How do I burn to DVD a video_ts folder with vob files?

I believe you don't need to use iDvd at all. You have the movie in its dvd format, just burn that folder using the finder and it should work, well im 90% sure

You do this by going finder-->file-->new burn folder. Then drag the video_ts folder to it and then burn.

I know that search can be unweildy sometimes... I did a search in Mac OS X Applications for "dvd, burn" and found lengthy thread, as well as [URL=https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/137054/[/URL] thread. Essentially, a lot of people recommend [URL=http://handbrake.m0k.org/]Handbrake, which is also what I use. I use MactheRipper first to get the files you have already listed... then Handbrake to compress them. Hope this relates to your question.

:edit: There is also this thread, After MactheRipper w/ VOB files that may or may not be exactly relevant to your question.

Use Roxio Toast:

1) Create a 'Data DVD' (DVD-ROM (UDF)).

2) Drag the 'VIDEO_TS' file into the app.

3) Create a folder called 'AUDIO_TS' - leave it empty.


Your DVD should now look something like this:

( o ) DVD-ROM (UDF)
-VIDEO_TS
-AUDIO_TS

4) Make sure your 'VIDEO_TS' folder doesn't have a '.DS_Store' file within it. It probably does. Simply delete it from within Toast (make sure you check this every time you burn - if you burn with this file - it will not play in DVD players or PCs)

5) Enjoy your DVD.

I'm writing a Tutorial on this atm. I'll post it here once I have finished for you.

Regards,

Joel

In the meantime - my method totally works!.

Acquire a copy of Toast and have at it.

I've never used Finder to burn DVDs - so I can't help you on that one. However - the Toast method works - flawlessly.

The good news is, DVD-R's are cheaper than CD-R's - so let the experiments begin.

Tutorial DVD Backup from Video_TS
I have written a Tutorial on this with some images in it and some examples etc. Just follow from Step 3 onwards and you should be fine.

Link: How to Backup DVDs on a Mac

Regards and hope this helps you out,

.Joel

DVD import

Here is the best way as far as I'm concerned...

http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCD_on_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convert_MPEG

As I recall you have to have a Audio_TS folder also. Here are the instructions from DVD2oneX Help menu on how to do it. You will need DVD Imager and it is a free program probably easy to fine over at MacUpdate.com. Pasted the instructions below, good luck.

to use DVD Imager
Just drop any VIDEO_TS folder onto its icon (DVD Imager will create the AUDIO_TS folder for you), click Create, and choose the location where you want the image saved. Destination should be on a local volume. DVD Imager will prompt you to name the image volume, then it will create the disk image and quit. If you have a DVD burner, you should then be able to create a new DVD disk from the image you made with DVD Imager using the Burn Image command in Disk Copy.

How to burn from Apple DiskCopy
Start Disk Copy (OS X utilities folder) and choose Burn Image from the file-menu. Now select the created image and click burn. That's all.

pepita said:

devilot76: thanks for those links, Handbrake sounds very cool, I downloaded and tried it but stopped because it was taking ages to conver the file, I'll try and leave it to be done at night. I'm not sure it's what I'm looking for here though as from what I understood it will not keep the DVD chapters, it will just convert to a single file. However that also could come in handy some other time, so, thanks again!

Click to expand...

As for it taking forever... if you select er... hehe, H-something double pass encoding or something, it will take a long time. Otherwise, it took my 1 GB 2.0GHz iMac G5 about an hour to compress.

If by keeping DVD chapters, you mean that while watching a movie you could press "next/skip chapter" and it will hop along to that next point in a movie, mine could still do that after using Handbrake to compress.

I have the video_ts folder and files and I want to burn a DVD movie.
The only reason I burned it as a img file is because I had no space on my computer and couldn't keep the iMovie file which was 30 GB!

How do I do this? How do I now use my img file to burn a DVD movie?