pickle]

Alright guys, sorry for being difficult.

Thanks a lot for the help!

[grandpabruce]

Alright guys, sorry for being difficult.

Thanks a lot for the help!

You are welcome, and you weren't being difficult.

Did you get the .iso burned?

[Mr. Pickle]

No, I haven't tried any with ImgBurn yet. I'm waiting for more of them to finish.

(I'm downloading seasons 1-10 of South Park. [30 ISO's; 130 gigs])

Edited by Mr. Pickle, 22 December 2007 - 09:48 PM.

[james_hardin]

No, I haven't tried any with ImgBurn yet. I'm waiting for more of them to finish.

(I'm downloading seasons 1-10 of South Park. [30 ISO's; 130 gigs])

Now that is putting the horse before the cart…

[cdanteek]

I still say the settings you are going to get are the ones the ISO was made with.All you're doing is making a copy of that image.
I've never used ImgBurn but would that tab you're showing be used for creating an image,not copying one?

Isn't that what I said about 7 posts ago?

Burn settings come from the software not a ISO Image.

The tab he's showing is the write tab not the build tab..

Mr Hardin and I have been over this in detail before, he said there was no interest, perhaps there should of been...

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[james_hardin]

Thanks CD. Few of us are familiar with that program. Since we create our own ISO files in EMC, it would be of little use to most of us here.

Thinking about it, the burn 'settings' could not come from the ISO file or we would need one file for 'plus' media and another for 'dash' media, yet another for DL, etc…

I never did figure out how it worked one time then didn't later on!

PS: (If you want a little more fun and confusion, look at This thread!)

[grandpabruce]

Burn settings come from the software not a ISO Image.

The tab he's showing is the write tab not the build tab..

Mr Hardin and I have been over this in detail before, he said there was no interest, perhaps there should of been...

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I think Terry was talking about bitrate settings, aspect ratio, etc.  I know that I was.  And those settings DO come from the ISO image.

Edited by grandpabruce, 23 December 2007 - 07:28 AM.