Overview

In this section we will take our VIDEO_TS folder, and burn it on to a blank DVD disk using Nero Burning ROM 6.

Section 1 - Burning with Nero Burning Rom 6

Before you burn your DVD make sure that all your menu links work, and that it looks right. To play the Video_TS folder you need a software DVD player. I like using CyberLink PowerDVD 5. Once you have a player just load it up, and open your Video_TS folder, and the player will load your DVD up from there.

Once your happy with how your DVD folder plays it's time to burn it to DVD. Load up Nero 6 Burning Rom you should see a window in the center of your screen called "new compilation" window that contains CD/DVD options. If you don't see anything (just a grey background) then you need to go to file -> new to load it up.

Once your new compilation window is loaded you need to select DVD from the listbox on the top left corner. Notice how the options below turn to DVD options. From the list below select DVD-Video. Now setup the following options.

Info Tab - leave default settings

ISO Tab

File name length: Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 chars (ISO level 1)

You can use either setting. My label names aren't that long so I use ISO level 1, but if they were long I would use ISO level 2

Character Set: ISO 9660(Standard ISO CD-ROM)

Fir this I stick with the ISO 9660 character set. The other ones might be alright to use since I have never tried them.

Allow path depth of more then 8 directories: checked/unchecked

This setting actually doesn't affect us much since your Vob files only go 1 level deep (VIDEO_TS folder). So it really doesn't matter if it's checked or not.

Allow more then 255 characters in path: checked/unchecked

Again our path length will never ever be anywhere near this so you can leave this unchecked.

Label Tab

I use the name of the series I am encoding as the label name.

Dates Tab - leave default settings

Misc Tab - leave default settings

Burn Tab - leave default settings

Now click on the new button. In this screen we are just gonna drag the contents of our VIDEO_TS folder to the red VIDEO_TS folder. To do this follow these steps

1. In the 3rd window find your VIDEO_TS folder, and click on it
2. In the 4th window click on any file and press ctrl + a to select everything
3. Now drag the selected items from window 4 to the red VIDEO_TS folder in window 2

The green bar at the bottom tells you how much space your DVD files take up on disk. You should aim for a size between 4.2 - 4.5 GB. If it's significantly lower you might wanna try adding some more episodes to the disk, or encode the video files using a higher average bitrate. If your files take up too much space then your in trouble (Thats why you should use a bitrate calculator, so you know how much space your DVD files will take up before you encode them)

I'll assume all is well, and your files all fit on a DVD. Now place a blank DVD in your drive (I use DVD-R disks just because they are cheap, and my burner works well with them Pioneer 107-D) and look around on the toolbar for an icon that looks like a match over a CD (burn compliation icon). Now select the speed you want to burn at (I choose maximum. Remember you can only burn as fast as the media you buy for it). Now hit burn. Make sure you uncheck the verify option when it starts burning (It tacks on another 5+ minutes for the burning process)

Nero burning pic

Now take your DVD, and go test it out! If it works congradulations your done, and can start the process all over :), or if you want to make a complete product you can go to the next part of the guide for tips on labeling your DVD's.

>> Part 9. Labels