VIDEO_TS folder found in Build Location

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VIDEO_TS folder found in Build Location

VIDEO_TS folder found in Build Location

so I cannot burn my DVD

What the heck does this mean? I search for every VIDEO_TS folder and file and deleted them and then emptied my wastebasket to no avail. This is costing me about $2000 because I cannot burn a simple video.

Intel iMac 24 inch 4 gigs ram, Mac OS X (10.5.2), Airport network in my house.

Posted on Aug 28, 2008 8:17 PM

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Answer 1

SoCal

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Aug 28, 2008 8:37 PM in response to Greg Bayol

DVD's are made up of a VIDEO_TS folder and an AUDIO_TS folder. Those are what you burn onto disc to get a playable DVD.

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Answer 2

Aug 28, 2008 9:04 PM in response to SoCal

So Cal has you covered.....LOL!!!

Message was edited by: Eric Pautsch1

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Greg Bayol Author

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Aug 28, 2008 9:38 PM in response to SoCal

I always appreciate the help I get on these discussions but this has to be the most useless response I have ever gotten. I know what files make up a DVD. Please read my post.

Note: I am getting an error message saying that the folder VIDEO_TS is in my build folder so it cannot burn a DVD. I have erased, destroyed and rubbed out EVERY VIDEO_TS file On my entire computer and I still get the error message while attempting to burn a DVD in DVD Pro.

This is costing me money.

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Aug 28, 2008 9:49 PM in response to Greg Bayol

Just about as useless as the Title of the thread perhaps? Here's an idea - send me your project and $2000 and I'll mail you back your disc 🙂

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Greg Bayol Author

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Aug 28, 2008 10:06 PM in response to Eric Pautsch1

I always quote the error message that Apple provides so that the situation is as clear to you as it is to me. I agree, it's a useless description of what is going on. That is why I am asking you all for help. I have no idea what a "build location" is but Apple must have some idea and therefore maybe one of you DVD Studio Pro users will. Isn't that the idea of the forum?

I will call Apple tomorrow and go through the restarting and trashing preferences and all that but I hoped I might have caught someone all jazzed up after Obama's speech who might want to lend a hand.

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Silal

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Aug 29, 2008 5:14 AM in response to Greg Bayol

The Build Location is the place (location) in your hard drive where DVDSP builds your DVD file structure before burning.

Hope that helps !

Alberto

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Nov 4, 2008 8:22 PM in response to Silal

I'm having the same problem while trying to burn. Same message "build location folder contains video_ts folder (standard dvd content) must remove video_ts file from the build location. How do I do this? I cannot find the "build location" Anyone?

Thanks,
J.K.

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Answer 8

Nov 5, 2008 1:38 AM in response to Greg Bayol

No-one seems to have answered your question yet so I'll chime in. The build location is a folder on your hard disk where DVD SP prepares the files before burning them to a disc. These locations can be modified by going to Preferences > Destinations. The default is set to the same location as your assets but it is worth checking the fallback folder as well, which is by default located at ~/Library/Caches/DVD Studio Pro Files.

To fix the issue, either delete the VIDEO_TS folder at this location or change the destination to a different folder.

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